You left but your memories stayed! ― Avijeet Das

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TIMELINE

Minister of External Affairs In office
26 May 2014 – 30 May 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Preceded by Salman Khurshid Succeeded by Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs In office
26 May 2014 – 7 January 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Preceded by Vayalar Ravi Succeeded by Position abolished
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha In office
21 December 2009 – 26 May 2014 Preceded by L. K. Advani Succeeded by Mallikarjun Kharge
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs In office
29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Preceded by Pramod Mahajan Succeeded by Ghulam Nabi Azad
Minister of Health and Family Welfare In office
29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 Constituency Ambala Cantonment In office
1977–1982 Preceded by Hans Raj Suri Succeeded by Ram Dass Dhamija Constituency Ambala Cantonment
Personal details Born
Sushma Sharma 14 February 1952[1][2] Ambala Cantonment, Punjab, India (now in Haryana, India)
Died
6 August 2019 (aged 67) New Delhi, Delhi, India
Cause of death
Cardiac arrest Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Swaraj Kaushal (m. 1975; her death 2019)
Children
1 Alma mater
Sanatan Dharma College (BA) Panjab University (LLB)
Profession Senior advocate
Awards
Padma Vibhushan (2020) (posthumously)

IN A NUTSHELL

Date and place of Birth: 14 February 1952 Ambala Cantonment, Punjab, India

Died: 6 August 2019 (aged 67) New Delhi, Delhi, India

Spouse(s): Swaraj Kaushal (A criminal lawyer in Supreme Court)

Children: 1 Daughter (Bansuri Swaraj)

Nationality: Indian

Education: BA & LLB (Punjab University, Chandigarh)

Height: 149 CM (4"11)

Sushma Swaraj began her political career with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in the 1970s.
Although she joined the political party due to his husband's close association with the socialist leader George Fernandes and Sushma Swaraj became a part of George Fernandes's legal defence team in 1975.

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