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Arun Jaitley
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Narendra Modi
- Deputy
- Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia
- Preceded by
- P. Chidambaram
- Succeeded by
- Nirmala Sitharaman
- Chairman
- Mohammad Hamid Ansari
- Constituency
- Uttar Pradesh (from 2018) Gujarat (till 2018)
- Born
- ( 1952-12-28 ) 28 December 1952, Delhi , India
- Died
- 24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) (aged 66), New Delhi , India
- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Spouse
- Sangeeta Jaitley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 )
- Children
- 2; including Rohan Jaitley
- Education
- Delhi University ( BCom , LLB )
- Occupation
- Lawyer politician
- Awards
- Padma Vibhushan (2020) (posthumously)
- Website
- www .arunjaitley .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- New Delhi
- Place of death
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha
- Political party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Official website
- www.arunjaitley.com
- Image
- The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-12-28
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- Arun Jaitley
- date of death
- 2019-08-24
- name in native language
- अरुण जेटली
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- social media followers
- 14465773
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- affiliation string
- Ministry of Finance of India
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Encyclopedic overview
Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 – 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government.
Educated at Delhi University, Jaitly was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. From 2009 to 2014, he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He oversaw the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax which brought the country under one GST regime, demonetisation, merger of Railway budget with general budget and introduction of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Jaitley decided not to join the second Modi Cabinet in 2019, due to health issues.
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