Sheila Dikshit

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Sheila Dikshit

Chief Minister of Delhi

Born	March 31, 1938 (1938-03-31) (age 70)
Political party	Indian National Congress
As of June 18, 2006 Source: Government of Delhi

Sheila Dikshit (sometimes rendered Shiela and Dixit) (born March 31, 1938) is the Chief Minister of Delhi since 1998. She is from the Indian National Congress.

Educated at Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi, and Miranda House, she has a Master of Arts degree from Delhi University. She has two children, one son and one daughter.

[edit] Political career

During the period between 1984 and 1989, she represented Kannauj Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. As a member of Parliament, she served on the Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha. Dikshit also chaired the Implementation Committee for Commemoration of Forty Years of India's Independence and Jawaharlal Nehru centenary. She represented India at United Nations Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984-1989).

She has also served as a Union Minister during 1986-1989, first as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and later as a Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. She is longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.

[edit] Controversy

CBI raid on Ashok Malhotra's the accused in land scam case revealed that Shiela Dixit's office has helped him.[1]

[edit] References

Preceded by Sushma Swaraj	Chief Minister of Delhi 1998 –	Succeeded by Current Incumbent

Persondata
NAME	Dikshit, Sheila
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dikshit, Shiela (alternate spelling); Dixit, Sheila (alternate spelling)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Chief Minister of Delhi
DATE OF BIRTH	March 31, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	living
PLACE OF DEATH