Veteran BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (67-years) passed away in New Delhi last night after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. Sushma Swaraj had a kidney transplant in 2016. She had opted out of contesting Lok Sabha polls earlier this year for health reasons.
Died: 6th August 2019 (aged 67-years) at AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Swaraj will be cremated with full state honours at Lodhi Crematorium, Delhi on 7th August 2019.
Sushma Swaraj’ Personal details:
Sushma Swaraj was born on 14th February 1952 Ambala Cantonment, Punjab.
She has served as the External Affairs Minister in the first term of the Narendra Modi led Government.
Sushma Swaraj has been elected Member of Parliament (LS& RS) 7 times and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for 3 times.
Education: BA & LLB (Punjab University, Chandigarh).
Spouse: Swaraj Kaushal (67-years)
Sushma Swaraj married to Mr Swaraj Kaushal (A criminal lawyer in Supreme Court of India) on 13th July 1975.
He has the distinction of being India's youngest ever Advocate General at age 34 and Governor of a state at 37 years of age.
He served as the Governor of Mizoram from the year 1990 to the year 1993.
Swaraj Kaushal was the Member of Parliament from 1998-2004.
Children: Bansuri Swaraj (34-years)
Sushma Swaraj (mother)and Swaraj Kaushal (father)have a daughter Bansuri Swaraj.
She is a graduate from Oxford University & Barrister at law.
She is also a Criminal lawyer practising before the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India
Political Career:
Sushma Swaraj began her political career with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in the 1970s.
Swaraj became a part of socialist leader George Fernandes's legal defence team in 1975.
She was appointed as the member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from the year 1977 - 82 and 1987 - 90.
She was the Cabinet Minister in the Department of Labour and Employment Haryana (from 1977 to 79), & Department of Education, Food & Civil Supplies (from 1987 to 90) at Haryana.
Sushma Swaraj was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha for the first time in 1990 and remained there until she was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha from South Delhi constituency in 1996.
Sushma Swaraj was the Union Cabinet Minister of Information & Broadcasting (I&B)in the year 1996. She was the second woman to hold this office, after Indira Gandhi.
She had supplementary charge of Ministry of Telecommunications from 19th March to 2nd October 1998.
In the 2014 Indian general election, she won the Vidisha constituency in Madhya Pradesh for a second term.
Sushma was the Minister of External Affairs from 26th May 2014 to 30th May 2019.
She was also the 1st woman Chief Minister of Delhi (5th) from 13th October to 3rd December 1998.
Sushma Swaraj was awarded the Best Parliamentarian award in 2004.
Swaraj was called India's "best-loved politician" by the US daily Wall Street Journal.
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