Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (67)died at
the AIIMS in New Delhi late on Tuesday August 6,2019
Sushma Swaraj suffered a cardiac arrest and was administered CPR but did not respond.
Swaraj had a kidney transplant in 2016 and had opted out of contesting Lok Sabha polls earlier this year for health reasons.
She is survived by her husband Swaraj Kaushal and daughter Bansuri
Sushma Swaraj started her political life with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the RSS' student wing, and later joined the BJP.
She was the Information and Broadcasting Minister in the 13-day Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1996 and got the Cabinet portfolio again after he led the BJP to power in 1998.
Always eager to take on a challenge, Swaraj contested against the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Bellary in 1999 Lok Sabha polls. Though she fell short of votes, she grew in stature.
Long seen as a protege of veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani, she also was the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha between 2009-14.
Sushma Swaraj, a law graduate who practised in the Supreme Court, was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Sushma Swaraj was External Affairs Minister from 2014 to 2019, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014, Minister for Information and Broadcasting in Vajpayee government from 2000-2003. She was also Chief Minister of Delhi in 1998
Sushma Swaraj had many firsts to her credit such as being
Sushma Swaraj suffered a cardiac arrest and was administered CPR but did not respond.
Swaraj had a kidney transplant in 2016 and had opted out of contesting Lok Sabha polls earlier this year for health reasons.
She is survived by her husband Swaraj Kaushal and daughter Bansuri
Sushma Swaraj started her political life with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the RSS' student wing, and later joined the BJP.
She was the Information and Broadcasting Minister in the 13-day Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1996 and got the Cabinet portfolio again after he led the BJP to power in 1998.
Always eager to take on a challenge, Swaraj contested against the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Bellary in 1999 Lok Sabha polls. Though she fell short of votes, she grew in stature.
Long seen as a protege of veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani, she also was the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha between 2009-14.
Sushma Swaraj, a law graduate who practised in the Supreme Court, was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Sushma Swaraj was External Affairs Minister from 2014 to 2019, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014, Minister for Information and Broadcasting in Vajpayee government from 2000-2003. She was also Chief Minister of Delhi in 1998
Sushma Swaraj had many firsts to her credit such as being
- the youngest Cabinet Minister in the Haryana government
- first woman chief minister of Delhi and
- the first woman spokesperson for a national political party in the country.
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