Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Marital Status
Spouse's Name
Children
Educational Qualifications
Profession
Permanent Address
Positions held
1981
1984
19 Oct. 1984 to 2 Dec. 1989
31 Dec. 1984 to 14 Jan. 1985
31 Dec. 1984 to 20 Oct. 1986
25 Sept. 1985 to 24 Jan. 1987
4 June 1986 to 24 June 1986
24 Jan. 1987 to 25 July 1987
4 May 1987 to 25 July 1987
15 July 1987 to 28 July 1987
25 July 1987 to 26 June 1988
22 Aug. 1987 to 10 Nov. 1987
May 1989 to July 1989
1989
18 Dec. 1989 to 24 Dec. 1990
24 Jan. 1990
1991
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Sports and Clubs
Countries visited
Other Information
20th August, 1944
Bombay (Maharashtra)
Married on 25th February, 1968
Smt. Sonia Gandhi
One son and one daughter
Educated at Doon School, Dehradun and Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
Pilot
10, Janpath, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3792721
Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
Prime Minister and all other Ministries/Departments not allocated to any
other Minister
Held the portfolios of Commerce and Supply, External Affairs, Industry and Company Affairs, Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Space, Electronics, Ocean Development, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Youth Affairs and Sports, Culture and Tourism and Civil Aviation
Also held charge of the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Also held charge of the Ministry of Defence
Also held charge of the Ministry of Transport
Also held charge of the Ministry of Finance
Also held charge of the Ministry of Programme Implementation
Also held charge of the Ministry of Tourism
Also Minister of External Affairs
Also held charge of the Ministry of Water Resources
Also held charge of the Ministry of Communications
Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for (the third time
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha (Ninth)
Member, General Purposes Committee
Elected* to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time
Flying and photography
President Aero Club of India; Member, Delhi Golf Club and President's Estate
Polo Club
Widely travelled
Chairman, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage; Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund and Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital; Member, Nehru Trust for Cambridge University and Indo-Arab Society; Awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1991.