Ht leadership summit 2014 arun jaitley biography
He was the BJP president from to , and then served as the leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha from to Jaitley is a senior advocate in.!
Arun Jaitley
Indian politician and attorney (–)
Arun Jaitley (28 December – 24 August ) was an Indian politician and attorney.
A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from to Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government.
ARUN JAITLEY WAS BORN IN NEW DELHI, in December , to a family that had moved there from Lahore via Amritsar during Partition.
From to , he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He oversaw the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax which brought the country under one GST regime, demonetisation, merger of Railway budget with general budget and introduction of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.[3][4][5] Jaitley decided not to join the second Modi Cabinet in , due to health issues.[6][7]
He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's