Finance Minister
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Father's Name | Shri Narayanan Sitharaman |
| Mother's Name | Shrimati Savitri |
| Date of Birth | 18 August 1959 |
| Place of Birth | Madurai (Tamil Nadu) |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Date of Marriage | 12 September 1986 |
| Spouse's Name | Dr. Parakala Prabhakar |
| Children | One daughter |
| Educational Qualifications | M.A. (Economics), M.Phil, Educated at Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
| Profession | Economist and Political and Social Worker |
| Permanent Address | C/o, K. LAKSHMI NARAYAN, 911, 21st Main, 38th Cross, 4th T-Block, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka560041 Tel. - 080-26548557 |
| Present Address | 15, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. Tel. - 23793791, 23793792 |
| appointment[dot]fm[at]gov[dot]in |
Positions Held
| 2003-2005 | Member, National Commission for Women |
| 26 May 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| 26 May 2014 - 3 Sept. 2017 | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| June 2014 | Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 17 June 2016) |
| July 2016 | Elected to Rajya Sabha |
| 3 Sept. 2017 - 30 May 2019 | Minister of Defence |
| 31 May 2019 onwards | Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
Social And Cultural Activities
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation Travel, trekking, music and cooking
Countries Visited
| Sl No. | Country Visited | From | To | Number of Days | Purpose of visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombo, Srilanka | 01.11.2023 | 03.11.2023 | 3 | 200th Anniversary celebrations of the arrival of the Indian origin Tamils to Sri Lanka |
| 2 | Marrakech, Morocco | 09.10.2023 | 15.10.2023 | 7 | Annual meetings of IMF and World Bank |
| 3 | France | 22.06.2023 | 23.06.2023 | 2 | To attend the Paris summit |
| 4 | Japan | 12.05.2023 | 13.05.2023 | 2 | To attend the G7 FMCBG meetings |
| 5 | Korea | 03.05.2023 | 04.05.2023 | 2 | To participate in 56th Annual meeting of ADB at Incheon in Republic of Korea |
| 6 | Washington DC, New York, USA | 09.04.2023 | 15.04.2023 | 7 | To attend the spring meetings of IMF & World Bank and G-20 |
| 7 | Washington DC, New York, USA | 11.10.2022 | 17.10.2022 | 7 | To attend the annual meetings of IMF & World Bank and G-20 |
| 8 | Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia | 14.07.2022 | 17.07.2022 [The tour was curtailed and returned on 16.07.2022] | 4 | To attend the 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting and 3rd meeting of the G-20 Finance and Central bank deputies. |
| 9 | Berlin, Germany | 01.05.2022 | 03.05.2022 | 3 | To assist Prime Minister at the engagements during 6th India- Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations held in Belin on June 2022. |
| 10 | Washington DC and San Francisco, USA | 18.04.2022 | 27.04.2022 | 10 | For spring meetings of World Bank and IMF, FM's meetings of G20, Bilateral and Investor meetings |
| 11 | Rome, Italy | 29.10.2021 | 29.10.2021 | 1 | To attend the Joint G20 finance and Health Ministers' meeting |
| 12 | USA (Boston, Washington DC and New York) | 11.10.2021 | 18.10.2021 | 8 | For the Annual meetings of World Bank & IMF |
| 13 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 21.02.2020 | 23.02.2020 | 3 | G-20 Meeting |
Other Information
Member, National Executive, B.J.P., since 2008; National Spokesperson, B.J.P., 2010-2014
