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NIRMALA SITHARAMAN

Written by Varah .R

Nirmala Sitharaman is an

Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who is

currently serving as the Minister of Finance and Ministry

Affairs. She is a member of Rajya Sabah, upper house of the

Indian Parliament, since 2014. Sitharaman formerly served as

the Defense Minister and also the second female Finance

Minister after Indira Gandhi and first full – time female

Finance Minister. She has served as the Minister of state for

Finance and Corporate Affairs under the Ministry of Finance

and the Minister for commerce and industry with independent

charge. Prior to that, she served as a national spokesperson for

the BJP.

Nirmala Sitharaman worked as a sales person at Habitat, a

home décor store in London’s Regent Street. She has served as

an assistant to Economist in the Agricultural Engineers

Association in the UK. During her stay in the UK, she has also

served as a senior Manager(R and D) for price water house and