Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi (
pronunciation (help·info); born Edvige Antonia Albina Màino,[4][5][6] 9 December 1946) is an Italian-born Indie politeecian, wha haes served as Preses o the Indie Naitional Congress pairty 1998 - 2017.[5] She is the weedae o umwhile Prime Meenister o Indie, Rajiv Gandhi wha belanged tae the Nehru–Gandhi faimily. Efter her husband's assassination in 1991, she wis invitit bi Congress leaders tae tak ower the govrenment but she refuised an publicly stayed awey frae politics amidst constant proddin frae the pairty.[7] She finally agreed tae jyn politics in 1997; in 1998, she wis electit Preses o the Congress pairty.[5]
Sonia Gandhi | |
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| Chairperson o the Naitional Advisory Cooncil | |
| In office 29 Mairch 2010 – 25 Mey 2014 | |
| In office 4 Juin 2004 – 23 Mairch 2006 | |
| Chairperson of the Unitit Progressive Alliance | |
| Assumed office 16 Mey 2004 | |
| Preses o the Indie Naitional Congress | |
| In office 14 Mairch 1998 – 17 December 2017 | |
| Precedit bi | Sitaram Kesri |
| Leader o the Opposeetion Lok sabha | |
| In office 19 Mairch 1998 – 22 Mey 2004 | |
| Precedit bi | Sharad Pawar |
| Succeedit bi | L. K. Advani |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli | |
| Assumed office 17 May 2004 | |
| Precedit bi | Satish Sharma |
| Member o Pairlament, Lok Sabha for Amethi | |
| In office 10 October 1999 – 17 Mey 2004 | |
| Precedit bi | Sanjay Singh |
| Succeedit bi | Rahul Gandhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sonia Màino 9 December 1946 Lusiana, Veneto, Italy |
| Naitionality | Indie |
| Poleetical pairty | Indie Naitional Congress |
| Spoose(s) | Rajiv Gandhi (1969–1991; his daith) |
| Relations | Nehru–Gandhi faimily |
| Bairns | Rahul Priyanka |
| Residence | 10 Janpath, New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Bell Eddicational Trust |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism[1][2][3] |
References
eedit- ↑ "Profile: Sonia Gandhi". BBC News.
- ↑ "By stressing Hindu values Sonia Gandhi enhances personal acceptability and Congress appeal : NATION - India Today". intoday.in.
- ↑ N. I. Sarkar. Sonia Gandhi: Tryst with India.
- ↑ Sonia Gandhi Archived 29 Apryle 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Britannica. Retrieved on 9 December 2011.
- ↑ a b c "Sonia Gandhi Biography". Elections.in. Retrieved 24 Mey 2014.
- ↑ Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Shankar Raghuraman (2007). Divided we stand: India in a time of coalitions. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2007. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7619-3663-3.
- ↑ "ASSASSINATION IN INDIA; Sonia Gandhi Declines Invitation To Assume Husband's Party Post". The New York Times. 24 Mey 1991. Retrieved 25 Mey 2014.