P. Chidambaram

Classification	Finance Minister of India, Indian politician
Current Post	Union Cabinet Minister of Finance (2004-2009)
Date of Birth	September 16, 1945
Place of Birth	Kaanaadukaathaan, Sivaganga District, Tamil Nadu
Education	B.Sc., B.L. (Presidency College,Chennai), A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sivaganga is a town in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Presidency College is an undergraduate college in Chennai, India. ... Chennai (சென்னை in Tamil), formerly known as Madras, is a city on the east coast of Southern India. ... M.B.A. (Harvard University, Boston)
Profession	Lawyer
Importance	Known to be an honest politician, and one of the richest politicians (based on declared assets) from Tamil Nadu

P. Chidambaram is the finance minister of India in the Congress-led UPA government (2004-2009). He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004 from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, the constituency from which he was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984. He was minister of state for commerce and also for personnel from 1985 to 89 in Rajiv Gandhi's ministry and was minister of state for commerce with independent charge from 1991 to 1996 in the Narasimha Rao government. He was Finance Minister from 1996 to 1998 in the United Front government. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party) is the largest subscription-based organisation in the world. ... United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the present ruling coalition of political parties in India. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of Parliament of India. ... Sivaganga is a town in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... This article is about the business concept; Commerce is also the name of several places in the United States. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rajiv Gandhi (राजीव गान्धी) (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the first son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, was the Prime Minister of India from his mothers death on October 31, 1984 until his resignation on December 2, 1989 following the general election defeat. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (June 28, 1921 - December 23, 2004) was the ninth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The United Front may mean: the Afghani Northern Alliance a Marxist tacic of unity in action; see united front an Indian coalition government, the United Front in Singapore, the United Front in China, the Kuomintang - Communist Party of China alliance, the First United Front during the Northern Expedition, the Second...

Career

An MBA graduate from Harvard, he started as a leftist, went on to be an architect of the Congress government's economic reform strategies as Rajiv Gandhi's right hand man, and has today ascended to the post of India's Finance Minister with the new United Progressive Alliance Government, after a brief spell as Finance Minister in the mid 90s, as part of the short lived United Front government (when the Tamil Maanila Congress was part of the United Front). Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Rajiv Gandhi (राजीव गान्धी) (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the first son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, was the Prime Minister of India from his mothers death on October 31, 1984 until his resignation on December 2, 1989 following the general election defeat. ...

In 1996, Chidambaram quit the Congress over its decision to ally with AIADMK and joined the Tamil Maanila Congress. In 2001 he broke away from TMC and formed his own party, Congress Jananayaka Peravai. CJP has since merged with the Indian National Congress, and in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections Chidambaram was elected on a Congress symbol. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is a regional political party in India. ... The Tamil Maanila Congress was a political party in Tamil Nadu. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CJP Flag Congress Jananayaka Peravai (Congress Democratic Front), political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Legislative elections were held in India, the worlds largest democracy, in four phases between April 20 and May 10, 2004. ...

The letter P. in his name stands for initial, as his father's name is Palaniyappan. See Indian family name for a further reading. Indian family names are derived from several sources: Caste or subcaste name: These are analogous to western family names like Smith and Barber to the extent that they represent occupation. ...

External links

• Profile from Nilacharal
• Profile at Lok Sabha page
• Budget 2004-2005 - Video clipping of Chidambaram's Budget speech
• Profile on ieo.org
• Profile at BBC dated May 24, 2004