Rajya Sabha

Politics & Leadership

Nitish Kumar

Longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar and president of the Janata Dal (United)

Born 1951

Politics & Leadership

Sonia Gandhi

Longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress

Born 1946

Politics & Leadership

S. Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs of India since 2019

Born 1955

Politics & Leadership

Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister of India since 2019

Born 1959

Politics & Leadership

Manmohan Singh

Thirteenth Prime Minister of India (2004–2014) and architect of the 1991 reforms

1932 – 2024

Politics & Leadership

Mallikarjun Kharge

President of the Indian National Congress since 2022

Born 1942

Politics & Leadership

Arun Jaitley

Former Finance Minister of India (2014–2019) and senior advocate

1952 – 2019