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| As Manmohan Singh, the genteel academician-turned-economist-turned-politician, takes over the reins of the country from Atal Bihari Vajpayee, indiainfo.com takes a look at his sizeable army of men and women who, along with the affable Sardar, would preside over the destiny of over a billion people. |
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Shri Chidambaram - Finance |
The Harvard-educated senior advocate was the Union Finance Minister in the United Front Government between 1996 and 1998.
58-year-old Chidambaram, elected to the Lok Sabha six times since 1984, was also Commerce Minister in the P V Narasimha Rao Government. Earlier he had also served as Minister for Personal Public Grievances and Pension and Internal Security (Home Department) in 1985 in the late Rajiv Gandhi Government. |
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Shri Mahavir Prasad -
Small Scale, Agro & Rural Industries |
A veteran Congress leader and former Minister of State under P V Narasimha Rao, Prasad makes a comeback into the Government after a long gap.
Elected from Bansgaon, he was AICC general secretary and also headed the Congress in the crucial State of Uttar Pradesh. He had also served as Governor of Haryana. |
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Shri Kamal Nath - Commerce & Industry |
Considered close to late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi from his Doon school days, industrialist-turned-politician Kamal Nath has seen both good and bad days in Congress, sometimes inducted into the Union Cabinet and sometimes being denied even a ticket to fight elections. |
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Shri Natwar Singh - External Affairs |
A seasoned diplomat, 73-year-old Singh has made a mark as an able administrator, Parliamentarian and a tough negotiator on issues related to foreign affairs.
After graduating from the prestigious St Stephen's College here and continuing his higher education at Cambridge and the Peking University in China, Singh headed Indian Missions in Poland, Zambia and Pakistan besides serving in Britain as Deputy High Commissioner. |
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Shri T R Baalu -
Road Transport and Highways |
A Minister in the previous National Democratic Alliance Government, T R Baalu has been elected MP for the fourth time from South Chennai constituency.> |
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Shri Shankar Singh Vaghela - Textiles |
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat, the 64-year-old veteran politician from Gujarat has had a varied experience having been a political worker since his youth. |
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Shri P M Sayeed - Power |
A veteran Parliamentarian having represented the tiny island of Lakshdweep for 11 terms and unlucky to lose this time narrowly a seat which appeared to be his "permanently". |
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Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh - Rural Development |
A socialist to the core, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh comes back to the Union Ministry after his two brief stints in the United Front Government. |
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Shri P R Dasmunshi -
Water Resources |
A firebrand leader, he started his political career as student leader in his 30s and rose to become a top-ranking Congress leader at the national level.
Born on August 5, 1945, Dasmunshi was initiated into politics as Chhatra Parishad president in 1966 and continued to steer the students wing of the Congress for a few years before graduating to electoral politics. |
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