Yashwant Sinha
| Yashwant Sinha | |
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Yashwant Sinha in 2000
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| Minister of External Affairs | |
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In office 1 July 2002 – 22 May 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Jaswant Singh |
| Succeeded by | Natwar Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 November 1937 Patna, Bihar, British India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Nilima Sinha |
| Children |
Jayant Sinha Sumant Sinha |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | yashwantsinha.in |
Yashwant Sinha, IAS (born 6 November 1937) is an Indian politician and a former finance minister of India (1990–1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and March 1998 – July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and foreign minister (July 2002 – May 2004) in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is now the single most dominant party of the Indian parliament after the 2014 general election. His son Jayant Sinha, a consultant and investor, won the 2014 elections for the Hazaribagh constituency and his son is currently serving as Minister of State for Civil Aviation in Narendra Modi's cabinet.
In 2015, in recognition for his contributions to Indo-French relations, Sinha was conferred the Legion of Honor, France's highest civilian honor.
Sinha was born in Patna, Bihar into a Kayastha family. He received his master's degree in Political Science in 1958. Subsequently, he taught the subject at the University of Patna till 1960.
Sinha joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1960 and spent over 24 years holding important posts during his service tenure. He served as Sub-Divisional Magistrate and District Magistrate for 4 years. He was Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary in the Finance Department of the Bihar Government for 2 years after which he worked in the Ministry of Commerce as Deputy Secretary to the Government of India. .
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