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Sunita Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.jpg
7th Chief Minister of Delhi
Assumed office
14 February 2015
Deputy Manish Sisodia
Preceded by President's Rule
In office
28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014
Preceded by Sheila Dikshit
Succeeded by President's Rule
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly for New Delhi
Assumed office
8 December 2013
Preceded by Sheila Dikshit
Personal details
Born (1968-08-16) 16 August 1968 (age 48)
Siwani, Haryana
Political party Aam Aadmi Party
Spouse(s) Sunita Kejriwal (m. 1995)
Children 2
Residence New Delhi, India
Alma mater IIT Kharagpur
Profession Activist, politician
Known for India Against Corruption
Jan Lokpal Bill
Religion Hinduism
Awards Ramon Magsaysay Award
Website Official website

Arvind Kejriwal (born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician who is the Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He previously served as Chief Minister from December 2013 to February 2014, stepping down after 49 days. He is the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party. His party won the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections with a majority, obtaining 67 out of 70 assembly seats.

Kejriwal is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and worked in the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner of the Income Tax Department in New Delhi.

In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership recognising his involvement in the grassroots movement Parivartan using right-to-information legislation in a campaign against corruption. The same year, after resigning from the IRS, he donated his Magsaysay award money as a corpus fund to found the Public Cause Research Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO).

In 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party, and the party won in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. Following the election, he took office as the Chief Minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013. He resigned 49 days later, on 14 February 2014, stating he did so because of his minority government's inability to pass his proposed anti-corruption legislation due to a lack of support from other political parties.

On 14 February 2015, he was sworn in as Chief Minister for a second term after his party's victory in the Delhi Assembly election.


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