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Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha
Personal data
Date of birthSeptember 6, 1937(age 73)
Place of birthPatna, Bihar, British India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Indian Minister for External Affairs
In office1 July 2002 - 22 May 2004
Prime ministerAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded byNatwar Singh
Preceded byJaswant Singh

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Yashwant Sinha (born November 6, 1937, Patna) is an Indian politician and a former finance minister of India (1990 � 1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and March 1998 � July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and foreign minister (July 2002 � May 2004) in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, currently the largest Opposition party in India.

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Karan Thapar Interviews Former Finance and External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on CNN-IBN's Devil's Advocate on 4th November 2007. Topics of Discussion- Indo-US Nuclear Deal & Political Crisis in Karnataka
5.72 min. | 4.42 user rating
Karan Thapar Interviews Former Finance and External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on CNN-IBN's Devil's Advocate on 4th November 2007. Topics of Discussion- Indo-US Nuclear Deal & Political Crisis in Karnataka.
4.87 min. | 4.71 user rating
Karan Thapar Interviews Former Finance and External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on CNN-IBN's Devil's Advocate on 4th November 2007. Topics of Discussion- Indo-US Nuclear Deal & Political Crisis in Karnataka.
8.48 min. | 4.66 user rating
www.weforum.org 15.06.2008 Global Economic Leadership: Is Asia in the Driver's Seat As uncertainty looms over a US recession, there is growing belief that a decoupling scenario will see China, India and other Asian economies taking the driver's seat for global growth. With over 50% of the global economy still in the hands of G7 countries and the US dollar at historic lows, is confidence in the region's global economic leadership premature? Marcus Agius, Chairman, Barclays, United Kingdom Azman Mokhtar, Managing Director, Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia Takao Kusakari, Chairman, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), Japan Yashwant Sinha, Member of Parliament; Minister of External Affairs (2002-2004) and Minister of Finance of India (1998-2002) Vu Van Ninh, Minister of Finance of Vietnam Yoshimi Watanabe, Minister of Financial Services and Administrative Reform of Japan Chaired by John K. Defterios, Group President, FBC Media, United Kingdom
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Digvijay Singh, Yashwant Sinha, Sitaram Yechury, Soli Sorabjee join the biggest discussion on Ayodhya verdict on CNN-IBN. Watch! ibnlive.in.com BEST OF FUTURE
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Congress on Friday demanded the removal of BJP leader Yashwant Sinha from the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G scam. www.istream.in
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The Lok Sabha today (July 29) witnessed a fiery debate over the Indo-Pak joint statement, with the BJP out rightly accusing the Prime Minister of walking into the Pakistani camp at Sharm-el-Sheikh. The Opposition slammed the Indo-Pak joint statement stating the shame at Sharm-el-Sheikh can never be washed away. "Raising the issue of confusion over Pakistan's claim of handing over a Balochistan document to India, senior BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said Balochistan issue will cause India 'great embarrassment'.................." www.timesnow.tv
3.62 min. | 4.0 user rating
Question Time: Yashwant Sinha, Rajya Sabha MP of BJP, shares his political journey with NDTV.
5.17 min. | 4.33 user rating
An interview with former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha
6.80 min. | 5.0 user rating
Digvijay Singh, Yashwant Sinha, Sitaram Yechury, Soli Sorabjee join the biggest discussion on Ayodhya verdict on CNN-IBN. Watch! ibnlive.in.com BEST OF FUTURE
9.28 min. | 1.0 user rating

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Insurance Bill to again miss deadline - Business Standard Tweet this news
Business Standard--The panel, chaired by the Bharatiya Janata Party's -Yashwant Sinha-, was scheduled to meet the coming Monday to adopt the report. The meeting has been cancelled. According to the rules, the government can't proceed with a Bill - Date : Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:30:20 GMT+00:00
Lead futures strengthen on global cues - Business Standard (blog) Tweet this news
Business Standard (blog)--India today indicated that it did not want speed to jeopardise India-Pakistan talks as Foreign Minister -Yashwant Sinha- met US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Moscow and in an hour-long chat with him, emphasised the utility o - Date : Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:30:27 GMT+00:00
Probe demanded against Sheila Dixit in CWG scam - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu---...- BJP national spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said here on Monday. The committee report named Ms. Dixit and other Ministers and authorities for infrastructural delays that took place before the run-up to the Games. As regards to the 2G - Date : Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:56:38 GMT+00:00
Pranab to seek Yashwant's help in PFRDA bill clearance - Economic Times Tweet this news
Economic Times--NEW DELHI: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to reach out to BJP leader -Yashwant Sinha- to get an early green signal for the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill. Sinha heads the parliament's stand - Date : Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:47:22 GMT+00:00
Jaswant, Yashwant to stay on 2G JPC - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--In a shot in the arm for the BJP, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has ruled in favour of its leaders Jaswant Singh and -Yashwant Sinha- continuing in the joint parliamentary committee to probe the 2G scam. The Speaker's ruling came in - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:19:30 GMT+00:00
Yashwant Sinha, others surrender to court, get bail - Mangalorean.com Tweet this news
Mangalorean.com--Ranchi, April 21 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader -Yashwant Sinha- and three others Thursday surrendered to a Ranchi court which granted them bail in a case related to a protest in Jharkhand in 2008. Sinha, former state B - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:30:57 GMT+00:00
BJP divided on eviction drive - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--The division between the ruling BJP leaders became prominent with former Union minister and Hazaribag MP -Yashwant Sinha- sitting on an indefinite dharna here in the capital, instead of his hometown. His move has gained support of the non- - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:25:18 GMT+00:00
Sumant Sinha forays into cleantech with new co ReNew Power - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--PTI | 08:04 PM,Apr 20,2011 Mumbai, Apr 20 (PTI) Former Finance Minister -Yashwant Sinha's- son Sumant who left the corporate sector a year ago to start his own consultancy, has launched another venture--ReNew Power--in the cleantech spac - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:13:42 GMT+00:00
Yashwant Sinha, others surrender to court, get bail - TwoCircles.net Tweet this news
TwoCircles.net--By IANS, Ranchi : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader -Yashwant Sinha- and three others Thursday surrendered to a Ranchi court which granted them bail in a case related to a protest in Jharkhand in 2008. Sinha, former state BJP pres - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:08:26 GMT+00:00
Yashwant Sinha protests demolition drive - iNewsOne Tweet this news
iNewsOne--Ranchi, April 17 (IANS) Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader -Yashwant Sinha- Sunday denounced the demolition of illegal structures in Jharkhand, saying the homeless first needed to be rehabilitated. 'We are against the way the demoli - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:23:36 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
Madhu Dandavate
Minister of Finance of India
November 1990 - June 1991
Succeeded by
Manmohan Singh
Preceded by
P. Chidambaram
Minister of Finance of India
March 1998 - July 2002
Succeeded by
Jaswant Singh
Preceded by
Jaswant Singh
Minister for External Affairs of India
July 2002 - May 2004
Succeeded by
Natwar Singh



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