Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi; MP
Chairperson o the Naitional Advisory Cooncil
	In office; 29 Mairch 2010 – 25 Mey 2014
	In office; 4 Juin 2004 – 23 Mairch 2006
Chairperson of the Unitit Progressive Alliance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 Mey 2004
Preses o the Indie Naitional Congress
	In office; 14 Mairch 1998 – 17 December 2017
Precedit bi	Sitaram Kesri
Leader o the Opposeetion Lok sabha
	In office; 19 Mairch 1998 – 22 Mey 2004
Precedit bi	Sharad Pawar
Succeedit bi	L. K. Advani
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha; for Rae Bareli
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 May 2004
Precedit bi	Satish Sharma
Member o Pairlament, Lok Sabha; for Amethi
	In office; 10 October 1999 – 17 Mey 2004
Precedit bi	Sanjay Singh
Succeedit bi	Rahul Gandhi
Personal details
Born	Sonia Màino; 9 December 1946 (age 77); Lusiana, Veneto, Italy
Naitionality	Indie
Poleetical pairty	Indie Naitional Congress
Spoose(s)	Rajiv Gandhi (1969–1991; his daith)
Relations	Nehru–Gandhi faimily
Bairns	Rahul; Priyanka
Residence	10 Janpath, New Delhi
Alma mater	Bell Eddicational Trust
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Sonia Gandhi (pronunciation (help·info); born Edvige Antonia Albina Màino,^[4]^[5]^[6] 9 December 1946) is an Italian-born Indie politeecian, wha haes served as Preses o the Indie Naitional Congress pairty 1998 - 2017.^[5] She is the weedae o umwhile Prime Meenister o Indie, Rajiv Gandhi wha belanged tae the Nehru–Gandhi faimily. Efter her husband's assassination in 1991, she wis invitit bi Congress leaders tae tak ower the govrenment but she refuised an publicly stayed awey frae politics amidst constant proddin frae the pairty.^[7] She finally agreed tae jyn politics in 1997; in 1998, she wis electit Preses o the Congress pairty.^[5]

References

↑ "Profile: Sonia Gandhi". BBC News.
↑ "By stressing Hindu values Sonia Gandhi enhances personal acceptability and Congress appeal : NATION - India Today". intoday.in.
↑ N. I. Sarkar. Sonia Gandhi: Tryst with India.
↑ Sonia Gandhi Archived 29 Apryle 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Britannica. Retrieved on 9 December 2011.
↑ ^a ^b ^c "Sonia Gandhi Biography". Elections.in. Retrieved 24 Mey 2014.
↑ Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Shankar Raghuraman (2007). Divided we stand: India in a time of coalitions. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2007. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7619-3663-3.
↑ "ASSASSINATION IN INDIA; Sonia Gandhi Declines Invitation To Assume Husband's Party Post". The New York Times. 24 Mey 1991. Retrieved 25 Mey 2014.

[1] "Profile: Sonia Gandhi". BBC News.

[2] "By stressing Hindu values Sonia Gandhi enhances personal acceptability and Congress appeal : NATION - India Today". intoday.in.

[3] N. I. Sarkar. Sonia Gandhi: Tryst with India.

[4] Sonia Gandhi Archived 29 Apryle 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Britannica. Retrieved on 9 December 2011.

[elections.in-5] "Sonia Gandhi Biography". Elections.in. Retrieved 24 Mey 2014.

[6] Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Shankar Raghuraman (2007). Divided we stand: India in a time of coalitions. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2007. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7619-3663-3.

[7] "ASSASSINATION IN INDIA; Sonia Gandhi Declines Invitation To Assume Husband's Party Post". The New York Times. 24 Mey 1991. Retrieved 25 Mey 2014.

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