Hardeep Singh Puri

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Hardeep Singh Puri
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byDharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
Assumed office
3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
In office
30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded byJyotiraditya Scindia
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
9 January 2018
Preceded byManohar Parrikar
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
In office
4 May 2009 – 27 February 2013
President
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byNirupam Sen
Succeeded byAsoke Kumar Mukerji
Personal details
Born (1952-02-15) 15 February 1952 (age 72)
Hindu College, University of Delhi (BA, MA)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionCivil servant
Websitehardeepsinghpuri.com

Hardeep Singh Puri (born 15 February 1952) is an Indian politician and former Indian

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs in the Government of India. He presently also holds the record as the longest serving Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs in history.[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] He presents Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022.[7]

Early life and education

Hardeep Singh Puri was born in

Hindu College, University of Delhi. He worked as a lecturer of History at St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[9]

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

President of the United Nations Security Council in August 2011, and, again, in November 2012.[11][12]

Politics

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

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 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]

Electoral performance

2019 Indian general elections: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Gurjeet Singh Aujla 445,032 51.78 Increase1.69
BJP Hardeep Singh Puri 3,45,406 40.19 Increase9.74
AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal 20,087 2.34 Decrease12.44
CPI Daswinder Kaur 16,335 1.90 Increase0.14
NOTA
None of the Above
8,763 1.02 Increase0.06
Majority 99,626 11.59
Turnout 8,60,582 57.07 Decrease13.32
INC hold Swing

Personal life

Hardeep Singh Puri is married to Ambassador

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. He is a former member of INC
.

Honours

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

Articles

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hardeep Singh Puri sworn in as Union Cabinet minister". Zee News. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Hardeep Singh Puri given charge of Petroleum and Urban Development Ministries". Times Now. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Welcome To IANS Live - NATION". IANS Live.
  4. ^ "Hardeep Puri to be next Permanent Representative of India to UN". One India News. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, nine others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh". First-Post. 2 November 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "WHO IS HARDEEP SINGH PURI". Business Standard India. 24 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Hardeep S. Puri presents Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022". Ibcworldnews. September 2022.
  8. ^ "Know About Him".
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "UNECE Homepage". www.unece.org.
  11. ^ "CTC Chairman Biographical Note". United Nations. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  12. ^ "SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN ABYEI". United nations. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Hardeep Singh Puri". International Peace Institute. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Ex-UN envoy Hardeep Singh Puri joins BJP". @businessline. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  15. ^ Kaushal, Akshat (11 January 2014). "I admire the BJP's approach towards national security: Hardeep Singh Puri". Business Standard India. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  16. ^ PTI (29 October 2022). "Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri To Inaugurate India Pavilion At ADIPEC". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  17. Live Mint
    , 31 May 2019
  18. ^ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Central Vista Redevelopment: CPWD to seek assistance to track progress". Hindustan Times. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Hardeep Singh Puri reaches Delhi with last batch of students from Budapest". Deccan Chronicle. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Conferment of Order of Rio Branco on foreign nationals". 1 December 2022.

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