Sheila Dikshit

Sheila Dikshit
President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
11 January 2019 – 20 July 2019
National President (INC)Rahul Gandhi
Preceded byAjay Maken
Succeeded bySubhash Chopra
In office
1998–1999
National President (INC)Sonia Gandhi
Preceded byAjay Maken
Succeeded bySubhash Chopra
20th Governor of Kerala
In office
11 March 2014 – 4 September 2014
Chief MinisterOommen Chandy
Preceded byNikhil Kumar
Succeeded byP. Sathasivam[1]
6th Chief Minister of Delhi
In office
4 December 1998 – 27 December 2013
Lieutenant Governor
Preceded bySushma Swaraj
Succeeded byArvind Kejriwal
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office
4 December 2008 – 28 December 2013
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byArvind Kejriwal
ConstituencyNew Delhi
In office
3 December 1998 – 3 December 2008
Preceded byKirti Azad
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
ConstituencyGole Market
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1984–1989
Preceded byChhotey Singh Yadav
Succeeded byChhotey Singh Yadav
ConstituencyKannauj
Member of Indian delegation
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
In office
1984–89
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India
In office
1984–1989
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Personal details
Born(1938-03-31)31 March 1938
Kapurthala, Kapurthala State, British India
(present-day: Punjab, India)
Died20 July 2019(2019-07-20) (aged 81)[2]
New Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseVinod Dikshit
Children2, including Sandeep Dikshit
Alma materMiranda House, University of Delhi

Sheila Dikshit (pronounced [ˈʃiːlaː ˈdiːkʂɪt] ) (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019)[3] was an Indian politician. The longest-serving chief minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister of any Indian state, she served for a period of 15 years beginning in 1998. Dikshit led the Indian National Congress party to three consecutive electoral victories in Delhi.

Dikshit lost the December 2013 elections of the Delhi Legislative Assembly to the Bharatiya Janata Party, though Aam Aadmi Party formed a minority government with outside support from the INC, with Arvind Kejriwal as the chief minister.[4] She briefly served as the Governor of Kerala in 2014.[5] Dikshit was later declared a chief ministerial candidate for the Indian National Congress in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, but withdrew her nomination (SP's Akhilesh Yadav were announced as cm candidate). She was appointed president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on 10 January 2019 to led general election in Delhi and remained in office until her death in July later that year.[6]

  1. ^ "Sathasivam becomes Kerala governor, to take oath on September 5". India Today. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ^ News Galiyara (20 July 2019). "Three-Time Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit passed away at 81". NewsGaliyara.com. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Sheila Dikshit".
  4. ^ "Kejriwal Becomes CM". The Economic Times. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit resigns". The Hindu. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Sheila Dikshit, 3-Time Chief Minister, Appointed Delhi Congress Chief". NDTV.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.