Yashwant Sinha is a Politician and an Indian administrator who also served as the Finance Minister of India from 1990 until 1991 under the former Prime Minister named Chandra Shekhar and again from 1998-2002 under Prime Minister named Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Sinha was also a senior leader in the Bhartiya Janata Party before he left the party on April 21st, 2018. Later in the year 2021, he joined the All Indian Trinamool Congress (TMC).
| FULL NAME | Yashwant Sinha |
| PROFESSION | Civil Servant & Politician |
| SALARY/NET WORTH | Salary: – INR 50000 per month (as a member of Parliament) Net Worth: – INRs 3 Crores (as in 2014) |
| HIEGHT (approx.) | 5′ 8” |
| WEIGHT (approx.) | 75 Kg |
| EYE COLOUR | Black |
| HAIR COLOUR | Grey |
| POLITICAL PARTY | Janta Dal/Janta Party (1984-1991) Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) (left on April 21st, 2018) All Indian Trinamool Congress (TMC) (joined on 13th March 2021 and resigned in June 2022) |
| WORKS & OFFICES | Minister of External Affairs of India (2002-2004) Member of the Lok Sabha (1998-2004) Minister of Finance of India (1998 to 2002) Minister of Finance of India (1990-1991) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6 November 1937 |
| AGE | 85 Years (as of 2022) |
| HOMETOWN/CITY | Patna, Bihar |
| QUALIFICATION | Master’s Degree in Political Science from Patna University in 1958 |
| RELIGION | Hinduism |
| ADDRESS | 76 A Village Hupad P. O. Thana-Mufassil, Dist.- Hazaribagh, Jharkhand |
| MARITAL STATUS | Married |
| HUSBAND/WIFE | Wife- Nilima Sinha |
| CHILDREN | Sons: – Jayant Sinha (Politician) Sumant Sinha (Businessman) Daughter: – Sharmila (Writer) |
Yashwant Sinha Biography
Yashwant Sinha is a Politician and an Indian administrator who also served as the Finance Minister of India from 1990 until 1991 under the former Prime Minister named Chandra Shekhar and again from 1998-2002 under Prime Minister named Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Sinha was also a senior leader in the Bhartiya Janata Party before he left the party on April 21st, 2018. Later in the year 2021, he joined the All Indian Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Yashwant Sinha has nominated as the Presidential Candidate by the Combined Opposition parties for the 2022 Presidential Elections, which leads to his resignation from Trinamool Congress (TMC) in June 2022. Also, he become the first Trinamool Congress leader who was nominated for the Presidential position. Sinha’s legislative career was started with the election to a seat in the Rajya Sabha in 1988.
Yashwant Sinha Son & Family
Yashwant Sinha did not share much about his parents. He is married to Nilima Sinha, one of India’s leading children’s Writers & President of the Illustrators for Children and Association of Writers. Nilima Sinha and Yashwant Sinha son (s) and a daughter, Sharmila Sinha, and two sons: Jayant Sinha and Sumant Sinha. Sinha was accused by the opponents, and other political observers of trying to promote the term nepotism by nominating his son Jayant Sinha as the successor to contest from Hazaribagh by overlooking the interests of many other loyal party workers, also, he tried to justify the nomination of his son as a party member.
Yashwant Sinha Education
Yashwant Sinha was born in Asthawan, Nalanda, British India (now in Bihar), and brought up in Patna, Bihar, in a Kayastha family. He did his graduation from Patna University with BA Hons. (History) and completed his master’s degree with the subject of Political Science in the year 1958. Also, Yashwant Sinha taught the subject to the students at the University of Patna till 1962.
Yashwant Sinha Party / Political Career
Here is the information regarding Yashwant Sinha Party or his political career.
Janata Dal
Yashwant Sinha party joined politics as a member of the Janata Party just after he resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1984. Then, Yashwant Sinha is appoints as the All-Indian General Secretary of the Janata Dal party in the year 1986. After that, he got elected as a Member of the Rajya Sabha in the year 1988.
Yashwant Sinha started work as the Minister of Finance from November 1990 – 1991 during the grasp of Chandra Shekhar as the Prime Minister of India.
BJP Tenure
Yashwant Sinha become the National Spokesperson of the BJP in the year 1996 June and is chose in Lok Sabha as a candidate of the BJP in 1998, 1999 and 2009. Not only that, Yashwant Sinha starts to serve as the Finance Minister of India in the year 1998 March. Also, he is appointing as the Minister of External Affairs in 2002.
In Sinha’s autobiography Drohkaal ka Pathik, which was released in November 2013, former MP Pappu Yadav alleged that three MPs of his Indian Federal Democratic Party gets the money from the finance minister Sinha, to join the NDA in 2001.
Also, there were arguments and allegations against Yashwant Sinha Finance Minister, that he was involved in the UTI scam.
On the date 13th June 2009, Yashwant Sinha resigned from his post as the Vice-President of the party BJP and in the year 2018, he quit the party because of the party’s condition and the Indian democracy was in great danger.
Trinamool Congress
On March 13th, 2021, Yashwant Sinha joined the All-Indian Trinamool Congress to fight against the Bhartiya Janta Party right before the 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election. On March 15th, 2021, he was appointed as the Vice-President of the party.
Yashwant Sinha IAS Journey
Yashwant Sinha IAS joined the Indian Administrative Service in the year 1960 and spent over 24 years of his life holding important posts during his services. He has served as the District Magistrate and Sub-Divisional Magistrate for four years. Also, he was Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary in the Finance Department of the Government of Bihar for two years after that he worked in the Ministry of Commerce in the position of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India.
From the year 1971 to 1973, he was the First Secretary (Commercial) at the Indian Embassy, Bonn, West Germany. Afterwards, he worked as the Consul General of India in Frankfurt from the year 1973 to 1974. Yashwant Sinha acquired experience in a matter relating to foreign trade & India’s relations with the European Economic Community after working for over seven years in this field. After that, he also worked in the Department of Industrial Infrastructure, in the Government of Bihar State and the Ministry of Industry, in the Government of India where he deals with foreign industrial collaborations, intellectual property rights, technology imports, and industrial approvals.
Later he became the Joint Secretary of the Government of India from the year 1980 to 1984 in the Ministry of Surface Transportation, there his main responsibilities were ports, road transport, and shipping. In the year 1984, he resigned from the IAS service.
Yashwant Sinha Presidential Candidate 2022
Yashwant Sinha took participated as a Presidential candidate for the 2022 Presidential elections as he was nominated. This unanimous decision also makes him the 1st Trinamool Congress leader to nominate for the President. After his nomination, Yashwant Sinha IAS resigned from the All Indian Trinamool Congress.
Yashwant Sinha Finance minister
Sinha became the finance minister till 1 July 2002, when he exchanges jobs with the foreign minister Jaswant Singh. Yashwant Sinha, during his hold, was forced and much criticised to roll back some of his government’s Major Policy Initiatives. Still, he is widely credited with pushing through several major reforms that measure the Indian economy on firm growth. Among these are lowering the real interest rates, freeing up the telecommunications sector, introducing tax deductions for mortgage interest, deregulating the petroleum industry, and helping fund the National Highways Authority.
Sinha is also famous for being the first Finance Minister to break the tradition of 53 years of presenting the Indian Budget at 5 o’clock in the evening local time. It is a practice that held over from British Rule days which sought to present the Indian budget at a time convenient to the British Parliament (11:30 am GMT) rather than India’s Parliament.
Sinha has also written a comprehensive account of his experience as Finance Minister titled Confessions of a Swadeshi Reformer.
Yashwant Sinha Awards & Honors
In the year 2015, Sinha was awarded the highest civilian designation Officier de la Legion d’Honneur in France.
The honour was granted to him in the recognition of his work as the Minister of External Foreign Affairs, and the Union Minister of Finance, and for his invaluable contribution in various international issues.
FAQ
Que. Who is Yashwant Sinha?
Ans. Yashwant Sinha is a Politician & a Civil Servant.
Que. Why Yashwant Sinha left BJP?
Ans. On the date 13th June 2009, Yashwant Sinha resigned from his post as the Vice-President of the party BJP and in the year 2018, he quit the party because of the party’s condition and the Indian democracy was in great danger.
