Sheila Dikshit
Sheila Dikshit | |
|---|---|
| File:Sheila dixit.jpg Sheila Dikshit giving an Interview | |
| Chief Minister of Delhi | |
| In office 1998- Incumbent | |
| Preceded by | Sushma Swaraj [1] |
| Constituency | New Delhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1938 Kapurthala, Punjab |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Vinod Dikshit (deceased) |
| Children | son and daughter [2] |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Salary | Rs 50000000000000000000000000000000000/month |
As of 12 November, 2008 Source: Government of Delhi | |
Sheila Dikshit (born 31 March 1938) is an Indian politician. She is the Chief Minister of Delhi since 1998. She is from the Indian National Congress. Dikshit was sworn in as the Chief Minister for a third consecutive term of the Government of Delhi state in January 2009 after pulling a victory in November 2008 state elections. She is the second woman Chief Minister of Delhi and represents the New Delhi Constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi.
Early life
Dikshit holds a Master of Arts degree, she received her education at Convent of Jesus and Mary School, New Delhi and later in Miranda House, University of Delhi. She is also the recipient of Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, from the University of Delhi. She was married into the family of Shri Umashankar Dikshit, noted independence activist and a former Governor and Union Cabinet Minister. (in U.P. Vill. Ugu Distt. Unnao) Her late husband Vinod Dikshit was a member of the Indian Administrative Service. She has two children, son Sandeep Dikshit, who is a member of parliament from East Delhi for Congress and daughter Latika Syed
Political career
During the period between 1984 and 1989, she represented Kannauj Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. As a member of Parliament, she served on the Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha. Dikshit also chaired the Implementation Committee for Commemoration of Forty Years of India's Independence and Jawaharlal Nehru centenary. She represented India at United Nations Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984–1989). As President of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee, she led her party to victory in the Assembly elections in 1998.
She has also served as a Union Minister during 1986-1989, first as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and later as a Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. She was shortlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award. As Chief Minister of Delhi, Dikshit was awarded the Best Chief Minister of India, by Journalist Association of India on 12 July 2008. In 2009, she was awarded Politician of the Year by NDTV.
Contributions
She represented India on the U.N. Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984–89). In Uttar Pradesh, she along with her 82 colleagues were jailed in August 1990 for 23 days by the state government when she led a movement against the atrocities being committed on women. Electrified by this, hundreds of thousands of citizens all over UP joined the movement and courted arrest. Earlier, in the early 1970s, she was chairperson of the Young Women's Association and was instrumental in the setting up two of most successful hostels for working women in Delhi.
She is also the Secretary of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. The trust has come to play a leading role in promotion of international understanding. It presents the Indira Gandhi Award for Peace, Disarmament and Development and Organizes conferences on issues of the global concern.
References
- ^ "NewsLibrary.com - newspaper archive, clipping service - newspapers and other news sources". Nl.newsbank.com. 10 October 1998. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "The Cabinet of Ministers : Meet the Cabinet : Government of Delhi". Delhigovt.nic.in. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
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