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Nirmala Sitharaman was born on 18 August, 1959 in Madurai, India, is a Finance Minister of India. Discover Nirmala Sitharaman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?
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65 years old |
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Leo |
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18 August, 1959 |
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18 August |
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Madurai, Madras State, India (present-day Tamil Nadu) |
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Nirmala Sitharaman Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Nirmala Sitharaman's Husband?
Her husband is Parakala Prabhakar (m. 12th September 1986)
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Parakala Prabhakar (m. 12th September 1986) |
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Parakala Vangmayi |
Nirmala Sitharaman Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Nirmala Sitharaman worth at the age of 65 years old? Nirmala Sitharaman’s income source is mostly from being a successful Minister. She is from . We have estimated
Nirmala Sitharaman's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
On 31 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the finance and corporate affairs minister. She is India's first full-time female finance minister. She presented her maiden budget in the Indian parliament on 5 July 2019. Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020–21 on 1 Feb 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic in India she was made in-charge of the COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University conferred her the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019. Forbes Magazine has ranked her 34th among the 100 most powerful women in the world in 2019.
On 3 September 2017, she was appointed as Minister of Defence, being only the second woman after Indira Gandhi to hold the post, but the first full-time female defence minister.
She has also served as a member of National Commission for Women. In 2017, she was one of the founding directors of Pranava in Hyderabad.
In May 2016, she was one of the 12 candidates nominated by the BJP to contest the Rajya Sabha elections due on 11 June 2016. She successfully contested her seat from Karnataka.
Sitharaman joined the BJP in 2006 and was appointed as a spokesperson for the party in 2010. In 2014, she was inducted into Narendra Modi's cabinet as a junior minister and in June 2014, she was elected as a Rajya Sabha Member from Andhra Pradesh.
Sitharaman met her husband Parakala Prabhakar who is from Narsapuram, Andhra Pradesh, while studying at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. While Nirmala leaned towards the BJP, her husband was from a Congress family. They married in 1986, and have a daughter. Prabhakar served as a communications advisor to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu.
Nirmala Sitharaman was born in Tamil family in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman. She had her schooling from Madras and Tiruchirappalli. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics at the Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirapalli in 1980, Master of Arts degree in economics and M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi in 1984. She then enrolled for a Ph.D. in Economics with a focus on Indo-Europe trade; but a move to London after her husband secured a scholarship in London School of Economics left her unable to complete the degree.
Nirmala Sitharaman (Tamil: நிர்மலா சீதாராமன்) (Hindi: निर्मला सीतारामन्) (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the current Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2014. Sitharaman formerly served as the Defence Minister of India, thereby becoming India's second female defence 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.
