Shri Palaniappan Chidambaram | |
Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs | |
Constituency: Sivaganga(Tamil Nadu) | |
Party: Indian National Congress(INC) | |
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Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) (1972) |
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President, Youth Congress, Tamil Nadu (1973 - 1976) |
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General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee(P.C.C.), Tamil Nadu (1976 - 1977) |
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Elected to 8th Lok Sabha (1984) |
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Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira)[A.I.C.C. (I)] (1985) |
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Union Deputy Minister, Commerce (September 1985) |
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Union Deputy Minister, Personnel, Administrative Reforms, Training Public Grievances and Pensions (1985 - 1986) |
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Union Minister of State, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (1986 - 1989) |
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Union Minister of State, Home Affairs (Internal Security) (1986 - 1989) |
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term) (1989) |
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Member, Committee to review Lok Sabha Secretariat Rules, 1955 (1990) |
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Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987 |
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Member, Public Accounts Committee (1990 - 1991) |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance |
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term) (1991) |
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Union Minister of State, Commerce(Independent Charge) (1991 - 1992 and 1995 - 1996) |
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term) (1996) |
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Union Minister, Finance (with additional charge of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, June 1996 and held charge of Company Affairs till April 1997) (1996 - 1998) |
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term) (1998) |
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Member, Committee State Privileges (1998 - 1999) |
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Member, Committee on Finance. Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs |
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term) (2004) |
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Union Cabinet Minister, Finance (23 May 2004 - Nov 2008) |
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Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs (1 Dec.2008) |
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B.Sc., B.L., M.B.A. (Educated at Madras University, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts (U.S.A.)) |

