Arun Jaitley was the former finance minister of India. A stalwart of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley during his long political career held many portfolios including that of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice. He held cabinet rank during both in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government. From 2009 to 2014 he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. A key member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet in the BJP government's first term, he often acted as the chief troubleshooter of the government. Also a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India, Jaitley appeared in various other cases in India.
Arun Jaitley was born on 28 December 1952 in Delhi. Son of a legal professional, he did B.Com from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi in 1973. Then after he obtained his LLB degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, in 1977. An Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) student leader, Jaitley was elected as the President of the Students Union of Delhi University in 1974. During Emergency (1975–77) he was kept under preventive detention for 19 months. After being released from jail he joined the Jan Sangh.
When Jan Sangh was recreated as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jaitley served on many important positions. He had been a member of the national executive of Bharatiya Janata Party since 1991. He served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge) in the Vajpayee Government. He was also appointed Minister of State for Disinvestment (Independent Charge). Jaitley was elevated to a Cabinet Minister in November 2000 and was made simultaneously the Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and Shipping. After the defeat of the National Democratic Alliance in May 2004, Jaitley was chosen as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. His stint as a leader of the opposition will always be remembered for raising issues like that of woman empowerment, unemployment. He also supported Women Reservation Bill and Jan Lokpal Bill.
In 2014 when BJP lead NDA Government came back to power, Jaitley was selected by newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the Minister of Finance, the Minister for Corporate Affairs and the Minister of Defence, in his cabinet. His tenure as the Finance Minister of India saw demonetization of high-value currency notes of ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series. The move was aimed at curbing corruption, black money, fake currency, and terror financing. He is also credited for the GST rollout. Jaitley did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election because of his deteriorating health conditions.
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