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Updated: May 31, 2019 14:26 IST

Nirmala Sitharaman was made the Finance Minister and also given charge of Corporate Affairs under PM Narendra Modi’s new Cabinet.

From a party spokesperson who fiercely attacked the UPA government in its second term and championed Modi’s PM candidacy in 2013-14 on television channels, Nirmala Sitharaman has come a long way in just over five years. Her profile saw a big jump when she was appointed defence minister. Sitharaman picked up issues in the ministry quickly.

A post-graduate in Economics, Sitharaman earlier served as a national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is still remembered as one of its most articulate spokespersons, who fiercely attacked the Congress government over its various policies.