Manish Sisodia
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Manish Sisodia in left side of Anna Hazare
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| Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi | |
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Assumed office 14 February 2015 |
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| Chief Minister | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Patparganj | |
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In office 14 February 2015 – Incumbent |
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In office 28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Anil Kumar Choudhary |
| Succeeded by | President's Rule |
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| Born | 5 January 1972 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Portfolio | Cabinet Minister of Finance and Planning, Revenue, Services, Power, Education, Higher Education, Information Technology, Technical Education, Administrative Reforms |
Manish Sisodia is an Indian politician who has been the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He also holds the Finance and Planning, Revenue, Services, Power, Education, Higher Education, Information Technology, Technical Education, Administrative Reforms portfolios in the government of Delhi. Previously, he was briefly a cabinet minister in the Government of Delhi between late December 2013 and February 2014, when he had responsibility for education, PWD, urban development, local bodies and land and building. Prior to being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi in December 2013, Sisodia was a social activist and journalist as well as a member of the National Executive Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party.
The son of a teacher, Sisodia was born in Pilkhuwa in Hapur district Uttar Pradesh. He subsequently moved to Pilkhuva, 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Delhi where he commenced his career as a journalist after completing a diploma in journalism from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. From 1997 to 2005, Sisodia worked as a documentary film maker and a television newsreader.
Sisodia's first brush with activism came when he launched his own non-governmental organisation (NGO), Kabir, in Delhi's Pandav Nagar, to campaign for the right to information. This brought him in contact with the Parivartan organisation, where he met Arvind Kejriwal and was among those selected in 2006 to help draft the Right to Information Act of 2005.
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