Smriti Irani
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Smriti Zubin Irani (née Malhotra; Hindi pronunciation: [smɾɪt̪ɪ iːɾɑːniː] born 23 March 1976) is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model and television producer. She has been Minister of Women and Child Development since 2019, and also Minister of Minority Affairs since 2022 (as the first non-Muslim to hold the position). She previously served as Minister of Human Resource Development (2014 to 2016), Minister of Textiles (2016 to 2021), and Minister of Information and Broadcasting (2017 to 2018).[2][3] She was the youngest minister (at age 43) in prime minister Narendra Modi's second ministry in 2019.[4]
Smriti Irani | |
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Union Cabinet Minister, Government of India | |
Assumed office 26 May 2014 | |
6 July 2022 – Incumbent | Ministry of Minority Affairs |
31 May 2019 – Incumbent | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
5 July 2016 – 7 July 2021 | Ministry of Textiles |
18 July 2017 – 24 May 2018 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Rahul Gandhi |
Constituency | Amethi |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 19 August 2011 – 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Pravin Naik |
Succeeded by | Jugalji Mathurji Thakor |
Constituency | Gujarat |
National President of the BJP Mahila Morcha | |
In office 24 June 2010 – 24 April 2013 | |
Preceded by | Sumit |
Succeeded by | Saroj Pandey |
Personal details | |
Born | Smriti Malhotra (1976-03-23) 23 March 1976 (age 48)[1] New Delhi, India |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse |
Zubin Irani (m. 2001) |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Mumbai |
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She has been a member of parliament since 2011, serving in the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat from 2011 to 2019 and since 2019 serving as a member of the Lok Sabha from the Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh. A prominent leader within the Bharatiya Janata Party, she was the National President of the BJP Mahila Morcha (the party's women's wing) from 2010 to 2013. In the 2019 elections she gained the Amethi constituency by defeating opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, then-president of the Indian National Congress, whose family members had represented the constituency for much of the previous four decades. Irani has a diverse family background, with her paternal family including Punjabi and Maharashtrian heritage while her maternal family has a Bengali heritage, and she speaks several Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, and Punjabi.[5][6]