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Nirmala Sitharaman

Indian economist and politician (born 1959)


Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian economist, politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serving as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing Karnataka since 2016 and previously represented Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2016. Sitaraman presented the union budget 8 times, making her second only to Morarji Desai to present the most number of budgets.

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