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| '''Mani Shankar Aiyar''' (born ], ], ]) is an ]n politician. He |
'''Mani Shankar Aiyar''' (born ], ], ]) is an ]n politician. He has been a member of the ] party. He is the Petroleum Minister in the ] government. He represents ], ] in the 14th ]. | ||
| He attended ], studied economics in ] and ] and served for 26 years in the ], the last five of which were on deputation to the |
He attended ], studied economics in ] and ] and served for 26 years in the ], the last five of which were on deputation to the Prime Minister’s Office under ] (]-]). He resigned from service in 1989 to take up a career in politics and the media, entering ] as a Congress MP from the state of ] in ] and being re-elected in ]. | ||
| He is a special invitee to the ] and chairman of both the party’s political training department and the department of policy planning and coordination. He is, besides, a well-known political columnist and has written several books, including Pakistan Papers and Remembering Rajiv, as also edited a four-volume publication, ''Rajiv Gandhi’s India''. | He is a special invitee to the ] and chairman of both the party’s political training department and the department of policy planning and coordination. He is, besides, a well-known political columnist and has written several books, including Pakistan Papers and Remembering Rajiv, as also edited a four-volume publication, ''Rajiv Gandhi’s India''. | ||
| He is married |
He is married, and has three grown-up daughters. His special interests include grassroots democracy, Indian foreign policy—particularly with India's neighborhood countries and ]—and ]. | ||
| == Notable quotes == | == Notable quotes == | ||
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Mani Shankar Aiyar (born April 10, 1941, Lahore) is an Indian politician. He has been a member of the Indian National Congress party. He is the Petroleum Minister in the Manmohan Singh government. He represents Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu in the 14th Lok Sabha.
He attended The Doon School, studied economics in Delhi and Cambridge and served for 26 years in the IFS, the last five of which were on deputation to the Prime Minister’s Office under Rajiv Gandhi (1985-89). He resigned from service in 1989 to take up a career in politics and the media, entering Parliament as a Congress MP from the state of Tamil Nadu in 1991 and being re-elected in 1999.
He is a special invitee to the Congress Working Committee and chairman of both the party’s political training department and the department of policy planning and coordination. He is, besides, a well-known political columnist and has written several books, including Pakistan Papers and Remembering Rajiv, as also edited a four-volume publication, Rajiv Gandhi’s India.
He is married, and has three grown-up daughters. His special interests include grassroots democracy, Indian foreign policy—particularly with India's neighborhood countries and West Asia—and nuclear disarmament.
Notable quotes
- I am a Brahmin from Tanjore district. Yet I eat beef. I threw my sacred thread. I married, not a Brahmin, but, a non-Hindu. I am so secular.
External links
- Article in Economic Times about him dated May 23, 2004.
- Information as a member of 14th Lok Sabha on website of Lok Sabha
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