Arun Jaitley
Indian politician and attorney, former Finance Minister of India.
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. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, posthumously in 2020.
Quick Facts
- Location
- Lodi area, New Delhi, India
- Former name
- Feroz Shah Kotla
- Renamed
- 2013 (to Arun Jaitley Stadium)
- Ipl home since
- 2008 (inception season)
- Primary ipl tenant
- Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils)
- Primary cricket tenant
- Delhi & District Cricket Association
- Notable feature
- One of India's oldest dedicated cricket grounds
Lore & Background
Arun Jaitley was born on 28 December 1952 in Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu Brahmin family which migrated from Lahore during Partition of India. He studied at St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Delhi, graduated with a BCom from Shri Ram College of Commerce in 1973, and earned an LLB from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1977. He was a student leader with the ABVP and was detained during the Emergency (1975–77) for 19 months. He was designated a Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court in 1990 and served as Additional Solicitor General of India in 1989. He stopped practising law in June 2009 when he became Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He served as Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting (1999–2000), Law and Justice (2000–04), and Finance (2014–19). He oversaw the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax, demonetisation, merger of Railway budget with general budget, and introduction of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. He decided not to join the second Modi Cabinet in 2019 due to health issues.
Reader's Guide
Arun Jaitley was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from 2009 to 2014. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in 2014 and re-elected from Uttar Pradesh in March 2018. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Amritsar but lost to Amarinder Singh.
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