Indian politician and former chief minister of Delhi (1938–2019)
Sheila Dikshit
President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 11 January 2019 – 20 July 2019
National President (INC)
Rahul Gandhi
Preceded by
Ajay Maken
In office 1998–1999
National President (INC)
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[1]
6th Chief Minister of Delhi
In office 4 December 1998 – 27 December 2013
Lieutenant Governor
Tejendra Khanna
Vijai Kapoor
Banwari Lal Joshi
Najeeb Jung
Preceded by
Sushma Swaraj
Succeeded by
Arvind Kejriwal
Member of the 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
Member of Indian delegation United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
In office 1984–89
Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi
Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India
In office 1984–1989
Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi
Personal details
Born
(1938-03-31)31 March 1938 Kapurthala, Kapurthala State, British India (present-day: Punjab, India)
Died
20 July 2019(2019-07-20) (aged 81)[2] New Delhi, India
Political party
Indian National Congress
Spouse
Vinod Dikshit
Children
2, including Sandeep Dikshit
Alma mater
Miranda House, University of Delhi
Sheila Dikshit (pronounced[ˈʃiːlaːˈdiːkʂɪt]ⓘ) (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019)[3] was an Indian politician. The longest-serving chief minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister of any Indian state, 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.[4] She briefly served as the Governor of Kerala in 2014.[5] 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 (SP's Akhilesh Yadav were announced as cm candidate). She was appointed president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on 10 January 2019 to led general election in Delhi and remained in office until her death in July later that year.[6]
^"Sathasivam becomes Kerala governor, to take oath on September 5". India Today. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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^"Kejriwal Becomes CM". The Economic Times. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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^"Sheila Dikshit, 3-Time Chief Minister, Appointed Delhi Congress Chief". NDTV.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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