Hardeep Singh Puri | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2021 | |
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
Assumed office 7 July 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Dharmendra Pradhan |
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs | |
In office 3 September 2017 –10 June 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
Succeeded by | Manohar Lal Khattar |
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) and Commerce &Industry | |
In office 30 May 2019 –7 July 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Suresh Prabhu |
Succeeded by | Jyotiraditya Scindia |
Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 9 January 2018 | |
Preceded by | Manohar Parrikar |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations | |
In office 4 May 2009 –27 February 2013 | |
President | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Nirupam Sen |
Succeeded by | Asoke Kumar Mukerji |
President of the United Nations Security Council | |
In office August 2011 —September 2012 November 2012 —December 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Delhi,India | 15 February 1952
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Residence |
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Alma mater | Hindu College, University of Delhi (BA, MA) |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Civil servant |
Website | hardeepsinghpuri |
Hardeep Singh Puri (born 15 February 1952 [1] ) is an Indian politician and retired diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who is serving as 33rd Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas since 2021. [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] He presents Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022. [7]
Hardeep Singh Puri was born in Delhi to Bhagat Singh Puri and Smt Kundan Puri. [1] His father was a civil servant, and he completed his primary education from Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar. [8] Later he attended boarding schools 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 the Hindu College, Delhi. He then worked as a lecturer of History at St. Stephen's College, Delhi (1973-74). [9]
Hardeep Puri joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1974, and 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. [10]
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. [11] [12]
Ambassador Puri joined the International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013. [13] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, expressing admiration for the party's approach to national security. [14] [15]
He is serving as the Member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 2018. Puri was inducted into the cabinet as the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, after Venkaiah Naidu was elevated to the post of Vice President of India in 2017. In May 2019, he contested from Amritsar as a BJP Candidate, but lost to Gurjeet Singh Aujla of the Congress. [16]
In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (with Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry. [17]
In July 2021, he was promoted to the post of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, along with Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs in the Second Modi ministry when there was a cabinet overhaul. [18]
His ministry also holds the credit for the launch of the Central Vista Project, the physical revamp of Parliament of India in New Delhi. Even though the mission received baclashes and comments from the opposition, the project continued with the completion projected by 2024. [19]
In March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was sent to the neighboring nation of Ukraine, Budapest in Hungary to assist coordination efforts. He was one of the minister in a special envoy of four ministers and successfully brought back 6711 students to India, following the Operation Ganga initiative. [20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 445,032 | 51.78 | ![]() | |
BJP | Hardeep Singh Puri | 3,45,406 | 40.19 | ![]() | |
AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 20,087 | 2.34 | ![]() | |
CPI | Daswinder Kaur | 16,335 | 1.90 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 8,763 | 1.02 | ![]() | |
Majority | 99,626 | 11.59 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 8,60,582 | 57.07 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing |
Hardeep Singh Puri is married to Ambassador Lakshmi Puri, of the Indian Foreign Service, [1] 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. [21] 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. [22]
Hardeep is a published author of several books, research papers, and journals. Included below is a selection of his works: