Hon'ble Finance Minister
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
Hon'ble Finance Minister
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Father's Name | Shri Narayanan Sitharaman |
| Mother's Name | Shrimati Savitri |
| Date of Birth | 18 August 1959 |
| Place of Birth | Madurai (Tamil Nadu) |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Date of Marriage | 12 September 1986 |
| Spouse's Name | Dr. Parakala Prabhakar |
| Children | One daughter |
| Educational Qualifications | M.A. (Economics), M.Phil, Educated at Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
| Profession | Economist and Political and Social Worker |
| Permanent Address | C/o, K. LAKSHMI NARAYAN, 911, 21st Main, 38th Cross, 4th T-Block, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka560041 Tel. - 080-26548557 |
| Present Address | 15, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. Tel. - 23793791, 23793792 |
| Position Held | |
| 2003-2005 | Member, National Commission for Women |
| 26 May 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| 26 May 2014 - 3 Sept. 2017 | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| June 2014 | Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 17 June 2016) |
| July 2016 | Elected to Rajya Sabha |
| 3 Sept. 2017 - 30 May 2019 | Minister of Defence |
| 31 May 2019 onwards | Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and Other Special Interests
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation Travel, trekking, music and cooking
Countries Visited
- (Paris) France, to attend Paris Summit on a New Global Financing Pact, 22-23 June 2023
- (Niigata) Japan, to attend the G7 Dialogue with Partners at the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting, 12-13 May 2023
- (Incheon) Republic of Korea, to attend the Annual meeting of ADB, 3-4 May 2023
- (New York) USA, to attend the Spring meetings of IMF & World Bank and G-20, 9-16 April 2023
- (New York) USA, to attend the annual meetings of IMF & World Bank and G-20, 11-17October 2022
- Indonesia, to attend the 3rd G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting and 3rd meeting of the G-20 Finance and Central bank Deputies, 14-16 July 2022
- (Berlin) Germany, to assist Prime Minister at the engagements during 6th India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations held in Berlin on May 2 2022, 1-3 May 2022
- USA, to attend Spring meetings of World Bank and IMF, FM’s meetings of G20, Bilateral and Investor meetings, 18-27 April, 2022
- (Rome) Italy, to attend the Joint G20 Finance and Health Ministers’ meeting, 29th October 2021
- USA, to attend the Annual meetings of World Bank and IMF, 11-18 October 2021
- (Riyadh) Saudi Arabia, to attend G-20 meeting, 21-23 February 2020
- USA, to attend Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, 15-23 October 2019
- Japan, to attend bilateral meeting, 6-10 June 2019
- (Bishkek) Kyrgyzstan, to attend meeting with Defence Minister of Members of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, 28-30 April 2019
- Germany & Sweden, to attend bilateral meeting, 11-14 February 2019
- USA, to attend bilateral meeting, 3-6 December 2018
- Indonesia, to attend bilateral meeting with the Defence Minister of Indonesia, 21-24 Oct. 2018
- Singapore, to attend 5th ADMMPlus meeting, 18-21 October 2018
- France, as leader of a delegation for bilateral meeting, 11-12 October 2018
- Kazakhstan, to attendbilateral meeting with the Defence Minister of Kazakhstan, 2-4 October 2018
- Egypt, to attend bilateral meeting with the DefenceMinister of Egypt
- Thailand, to enhance the bilateral relations with the defence establishment of the Kingdom of Thailand, 26-29August 2018
- Vietnam, to attend bilateral meeting with the Defence Minister of Vietnam, 12-15 June 2018
- Cambodia, to attendbilateral meeting with the Defence Minister of Cambodia, 10-12 June 2018
- China, to attend the Shanghai CooperationOrganisation (SCO) Meeting, 23-25 April 2018
- Russia, as leader of a delegation for bilateral meeting, 3-5 April 2018
- Philippines,to attend 4th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), 23-25 October 2017
- Italy, to attend Joint Commission meeting inMay 2017
- Bilateral visit to Japan in April 2017
- Bilateral visit to Cyprus in February 2017
- Davos (Switzerland), to represent India atthe World Economic Forum in January 2017
- Philippines, to participate in the 2nd Intersessional Regional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting in November 2016
- Bhutan, for signing of the agreement on Trade, Commerceand Transit between India and Bhutan in November 2016
- Norway, to attend the WTO Trade Ministers Meeting in October 2016
- Sri Lanka, to attend bilateral meeting in September 2016
- Canada, to attend the Annual ministerial dialogue in September 2016
- Russia, to attend the INNOPROM-2016 in July 2016
- Myanmar, for the India -Myanmar Business conclave in May 2016
- Paris(France), to attend the Informal Gathering of the WTO Ministers in June 2016
- Brussels (Belgium) and London (U.K.), to participatein India - EU Summit and bilateral meeting with EU in March - April 2016
- Nairobi (Kenya),to attend the WTO MinisterialConference 2015 in December 2015
- San Francisco (U.S.A), to attend Fortune Global Forum - 2015 in November 2015
- Minsk(Belarus),to participate in the seventh Session of India-Belarus Inter-Governmental Commission for Economic, Trade, Industrial,Scientific & Cultural Cooperation and bilateral meeting in September 2015
- New York and San Jose (U.S.A.), to participate in themeetings as part of delegation led by the Prime Minister of India in September 2015
- Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), to participate in theRegional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Inter-sessional Ministerial and Bilateral Meeting in July and August 2015
- Algeria, to attend the India - Algeria Joint Commission Meeting in May 2015
- Australia, to attend the Trade Ministers Meeting of G20 held in Sydney in July 2014
- Cairns (Australia), to attend the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting of G-20 inSeptember 2014
- Brazil, as a Member of the Prime Minister's Delegation to the 6th BRICS Summit held in Fortaleza in July 2014
- China, as a Member of the Vice-President of India's Delegation in June 2014
- Taiwan and U.S.A., as a Member of the PartyDelegation in March 2009 and July 2012 respectively
- U.K., as a Member of the International Jury in March 2007
Other Information
Member, National Executive, B.J.P., since 2008; National Spokesperson, B.J.P., 2010-2014