Anand Sharma
Anand Sharma | |
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Sharma at Davos World Economic Forum in 2012 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 8 June 2014 – 2 April 2022 | |
| Chairman | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| Preceded by | M. J. Akbar |
| Succeeded by | P. Chidambaram (interim) |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 2016 – 2 April 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Sikander Kumar |
| Constituency | Himachal Pradesh |
| In office 5 July 2010 – 9 March 2016 | |
| Constituency | Rajasthan |
| In office 3 April 2004 – 2 April 2010 | |
| Constituency | Himachal Pradesh |
| In office 10 April 1984 – 9 April 1990 | |
| Constituency | Himachal Pradesh |
| Union Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 22 May 2009 – 26 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Kamal Nath |
| Succeeded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting | |
| In office 18 October 2008 – 22 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | M. H. Ambareesh |
| Succeeded by | Choudhury Mohan Jatua |
| Union Minister of State for External Affairs | |
| In office 29 January 2006 – 22 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Rao Inderjit Singh |
| Succeeded by | Preneet Kaur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1953 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Zenobia Sharma |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Anand Sharma (born 5 January 1953) is an Indian politician and former Union Cabinet Minister in charge of Commerce and Industry and Textiles in the Government of India. Since June 2014, Sharma was the Deputy Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament until 2022. He contested the Kangra Lok Sabha constituency in 2024, but lost.