Former Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley passed away

Question: Name the India’s former Finance Minister who passed away on the 24th of August, 2019?
(a) Nirmala Sitharaman
(b) Sushma Swaraj
(c) Arun Jaitley
(d) P Chidambaram
Answer: (c)
Related facts:

  • On 24th August, 2019, India’s former Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley passed away.
  • He died at the 66 due to prolonged illness. The Minister had triple heart-bypass surgery when he was 52.
  • He was a diabetic and had bariatric weight-loss surgery in 2014.
  • He underwent a kidney transplant in 2018 and travelled to the United States in 2018 for unspecified medical care.

Political Life:

  • Arun Jaitley graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce; he passed his LLB Degree from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
  • In 1974, he became the President of the University Students’ Union.
  • The lawyer-turned-politician was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • He first entered the Parliament as a Member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in the year 2000 (April) and continued till April, 2018.
  • He was the Leader of House (Rajya Sabha) from May 2014 to June 2019.
  • In 2003, he served as the law minister during former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure.
  • He headed various ministries such as Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence, Information & Broadcasting and Law & Justice.
  • Jaitley led the enactment of bankruptcy code and a national goods-and-services tax (GST) law during his tenure as Finance Minister.

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arun_Jaitley
https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-former-union-minister-and-senior-bjp-leader-arun-jaitley-dies-at-66-updates/337034
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/arun-jaitley-the-chief-troubleshooter-for-narendra-modi-government/story-rjIDS9uWGNqvzbosTrucgO.html
https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/arun-jaitley-passes-away-former-finance-minister-funeral-at-nigambodh-ghat/story/375147.html