The 62-year-old leader is best known for taking on Sonia Gandhi from Bellary in 1999 and being the first woman Chief Minister of Delhi in 1998. Sushma Swaraj was born in Ambala Cantt (Haryana) and her father was a prominent RSS member. She holds a B.A degree with majors in Sanskrit and Political Science and an LL.B. She was a practicing Supreme Court advocate from 1973.
In 1977, she became the youngest ever Cabinet minister in the country at 25, and after 2 years she was appointed as the State President of the Janata Party, Haryana state. Sushma Swaraj was the first female spokesperson of a national political party in India. She has many firsts to her credit as the BJP’s first female Chief Minister, Union Cabinet Minister, General Secretary, Spokesperson and Leader of Opposition. She has contested 10 direct elections from four states. She has been elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
In the 2014 general elections, she won from Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency with the highest ever margin of 400,000 votes.
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