Sheila Dikshit
Sheila Dikshit | |
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| President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 11 January 2019 – 20 July 2019 | |
| National President (INC) | Rahul Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Ajay Maken |
| Succeeded by | Subhash Chopra |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| National President (INC) | Sonia Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Ajay Maken |
| Succeeded by | Subhash Chopra |
| 20th Governor of Kerala | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 4 September 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | Nikhil Kumar |
| Succeeded by | P. Sathasivam |
| 6th Chief Minister of Delhi | |
| In office 3 December 1998 – 28 December 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Succeeded by | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 4 December 2008 – 28 December 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Succeeded by | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Constituency | New Delhi |
| In office 3 December 1998 – 3 December 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Kirti Azad |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Constituency | Gole Market |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Chhotey Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Chhotey Singh Yadav |
| Constituency | Kannauj |
| Member of Indian delegation United Nations Commission on the Status of Women | |
| In office 1984–89 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi |
| Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1938 Kapurthala, Kapurthala State, British India (present-day: Punjab, India) |
| Died | 20 July 2019 (aged 81) New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Vinod Dikshit |
| Children | 2, including Sandeep Dikshit |
| Alma mater | Miranda House, University of Delhi |
Sheila Dikshit (pronounced [ˈʃiːlaː ˈdiːkʂɪt] ⓘ) (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019) was an Indian politician. The longest-serving chief minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister in Indian history, she served for a period of 15 years beginning in 1998. Dikshit led the Indian National Congress party to three consecutive electoral victories in Delhi.
Dikshit lost the December 2013 elections of the Delhi Legislative Assembly to the Bharatiya Janata Party, though Aam Aadmi Party formed a minority government with outside support from the INC, with Arvind Kejriwal as the chief minister. She briefly served as the Governor of Kerala in 2014. Dikshit was later declared a chief ministerial candidate for the Indian National Congress in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, but withdrew her nomination (Akhilesh Yadav were announced as candidate). She was appointed president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on 10 January 2019 to led general election in Delhi and remained in office until her death in July later that year.