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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 Mani Shankar Aiyer - Petroleum & Natural Gas, Panchayati Raj |
From the Indian Foreign Service to Cabinet minister has been a long journey for this effervescent Congressman from Tamil Nadu.
The 63-year-old former bureaucrat had served under the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He took premature retirement from service to become a special assistant to Gandhi. Born in Lahore, he was educated in Delhi at St Stephen's College and went on to Cambridge.
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Shri Sunil Dutt -
Youth Affairs and Sports |
For a man who has defied age and criss-crossed the country on foot, with the sole ambition of spreading the message of peace and communal harmony, actor-turned-activist Sunil Dutt's entry into the corridors of power has come after a long "padyatra".
Born in Kurd (now in Pakistan) on June 6, 1929, Dutt suffered the travails and tribulations of partition. However, his mother's advice, that "those who wallow in the past only learn to hate and do not move ahead in life", spurred him ahead in life. |
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Shri Meira Kumar - Social justice & Empowerment |
Daughter of late Jagjivan Ram, a former IFS officer and elected to Lok Sabha from Sasaram constituency in Bihar, she makes her maiden entry into the Union Council of Ministers. |
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Shri Shibu Soren - Coal, Mines and Minerals |
A name synonymous with decades of Jharkhand agitation for Statehood, Sibu Soren is a charismatic tribal leader who has become a Union Minister for the first time. |
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Shri A Raja - Environment & Forest |
The 40-year-old Family Welfare Minister in the previous Vajpayee Government, A Raja had come out successful from Perambalur constituency.
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Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao - Shipping |
The architect of renewed movement for separate Telangana State, Rao was the pick of the recent elections in Andhra Pradesh, steering his fledgling TRS to a stunning victory and emerging as a formidable political force.
With five Lok Sabha and 26 Assembly seats in his kitty, Rao has emerged as a key player both at the Centre and the State and is set to leverage this strength to pursue his goal of Telangana Statehood. |
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Shri Sis Ram Ola - Labour & Employment |
For this 77-year-old farmer from Rajasthan, being in the Union Council of Ministers is nothing new and he brings with him his previous experience of holding charge of portfolios like Chemicals and Fertilizers and Water Resources
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Shri Dayanidhi Maran - Communication & IT |
Son of late Union Minister Murasoli Maran and grand nephew of DMK president M Karunanidhi, 34-year old Maran was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Central Chennai constituency in his maiden attempt to enter Parliament. |
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