Arun Jaitley
| Arun Jaitley अरुण जेटली |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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Assumed office 13 March 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Manohar Parrikar |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | A.K. Antony |
| Succeeded by | Manohar Parrikar |
| Minister of Finance | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | P. Chidambaram |
| Minister of Corporate Affairs | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Sachin Pilot |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
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In office 9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Prakash Javadekar |
| Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha | |
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In office 3 June 2009 – 26 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jaswant Singh |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Minister of Law and Justice | |
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In office 29 July 2003 – 22 May 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Jana Krishnamurthi |
| Succeeded by | Hans Raj Bhardwaj |
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In office 7 November 2000 – 1 July 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ram Jethmalani |
| Succeeded by | Jana Krishnamurthi |
| Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting | |
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In office 13 October 1999 – 30 September 2000 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Jaipal Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Personal details | |
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28 December 1952 New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sangeeta Dogra (m. 1982) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
| Website | Official website |
Arun Jaitley (born 28 December 1952) is an Indian politician and lawyer who is the current Finance Minister, Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of India. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government (1998–2004) and briefly served as the Minister of Defence in the Narendra Modi government. From 2009 to 2014 he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He is a Senior Advocate of the Delhi High Court. He studied at St. Xavier's School, New Delhi from 1957–69. He graduated in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi in 1973. He passed his Law degree from the University of Delhi, in 1977.
Jaitley was an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) student leader in the Delhi University Campus in the seventies and rose to be the President of the Students Union of Delhi University in 1974. During the period of proclamation of Internal Emergency (1975–77) when civil liberties were suspended, he was under preventive detention for a period of 19 months. He was a prominent leader of a movement against corruption launched in the year 1973 by Raj Narain and Jayaprakash Narayan. He was the Convenor of the National Committee for Students and Youth organisation appointed by Jai Prakash Narayan. He was also active in civil rights movement and helped found PUCL Bulletin along with Satish Jha and Smitu Kothari. After being released from jail he joined the Jan Sangh.
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