Sheila Dikshit
Sheila Dikshit | |
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| President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 11 January 2019 – 20 July 2019 | |
| AICC President | Rahul Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Ajay Maken |
| Succeeded by | Subhash Chopra |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| AICC President | Sonia Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Ajay Maken |
| Succeeded by | Subhash Chopra |
| 20th Governor of Kerala | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 4 September 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | Nikhil Kumar |
| Succeeded by | P. Sathasivam |
| 6th Chief Minister of Delhi | |
| In office 3 December 1998 – 28 December 2013 | |
| Lieutenant Governor | Vijai Kapoor Banwari Lal Joshi Tejendra Khanna Najeeb Jung |
| Preceded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Succeeded by | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 4 December 2008 – 28 December 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Constituency | New Delhi |
| In office 3 December 1998 – 3 December 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Kirti Azad |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Gole Market |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Chhotey Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Chhotey Singh Yadav |
| Constituency | Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh |
| Member of the Indian Delegation for United Nations Commission on the Status of Women | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi |
| Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 12 May 1986 – 2 December 1989 Serving with Sitaram Kesri (1986) M. M. Jacob (1986-1989) | |
| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Minister | H. K. L. Bhagat |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Succeeded by | Radhakishan Malviya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1938 |
| Died | 20 July 2019 (aged 81) New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse |
Vinod Kumar Dikshit (m. 1962) |
| Children | 2 (including Sandeep Dikshit) |
| Alma mater | Miranda House, DU |
Sheila Dikshit (pronounced [ˈʃiːlaː ˈdiːkʂɪt] ⓘ) (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019) was an Indian politician. The longest-serving chief minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister in Indian history, she served for a period of 15 years beginning in 1998. Dikshit led the Indian National Congress party to three consecutive electoral victories in Delhi.
Dikshit lost the December 2013 elections of the Delhi Legislative Assembly to the Bharatiya Janata Party, though Aam Aadmi Party formed a minority government with outside support from the INC, with Arvind Kejriwal as the chief minister. She briefly served as the Governor of Kerala in 2014. Dikshit was later declared a chief ministerial candidate for the Indian National Congress in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, but withdrew her nomination (Akhilesh Yadav was announced as candidate). She was appointed president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on 10 January 2019 to lead the general election in Delhi for Congress and remained in office until her death in July later that year.