SHRI JASWANT SINGH

Singh , Shri Jaswant [Bharatiya Janata Party -Rajasthan ]
Father's Name :	Late Thakur Sardar Singhji
Mother's Name :	Shrimati Kunwar Baisa
Date of Birth :	3 January 1938
Place of Birth :	Village Jasol, Railway Station Balotara, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan)
Marital Status :	Married
Spouse's Name :	Shrimati Sheetal Kumari
Children :	Two sons
Educational Qualifications :	B.A., B.Sc. Educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, Joint Services Wing, Clement Town, Dehradun, N.D.A., Khadakvasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun
Profession :	Military Service.
Permanent Address :	Vill. Temawas,Gram Panchayat, Mewanagar,Tehsil:Pachpadra,Post Office: Jasol,Distt:Barmer,Rajasthan.
Present Address :	15, Teen Murti Lane, New Delhi 110011 Tel. - 23016228, 23792301, Fax. 23015623, 23011304 E-mail : jaswant@sansad.nic.in
Positions Held :
July 1980 Elected to Rajya Sabha July 1986 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha 1986-89 Member, Committee of Privileges Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Public Accounts Committee 1987 Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987 1989-91 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha May 1990 Chairman, Estimates Committee 1991-96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha 1991-92 Chairman, Committee on Environment and Forests 1992 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to Enquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions 1993 Chairman, Committee on Energy 1996-97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha May 1996 Minister of Finance, Government of India 25 March 1998- 4 Feb. 1999 Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission July 1998 Elected to Rajya Sabha Dec. 1998 - 1 July 2002 Minister of External Affairs Feb. - Oct. 1999 Minister of Electronics (Simultaneous charge) 6 Aug. -13 Oct. 1999 Minister of Surface Transport (Simultaneous charge) 15 October 1999- 21 May 2004 Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha 18 March - 15 Oct.2001 Minister of Defence (Simultaneous charge) 1 July 2002- 9 April 2003 Minister of Finance and Company Affairs 10 April 2003 - 21 May 2004 Minister of Finance 3 June - 4 July 2004 Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha and 5 July 2004 onwards July 2004 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha Aug. 2004 - Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests Member, Committee on Water Resources Aug. 2004 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex Aug. 2005 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee
Freedom Fighter :	No
Books Published :
Has contributed widely to Indian and foreign magazines, newspapers and journals on international affairs, security and development issues; books : (i) National Security - An Outline of Our Concerns (Lancer Publishers, New Delhi, 1996), (ii) Shauryam Tejo (in Hindi) (Prabhat Prakashan, New Delhi, 1997), (iii) Defending India (Macmillan Publisher Ltd., U.K., 1999), (iv) District Diary (Macmillan India Ltd., New Delhi, 2001), (v) Khankhananama (in Hindi) - a biography of Bairam Khan (Pratibha Pratishthan, New Delhi, 2001), (vi) Defendre L'inde, (in French) (Economica, Paris, 2001), (vii) A Call to Honour : In the Service of Emergent India (Rupa & Co., New Delhi, 2006), (viii) Travels in Transoxiana (Rupa & Co., New Delhi, 2006) and (ix) Victoria Cross - Till Memory Serves (Rupa & Co., New Delhi, 2007)
Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests :
International affairs, defence, environment, ecology and wildlife
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :
Member, (i)Indian Polo Association, (ii) Equestrian Federation of India, (iii) Defence Services Officers' Institute, (iv) Delhi Golf Club, (v) United Services Institute, (vi) India International Centre, (vii) Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses and (viii) International Institute of Strategic Studies, London; antiquarian, bibliophile, music, horses, equestrian sports, golf and chess
Countries Visited :
Widely travelled
Other Information :
Commissioned to the Central India Horse in 1957; resigned Commission to join politics; chaired several Task Forces to recommend policy to the Government amongst others on, (i) Telecommunications, (ii) Information Technology and (iii) Energy; was Member of Groups of Ministers on (i) Reforming the National Security System and (ii) Hydrocarbon Vision 2025