His Early Life
Arun
Jaitley was born on 28th December 1952 in Delhi to Maharaj Kishen
Jaitley, who was a lawyer and Ratan Prabha Jaitley. He did his schooling from
St. Xaviers School, New Delhi from 1960-969. He graduated from Shri Ram College
of Commerce, New Delhi in the subject of Commerce in 1973 and he passed his law
degree from the University of Delhi in 1977. He was even an Akhil Bharatiya
Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) student activist in the Delhi University and became
President of the Delhi University Students Union in 1974.
Membership
of BJP
He
has been a member of the National Executive of Bharatiya Janata Party, since
1991. In the government of Hon’ble Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he was appointed as
the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and was having an
Independent Charge. He was also appointed as Minister of State for Disinvestment
and here also he was having Independent Charge, a new ministry which was
created for the first time to give effect to the policy of disinvestments. He
even took additional charge of the Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs
on 23rd July 2000. Later, he became a Cabinet Minister in November
2000 & took charge as the Minister of Law, Justice & Company Affairs
& Shipping and was also chosen as the Leader of the opposition in the Rajya
Sabha on 3rd June 2009.
Struggle
He
was placed under preventive detention first in Ambala Jail and then in Tihar
Jail in Delhi, during the period of proclamation of Internal Emergency during
1975-1977 when civil liberties were suspended. He was appointed as the
President of the Delhi ABVP & All India Secretary of the ABVP, when he was
the convener of the Loktantric Yuva Morcha at a time when the Congress suffered
a defeat in General Elections in 1977. Later, he also headed the youth wing of
the BJP as its President.
Law
Practice and Parliamentarian
He
has been practicing law before the Supreme Court of India and several High
Courts in the country since 1977, after obtaining LLB degree. He was also
designated as a Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court in January, 1990. He
was appointed as Additional Solicitor General in 1989. He was also a delegate on
the behalf of the Government of India to the United Nations General Assembly
Session in June 1998, where the Declaration on Laws Relating to Drugs &
Money Laundering was approved.
He
was currently a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh. He was Minister in the
Cabinet of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, since, 26th May
2014. He was looking after the Ministry of finance & Ministry of Corporate
Affairs, Government of India. He was also the Minister of Defence (2014 &
2017) and the Minister of Information & Broadcasting (2014-2016), Government
of India.
His Writings
His articles and speeches has been compiled in Book, which can be accessed here.
His book Andhere se Ujale ki Or by Prabhat Prakashan can be accessed here.
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