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 Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Succeeded by	Manish Tewari
Minister of Tourism and Culture Government of India
In office 29 January 2006 – 22 May 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Renuka Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Kumari 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
Incumbent
Assumed office 1999

Personal details
Born	(1942-11-13) 13 November 1942 Lahore, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Uday C. Soni
Children	0
Residence	New Delhi
Alma mater	Indraprastha 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.