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Nirmala Sitharaman was born on 18 August, 1959 in Madurai, Madras State, India (present-day Tamil Nadu), is an Indian economist and politician (born 1959). Discover Nirmala Sitharaman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 18 August, 1959
Birthday 18 August
Birthplace Madurai, Madras State, India (present-day Tamil Nadu)
Nationality India

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Her husband is Parakala Prabhakar (m. 12th September 1986)

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Nirmala Sitharaman Net Worth

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1959

Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist, politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serving as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019.

1980

She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics at the Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirapalli in 1980, Master of Arts degree in economics and M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi in 1984.

She then enrolled for a Ph.D. program in Economics with a focus on Indo-Europe trade; but later left this program and moved to London (when her husband secured a scholarship in London School of Economics) because of which she was unable to complete her degree.

2008

Nirmala Sitharaman joined BJP in 2008.

2014

She served as junior minister in the Modi ministry between 2014 and 2017, holding successive positions, first for her dual appointment as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs from May to November 2014, and then as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry from May 2014 to September 2017, before being elevated to senior posts within the Union Cabinet.

Sitharaman featured in the Forbes 2022 list of World's 100 most powerful women and was ranked 36.

Fortune named her the most powerful woman in India.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman created history as she presented her sixth consecutive budget on February 1, matching the record set by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

Nirmala Sitharaman was born in a Tamil Iyengar family in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman.

She had her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School Villupuram till primary level and also from Madras and Tiruchirappalli.

She was a national spokesperson of the party till 2014.

In 2014, she was inducted into Narendra Modi's cabinet as a junior minister and was elected in June of that year as a Rajya Sabha Member from Andhra Pradesh.

2016

She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing Karnataka since 2016 and previously represented Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2016.

In May 2016, she was one of the 12 candidates nominated by the BJP to contest the Rajya Sabha elections due on 11 June.

She successfully contested her seat from Karnataka.

2017

Sitharaman previously served as the 28th Defence Minister from 2017 to 2019, thereby becoming India's second female defence minister and the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi, and the first full-time female minister to hold each of those portfolios.

On 3 September 2017, she was appointed as Minister of Defence, being only the second woman after Indira Gandhi to hold the post, but the first full-time female defence minister.

In 2017, she was one of the founding directors of Pranava in Hyderabad.

2019

She has served as the Defence Minister of India and headed the Balakot Air Strike carried out by the Indian Air Force in 2019.

She is currently serving as the Minister of Finance and Corporate affairs of India and has presented five annual budgets of India.

Under her tenure, the army conducted the Balakot airstrike in retaliation to the 2019 Pulwama attack.

The Indian army claimed that the operation had killed at least 170 JEM terrorists.

On 31 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the finance and corporate affairs minister.

She is India's first full-time female finance minister.

She presented her maiden budget in the Indian parliament on 5 July 2019.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University conferred her the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019.

Forbes Magazine has ranked her 34th among the 100 most powerful women in the world in 2019.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister wins the Business Reformer of the year award at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2021.

In 2023, ranked at number 32, Sitharaman has made it to the list of Forbes Magazine's 100 most powerful women in the world for the fifth time in a row.

In 2022, the minister was ranked at number 36 in the list, while she was in the 37th spot in 2021 and 41st in 2020 respectively.

Sitharaman met her husband, economist and commentator Parakala Prabhakar, who is from Narsapuram, Andhra Pradesh, while studying at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

2020

Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020–21 on 1 February 2020.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in India she was made in-charge of the COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force.

Under her tenure as the finance minister in 2022, India became the Fifth largest Economy in the world, and the GDP of the country was said to have seen massive growth positively with historical context.

In February 2024, she presented the Union budget for the record 6th time and matched it with Morarji Desai.

She also became the first minister to present the budget in the New Parliament building of India.

Nirmala Sitharaman worked as a salesperson at Habitat, a home decor store in London's Regent Street.

She has served as an assistant to Economist in the Agricultural Engineers Association in the UK.

During her stay in the UK, she has also served as a Senior Manager (R&D) for PWC and briefly at the BBC World Service.

She has also served as a member of National Commission for Women.