Palaniappan Chidambaram is an Indian politician and former attorney who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He recently served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs (2017–18).
Chidambaram has served as the Union Minister of Finance four times. Most recently, he held the role for the entirety of the United Progressive Alliance government from 2004 to 2014, except for a three-year period as Minister of Home Affairs, during which he oversaw India's domestic security response to the 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai. Chidambaram returned as Finance Minister in July 2012, succeeding Pranab Mukherjee, who resigned to become the President of India.
Name : Shir P. Chidambaram
Member of Parliament : Rajya Sabha
State : Tamil Nadu
Party : Indian National Congress
Father's Name : Shri Palaniappan
Mother's Name : Shrimati Lakshmi Achi
Date of Birth : 16 September 1945
Place of Birth : Kanadukathan, Distt. Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)
Marital Status : Married on 11 December 1968
Spouse's Name : Shrimati Nalini Chidambaram
Children : One son
Educational Qualification : B.Sc., B.L., M.B.A. Educated at University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts (U.S.A.)
Profession : Lawyer
Permanent Address : 87, Motilal Street, Kandanur, Sivagangai District 630104 Tel.-
Present Address : 80, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003 Tel.-
Tel: 24644732
E-mail : chidambaram@sansad.nic.in
Positions Held:
1972Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) 1973-76 President, Youth Congress, Tamil Nadu 1976-77General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Tamil Nadu 1984 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha (first term) 1985 Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)] Sept. 1985 Union Deputy Minister, Commerce 1985-86 Union Deputy Minister, Personnel, Administrative Reforms, Training, Public Grievances and Pensions 1986-89 Union Minister of State, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Union Minister of State, Home Affairs (Internal Security) 1989 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha (second term) 1990 Member, Committee to review Lok Sabha Secretariat Rules, 1955 Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987 1990-91 Member, Public Accounts Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance 1991 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha (third term) 1991-1992 and 1995-96 Union Minister of State, Commerce (Independent Charge) 1996 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (fourth term) 1996-98 Union Cabinet Minister, Finance (with additional charge of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, June 1996 and held charge of Company Affairs till April 1997) 1998 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (fifth term) 1998-99 Member, Committee of Privileges Member, Committee on Finance Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs 2004 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (sixth term) May 2004 - Nov. 2008 Union Cabinet Minister, Finance Dec. 2008 - May 2009 Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs 2009 Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha (seventh term) May 2009 - July 2012 Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs Aug. 2012 - May 2014 Union Cabinet Minister, Finance July 2016 Elected to Rajya Sabha Sept. 2016 onwards Chairman, Committee on Home Affairs March 2017 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee
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