Sushma Swaraj

** Sushma Swaraj ** () (14 February 1952 – 6 August 2019) was an Indian politician and lawyer. She was a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Swaraj was the Minister of External Affairs of India in the first Narendra Modi government (2014 – 2019). She was the second woman to hold the office, after Indira Gandhi.

She was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly.

At the age of 25 in 1977, she became the youngest cabinet minister of Indian state of Haryana. She also served as 5th Chief Minister of Delhi for a short duration in 1998.

On 6 August 2019, Swaraj died of a heart attack at a hospital in New Delhi, aged 67.

She said in Februrary 2016, that the Romani people are children from India.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Sushma Swaraj
- **office**: Ministry of External Affairs (India), Minister of External Affairs
- **image**: Secretary Tillerson is Greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Swaraj (24074726498) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Sushma Swaraj in 2017
- **predecessor**: Salman Khurshid
- **primeminister**: Narendra Modi
- **successor**: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
- **office2**: Leader of the Opposition (India), Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
- **predecessor2**: L. K. Advani
- **party**: Bharatiya Janata Party
- **office1**: Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
- **predecessor1**: Vayalar Ravi
- **primeminister1**: Narendra Modi
- **successor1**: _Position abolished_
- **successor2**: _Vacant_
- **birth name**: Sushma Sharma
- **birth place**: Ambala Cantonment, East Punjab, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)
- **death place**: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- **alma mater**: Sanatan Dharma College
Panjab University
- **term start**: 26 May 2014
- **term end**: 30 May 2019
- **term start1**: 26 May 2014
- **term end1**: 7 January 2016
- **term start2**: 21 December 2009
- **term end2**: 26 May 2014
- **office3**: Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India), Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
- **primeminister3**: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- **term start3**: 29 January 2003
- **term end3**: 22 May 2004
- **predecessor3**: Pramod Mahajan
- **successor3**: Ghulam Nabi Azad
- **office4**: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India), Minister of Health and Family Welfare
- **primeminister4**: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- **term start4**: 29 January 2003
- **term end4**: 22 May 2004
- **predecessor4**: C. P. Thakur
- **successor4**: Anbumani Ramadoss
- **office5**: Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India), Minister of Information and Broadcasting
- **primeminister5**: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- **term start5**: 30 September 2000
- **term end5**: 29 January 2003
- **predecessor5**: Arun Jaitley
- **successor5**: Ravi Shankar Prasad
- **office6**: List of Chief Ministers of Delhi, 5th Chief Minister of Delhi
- **lieutenant governor6**: Vijai Kapoor
- **term start6**: 13 October 1998
- **term end6**: 3 December 1998
- **predecessor6**: Sahib Singh Verma
- **successor6**: Sheila Dikshit
- **office7**: Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
- **constituency7**: Vidisha (Lok Sabha constituency), Vidisha
- **term start7**: 13 May 2009
- **term end7**: 24 May 2019
- **predecessor7**: Rampal Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician), Rampal Singh
- **successor7**: Ramakant Bhargava
- **constituency8**: South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency), South Delhi
- **term start8**: 7 May 1996
- **term end8**: 3 October 1999
- **predecessor8**: Madan Lal Khurana
- **successor8**: Vijay Kumar Malhotra
- **children**: 1
- **nationality**: Indian