Anand Sharma

Anand Sharma
Anand Sharma at Davos World Economic Forum in 2012.
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Rajya Sabha
In office
8 June 2014 – 2 April 2022
President
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Chairman Rajya Sabha
Leader of the Opposition
Preceded byM. J. Akbar
Succeeded byP. Chidambaram (interim)
Member of Parliament In Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2016 – 2 April 2022
Succeeded bySikander Kumar
ConstituencyHimachal Pradesh
In office
5 July 2010 – 9 March 2016
ConstituencyRajasthan
In office
03 April 2004 – 02 April 2010
ConstituencyHimachal Pradesh
In office
10 April 1984 – 09 April 1990
ConstituencyHimachal Pradesh
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
In office
22 May 2009 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byKamal Nath
Succeeded byNirmala Sitharaman
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
In office
18 October 2008 – 22 May 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byM. H. Ambareesh
Succeeded byChoudhury Mohan Jatua
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
In office
29 January 2006 – 22 May 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byRao Inderjit Singh
Succeeded byPreneet Kaur
Personal details
Born (1953-01-05) 5 January 1953
Shimla, Punjab, India
(now in Himachal Pradesh, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseZenobia Sharma
Alma materFaculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
OccupationLawyer

Anand Sharma (born 5 January 1953) is an Indian politician and former Union Cabinet Minister in charge of Commerce and Industry and Textiles in the Government of India. Since June 2014, Sharma was the Deputy Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament until 2022.

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