Arun Jaitley Birthday, Age, Family & Biography

Arun Jaitley, the minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, was born on 28th December 1952 at New Delhi, India. He is a Lawyer turned Politician and is one of the most influential members of Bharatiya Janta Party.

Arun Jaitley is a politician and advocate from India. He currently serves as the Minister of Corporate Affairs and Finance Minister for Government of India.

He attended St. Xavier’s School in New Delhi. He studied at Shri Ram College of Commerce and graduated with anhonours degree in commerce, Bachelor of Commerce degree. From University of Delhi, he obtained his LLB degree. He was a student leader for AkhilaBharatiyaVidyarthiParishad in the University Campus and he went on to become the President of Student Union of University of Delhi in 1974. He was under preventive detention during the Internal Emergency in 1975. ArunJaitley actively took part in the movement against corruption launched by Jayaprakash Narayan and Raj Narain in 1973. He became the Convenor of the National Committee for Students and Youth Organization. He was also very active in the civil rights movement. After emergency, he joined the Jan Sangh party. ArunJaitley was appointed as the President of Delhi ABVP wing and All India secretary of ABVP. Very soon after joining the party, he became the President of Youth Wing of BJP.

He has been an advocate in the Supreme Court of India and several other High Courts in India. He was designated as a Senior Advocate by Delhi High Court in 1990. He was the Additional Solicitor General in 1989 by Government of India and did the record and paperwork involved in the investigations of Bofors Scandal. He has advocated for several major political leaders including SharadYadav, MadhavraoScindia, and L.K Advani. He presented a study paper in front of Indo-Britosh Legal Forum regarding corruption and crime in India. He also represented Government of India at the United Nations General Assembly in June 1998.

Since 1991, ArunJaitley is a member of National Executive of BharatiyaJanata Party. He became the spokesperson for the party in 1999. After the NDA Government came to power after 1999 General Elections, he was appointed as the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Minister of State for Disinvestment. He also became the Minister of Law, Justice, and Company Affairs in July 2000. He also got an elevation as a Cabinet Minister in November 2000. He was the General Secretary of the party and national spokesman from July 2002 to January 2003. After NDA’s defeat in 2004 General elections, he returned to the position and also his legal career. He became the Opposition Leader in the RajyaSabha in June 2009. He is a RajyaSabha member from Gujarat currently. He was one of the important leaders and strategy planners of BJP in 2014 General Elections. After NDA Government came to power in 2014, he has been the Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence. He is also a member of Board of Governors at Asian Development Bank. He played pivotal roles in demonetization and implementation of GST in India.

He is interested in cricket and has served in the Delhi Cricket Association and Board of Control for Cricket in India. 

See given below celebrity profiles about Arun Jaitley's family, relatives;

He was born to Maharaj Kishen Jaitley and Shrimati Ratan Prabha Jaitley. He is married to Sangeeta Jaitely since 1982. The couple together has a son named Rohan Jaitley and Sonali Jaitley.

• Arun Jaitley was an extraordinary student during his college life. He graduated in Commerce from Shri Ram College and Graduated in Law from Delhi University.
• When BJP was formed he became its Youth Wing President in 1980. From 1980 to early 90s BJP was struggling to become the main stream political party in India. Unedr Atal and Advani BJP was working hard and Arun Jaitley was given task to transform youth brigade of BJP into mature politicians.
• In 1999 when Atal Led NDA came into power he was made Minister of STate and held important portfolios like Law and Justice, Information and Broadcasting and also Minister of State for Disinvestment.
• He was chief Strategy planner of BJP for 2014 election and was one of the reason for massive victory.
• Another facts about Arun Jaitley is that he has a lot of interest in Cricket and served as Vice President of BCCI before resigning in 2014.