Yashwant Sinha

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Yashwant Sinha is an Indian politician and former civil servant who served as India’s Finance Minister and later as External Affairs Minister, playing a key role in the country’s economic and foreign policy in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian politician
former civil servant
human
birthPlace Bihar
British India
Patna
child Jayant Sinha
countryOfCitizenship India
educatedAt Patna College
Patna University
era early 21st century politics of India
late 20th century politics of India
fieldOfWork economics policy
foreign policy
gender male
hasRelative Jayant Sinha
hasWrittenWork Relentless (autobiographical or political writing)
knownFor critic of certain economic policies in later years
serving as External Affairs Minister of India
serving as Finance Minister of India
languageSpoken English
Hindi
memberOf Indian Administrative Service
name Yashwant Sinha self-link
nationality Indian
notableRole key role in India’s economic policy in the 1990s
key role in India’s foreign policy in the early 2000s
notableWork India’s economic reforms in the early 1990s
shaping India’s foreign policy in the early 2000s
occupation civil servant
politician
politicalParty Bharatiya Janata Party
Trinamool Congress
portfolio External Affairs
Finance
positionHeld Finance Minister of India
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of External Affairs of India
Minister of Finance
national spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party
vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party
residence New Delhi, India
surface form: New Delhi
serviceEndYear 1984
serviceEntry Indian Administrative Service
serviceStartYear 1960
spouse Nilima Sinha

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