Subramanian Swamy

Subramanian Swamy
Swamy in 2019
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
26 April 2016 – 24 April 2022
ConstituencyNominated
In office
1988–1994
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
In office
1974–1976
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
Prime MinisterChandra Shekhar
Union Minister of Law and Justice
In office
10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
Prime MinisterChandra Shekhar
Preceded byDinesh Goswami
Succeeded byKotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byA. G. S. Ram Babu
Succeeded byP. Mohan
ConstituencyMadurai, Tamil Nadu
In office
1977–1984
Preceded byRajaram Gopal Kulkarni
Succeeded byGurudas Kamat
ConstituencyMumbai North East, Maharashtra
President of Janata Party
In office
1990–2013
Personal details
Born (1939-09-15) 15 September 1939 (age 85)
Mylapore, Madras Presidency, British India
(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1974–1977)
Janata Party (1977–2003 ; 2003-2013)
All India Progressive Janata Dal (2003)
Spouse
Roxna Swamy
(m. 1966)
Children
  • Gitanjali Swamy (daughter)
  • Suhasini Haidar (daughter)
RelativesCoomi Kapoor (sister-in-law)
Sanjay Sarma (son-in-law)
Salman Haidar (co-father-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (BA)
Indian Statistical Institute (MA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • economist
  • statistician
WebsiteOfficial Blog

Subramanian Swamy (born 15 September 1939) is an Indian politician, economist and statistician. Before joining politics, he was a professor of Mathematical Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.[1] He is known for his Hindu nationalist views.[2] Swamy was a member of the Planning Commission of India and was a Cabinet Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government. Between 1994 and 1996, Swamy was Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade under former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. Swamy was a long-time member of the Janata Party, serving as its president until 2013 when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[3] He has written on foreign affairs of India dealing largely with China, Pakistan and Israel. He was nominated to Rajya Sabha on 26 April 2016 for a six-year term, ending on 24 April 2022.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Swamy recovery IITD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Anand, Geeta (1 July 2016). "Taking Down Politicians for Decades, and Rising in India's Government". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ Hall, Ian (25 September 2019). Modi and the reinvention of Indian foreign policy. Policy Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-5292-0462-9. OCLC 1090162885.