From being youngest cabinet minister to External Affairs Minister of India: Sushma Swaraj's journey as politician
BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj was the external affairs minister of India from 2014 to 2019 passed away on 6 August, 2019. She was also the first female chief minister of Delhi.
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Sushma Swaraj was the first female chief minister of the India’s national capital of Delhi. She became Delhi’s chief minister in October, 1998. ANI
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Sushma Swaraj welcomes new cabinet colleague as Atal Behari Vajpayee watches in November, 2000. At the age of 25, Swaraj became the youngest cabinet minister in the Haryana Assembly. Reuters
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Sushma Swaraj with Lal Krishna Advani during their national executive meeting in the central Indian city of Indore February, 2010. She was also the first female spokesperson of a national party. Reuters
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Sushma Swaraj became the external affairs minister of India in 2014. She met US Secretary of State John Kerry before the start of their meeting in New Delhi, in August, 2016. Reuters
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Sushma Swaraj addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, US, as the external affairs minister of India in September, 2016. Reuters
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Sushma Swaraj who was India’s external affairs minister till 2019, consoles Uzma, an Indian woman who according to local media was forced to marry a Pakistani man, after her arrival in New Delhi in May, 2017. Reuters
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Sushma Swaraj with the foreign ministers and officials of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, China in April, 2018. Reuters
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