Ambika Soni

Ambika Soni
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
from Punjab, India
In office
March 1976 - March 1982
January 2000 - June 2004
July 2004 - July 2022
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Government of India
In office
22 May 2009 – 27 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Succeeded byManish Tewari
Minister of Tourism and Culture
Government of India
In office
29 January 2006 – 22 May 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byRenuka Chowdhury
Succeeded byKumari Selja
President of
All India Mahila Congress
In office
1998–1999
President of
Indian Youth Congress
In office
1975–1977
General Secretary of
All India Congress Committee
In office
1999–2020
Member of
Congress Working Committee
Assumed office
1999
Personal details
Born (1942-11-13) 13 November 1942 (age 82)
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(now in Pakistan)
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseUday C. Soni
Children1
ResidenceNew Delhi
Alma materIndraprastha College, University of Delhi
University of Havana
Alliance Francaise
Convent Of Jesus & Mary

Ambika Soni (born 13 November 1942) is an Indian politician in the Indian National Congress. She has been Minister of Information and Broadcasting. She was a Member of Parliament representing the state of Punjab in the Rajya Sabha.