Name : Sonia
Gandhi
Party Name : Indian
National Congress
Constituency : Rae Bareli
Parent’ Name: Stefano Maino, Paola Predebon
Date of Birth:09.12.1946
Birth Place : Lusiana,
Vicenza, (Italy)
Spouse Name : Rajiv Gandhi
Children’s : Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi
Educational Qualifications : (i)
Three years course in foreign languages (English & French) completed in
1964 at Istituto Santa Teresa, Turin, Italy (ii) Certificate in English from
Lennox Cook School, Cambridge, U.K. completed in 1965
Profession : Politician
Profile
:
Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi married in 1968,
following which she moved into the house of her mother-in-law and then Prime
Minister, Indira Gandhi. The couple had two children, Rahul Gandhi (Born in
1970) and Pariyanka Gandhi (Born in 1972). Despite belonging to the influential
Nehru family, Sonia and Rajiv avoided all involvement in politics. Rajiv worked
as an airline pilot while Sonia took care of her family.When Indira was ousted from office in 1977 in the aftermath of the Indian Emergency, the Rajiv family moved abroad for a short time. When Rajiv entered politics in 1982 after the death of his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi in a plane crash on 23 June 1980, Sonia continued to focus on her family and avoided all contact with the public.
Positions
:
1. Mar.
1998 onwardsPresident, Indian National Congress, Chairperson, Congress (I)
Parliamentary Party (CPP)
2. 1999Elected
to 13th Lok Sabha, Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
3. 1999-2000Member,
General Purposes Committee
4. 2004Re-elected
to 14th Lok Sabha ( 2nd term)Chairperson, United Progressive Alliance
5. 2004-22
Mar. 2006Chairperson, National Advisory Council
6. 23
Mar. 2006Resigned from 14th Lok Sabha
7. 15
May 2006Re-elected in a bye-election
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