Ambika Soni
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Ambika Soni (born November 13, 1943) is the Minister of Tourism and Culture of India. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and is an elected Member of Parliament representing the state of Punjab in the Rajya Sabha. She was known for her proximity to Sanjay Gandhi in the late 1970s, and has since been reported as being a close advisor of current Congress President, Sonia Gandhi. Soni was also assigned the difficult task of enforcing discipline in the faction-ridden Congress in Kerala.
[edit] Positions held
- 1975 - President, Indian Youth Congress
- March 1976 - Elected to Rajya Sabha
- 1998 - President, All India Mahila Congress
- 1999 onwards - General Secretary, All India Congress Committee
- January 2000 - Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 10 June 2004)
- January 2000 - February 2004 - Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
- January 2000 - February 2004 - Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
- February 2000-2001 - Member, Committee on Defence
- May 2000 - June 2003 - Member, House Committee
- January 2002 - December 2003 - Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
- January 2003 - February 2004 - Member, Committee on Home Affairs
- July 2004 - Elected to Rajya Sabha
- August 2004 - January 2006 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
- October 2004 - January 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Environment and Forests
- March 2005 - January 2006 Member, Election to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
- 29 Jan. 2006 onwards Minister of Tourism and Culture
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