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{{Short description|Indian politician and diplomat (b. 1952)}} | |||
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| name = Hardeep Singh Puri | | name = Hardeep Singh Puri | ||
| image = The Minister of State for Housing | | image = The Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) and Commerce & Industry, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri addressing at a Webinar in New Delhi on October 02, 2020.jpg | ||
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| office = [[ Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]] | | office = [[Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]] | ||
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]] | | primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]] | ||
| term_start = 7 July 2021 | | term_start = 7 July 2021 | ||
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| website = {{URL|http://hardeepsinghpuri.com/}} | | website = {{URL|http://hardeepsinghpuri.com/}} | ||
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'''Hardeep Singh Puri''' (born 15 February 1952) is an Indian politician and former | '''Hardeep Singh Puri''' (born 15 February 1952) is an Indian politician and former Indian [[diplomat]] who is currently serving as the [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (India)|Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]] and [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/hardeep-singh-puri-sworn-in-as-union-cabinet-minister-2374718.html|title= Hardeep Singh Puri sworn in as Union Cabinet minister|website= Zee News|language=en |access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/cabinet-reshuffle-labor/781684|title= Hardeep Singh Puri given charge of Petroleum and Urban Development Ministries|website= Times Now|language=en |access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref> He is a 1974 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]] who served as the [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]] from 2009 to 2013.<ref name=IANS>{{cite web|url=http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/Hardeep_Puri_bids_farewell_to_foreign_service-393303/NATION/1|title=Welcome To IANS Live - NATION|website=IANS Live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hardeep Puri to be next Permanent Representative of India to UN|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2009/04/17/hardeeppuri-to-be-next-permanent-representative-of-indiato.html|publisher=One India News|access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref> | ||
Puri joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 2014, and became a [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] in November, 2020.<ref name=FPHSP>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/union-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-nine-others-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-uttar-pradesh-8977001.html|title=Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, nine others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh|website=First-Post|date=2 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=BSHSP>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-hardeep-singh-puri|title=WHO IS HARDEEP SINGH PURI|website=business-standard|date=24 July 2021}}</ref> Earlier in May 2019, he had taken charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.<ref name=BSHSP | Puri joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 2014, and became a [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] in November, 2020.<ref name=FPHSP>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/union-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-nine-others-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-uttar-pradesh-8977001.html|title=Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, nine others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh|website=First-Post|date=2 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=BSHSP>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-hardeep-singh-puri|title=WHO IS HARDEEP SINGH PURI|website=business-standard|date=24 July 2021}}</ref> Earlier in May 2019, he had taken charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.<ref name=BSHSP/> | ||
Previously, Puri has served as the chairman of the [[United Nations Security Council]]'s Counter-Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013; and joined International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.<ref name=BSHSP | Previously, Puri has served as the chairman of the [[United Nations Security Council]]'s Counter-Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013; and joined International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.<ref name=BSHSP/> | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Hardeep Singh Puri was born in [[Delhi]] into a [[Sikhs|Sikh]] [[khatri]] family. His father was a civil servant , and he attended boarding school in India as his father was posted in countries where there were no options for English-language education.<ref name=IANS /> He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in History and [[Master of Arts]] in History from [[Hindu College, University of Delhi]]. He worked as a lecturer of History at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]].<ref name=Titan>{{cite news|title=Stephen's wins war of words|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/delhi/30550359_1_hindu-college-shashi-tharoor-brand-india|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202225347/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/delhi/30550359_1_hindu-college-shashi-tharoor-brand-india|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|access-date=21 October 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 December 2011}}</ref> | Hardeep Singh Puri was born in [[Delhi]] into a [[Sikhs|Sikh]] [[khatri]] family. His father was a civil servant, and he attended boarding school in India as his father was posted in countries where there were no options for English-language education.<ref name=IANS /> He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in History and [[Master of Arts]] in History from [[Hindu College, University of Delhi]]. He worked as a lecturer of History at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]].<ref name=Titan>{{cite news|title=Stephen's wins war of words|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/delhi/30550359_1_hindu-college-shashi-tharoor-brand-india|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202225347/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/delhi/30550359_1_hindu-college-shashi-tharoor-brand-india|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|access-date=21 October 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 December 2011}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== |
Revision as of 23:28, 4 January 2022
Hardeep Singh Puri (born 15 February 1952) is an Indian politician and former Indian diplomat who is currently serving as the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs in India.[1][2] He is a 1974 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who served as the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013.[3][4]
Puri joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, and became a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in November, 2020.[5][6] Earlier in May 2019, he had taken charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.[6]
Previously, Puri has served as the chairman of the United Nations Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013; and joined International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.[6]
Early life and education
Hardeep Singh Puri was born in Delhi into a Sikh khatri family. His father was a civil servant, and he attended boarding school in India as his father was posted in countries where there were no options for English-language education.[3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Master of Arts in History from Hindu College, University of Delhi. He worked as a lecturer of History at St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[7]
Career
Civil service
Hardeep Puri has served as Joint secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of External Affairs from 1994 to 1997, and from 1999 to 2002. He has also served as Joint secretary to the Government of India in Ministry of Defence from 1997 to 1999. He was India's ambassador to Brazil. He later served as Secretary to the Government of India (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2013.
Puri has been stationed at important diplomatic posts in Brazil, where he was ambassador, Japan, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom where he was Deputy High Commissioner. Between 1988 and 1991, he was the Coordinator of the UNDP/UNCTAD Multilateral Trade Negotiations Project to help Developing Countries in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.[8] He also served as the chairman of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013, and as President of the United Nations Security Council in August 2011, and, again, in November 2012.[9][10]
Politics
Ambassador Puri joined the International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.[11] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, expressing admiration for the party's approach to national security.[12][13]
He contested from Amritsar as a BJP Candidate, but lost to Gurjeet Singh Aujla of the Congress.
In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (with Independent Charge) of the Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.[14]
In July 2021, he was promoted to the post of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs in the Second Modi ministry when there was a cabinet overhaul.[15]
Personal life
Hardeep Singh Puri is married to Ambassador Lakshmi Puri, of the Indian Foreign Service, and, later, the United Nations cadre, who is a former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and a former Deputy Executive Director of UN Women. They have two daughters. His brother, Pradeep Puri, is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch, who played an instrumental role in the construction of the DND Flyway.
Books, research papers and journals
Hardeep is a published author of several books, research papers, and journals. Included below is a selection of his works:
Books
- Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos (Publisher: HarperCollins, 2016; ISBN 978-9351777595)
- Delusional Politics: Back To The Future (Publisher: Penguin Viking, 2018; ISBN 978-0670090259)
Articles
- "Libya: Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and the Ghost of Rwanda" (Publisher: The Globalist, 2016)
See also
References
- ↑ "Hardeep Singh Puri sworn in as Union Cabinet minister". Zee News. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Hardeep Singh Puri given charge of Petroleum and Urban Development Ministries". Times Now. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Welcome To IANS Live - NATION". IANS Live.
- ↑ "Hardeep Puri to be next Permanent Representative of India to UN". One India News. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ "Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, nine others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh". First-Post. 2 November 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "WHO IS HARDEEP SINGH PURI". business-standard. 24 July 2021.
- ↑ "Stephen's wins war of words". The Times of India. 23 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ "UNECE Homepage". www.unece.org.
- ↑ "CTC Chairman Biographical Note". United Nations. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN ABYEI". United nations. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ "Hardeep Singh Puri". International Peace Institute. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ex-UN envoy Hardeep Singh Puri joins BJP". @businessline. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ Kaushal, Akshat (11 January 2014). "I admire the BJP's approach towards national security: Hardeep Singh Puri". Business Standard India. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
- ↑ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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Preceded by Narendra Singh Tomar |
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Minister of State with Independent charge 3 September 2017 - Present |
Incumbent |
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Amritsar
- Indian diplomats
- Indian civil servants
- Indian officials of the United Nations
- Permanent Representatives of India to the United Nations
- Indian Sikhs
- Ambassadors of India to Brazil
- High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab
- Narendra Modi ministry
- People from Delhi