Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley
Jaitley in 2014
Minister of Finance
In office
26 May 2014 – 30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byP. Chidambaram
Succeeded byNirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Corporate Affairs
In office
26 May 2014 – 30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySachin Pilot
Succeeded byNirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Defence
In office
13 March 2017 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byManohar Parrikar
Succeeded byNirmala Sitharaman
In office
26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byA. K. Antony
Succeeded byManohar Parrikar
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrakash Javadekar
Succeeded byVenkaiah Naidu
Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
In office
26 May 2014 – 11 June 2019
Preceded byManmohan Singh
Succeeded byThawar Chand Gehlot
Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 June 2009 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Rajya Sabha ChairpersonMohammad Hamid Ansari
Deputy LeaderSurendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia
Preceded byJaswant Singh
Succeeded byGhulam Nabi Azad
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byJana Krishnamurthi
Succeeded byH. R. Bhardwaj
In office
23 July 2000 – 1 July 2002
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byRam Jethmalani
Succeeded byJana Krishnamurthi
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byArun Shourie
Succeeded byKamal Nath
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
13 October 1999 – 30 September 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byPramod Mahajan
Succeeded bySushma Swaraj
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2000 – 24 August 2019
Preceded byNaresh Agrawal
Succeeded bySudhanshu Trivedi[1][2]
Constituency
Personal details
Born(1952-12-28)28 December 1952
Delhi, India
Died24 August 2019(2019-08-24) (aged 66)
New Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Sangeeta Jaitley
(m. 1982⁠–⁠2019)
Children2; including Rohan Jaitley
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (B.Com)
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LL.B)
Occupation
  • Advocate
  • politician
AwardsPadma Vibhushan (2020) (posthumously)
Websitewww.arunjaitley.com Edit this at Wikidata

Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 – 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government.

From 2009 to 2014, he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He oversaw the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax which brought the country under one GST regime, demonetisation, merger of Railway budget with general budget and introduction of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.[3][4][5] Jaitley decided not to join the second Modi Cabinet in 2019, due to health issues.[6][7]

He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, posthumously in 2020 in the field of Public Affairs.[8][9]

  1. ^ "BJP nominates Sudhanshu Trivedi to Arun Jaitley's Rajya Sabha seat in UP". The Indian Express. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "BJP names Sudhanshu Trivedi for Rajya Sabha By polls from Uttar Pradesh". The Times of India. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Arun Jaitley: An unforgettable stint as India's Finance Minister". Business Line. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Arun Jaitley, the man who brought India under one-tax regime". India Today. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Career timeline of Arun Jaitley, PM Modi's go-to man in New Delhi". Business Standard. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Arun Jaitley opts out of new government for health reasons". The Economic Times. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Arun Jaitley writes letter to PM Modi, opts out of new Cabinet citing health reasons". The Times of India. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes given Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Here's full list of Padma award recipients". The Economic Times. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Ministry of Home Affairs" (PDF). padmaawards.gov.in. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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