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Hardeep Singh Puri

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Hardeep Singh Puri (born 15 February 1952) is an Indian politician and former Indian diplomat who is serving as 33rd Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas since 2021.[1]

He is a 1974 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who served as the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013.[2][3]

Puri joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, and became a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in November 2020.[4][5] Earlie Read more

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Career

Civil service
Hardeep Puri has served as Joint secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of External Affairs from 1994 to 1997, and from 1999 to 2002. He has also served as Joint secretary to the Government of India in Ministry of Defence from 1997 to 1999. He was India's ambassador to Brazil. He later served as Secretary to the Government of India (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2013.

Puri has been stationed at important diplomatic posts in Brazil, where he was ambassador, Japan, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom where he was Deputy High Commissioner. Between 1988 and 1991, he was the Coordinator of the UNDP/UNCTAD Multilateral Trade Negotiations Project to help Developing Countries in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.[9]

United Nations
He also served as the chairman of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013, and as President of the United Nations Security Council in August 2011, and, again, in November 2012.[10][11]

Politics
Ambassador Puri joined the International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.[12] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, expressing admiration for the party's approach to national security.[13][14]

He is serving as the Member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 2018. Puri was inducted into the cabinet as the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, after Venkaiah Naidu was elevated to the post of Vice President of India in 2017. In May 2019, he contested from Amritsar as a BJP Candidate, but lost to Gurjeet Singh Aujla of the Congress.[15]

In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (with Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.[16]

In July 2021, he was promoted to the post of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, along with Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs in the Second Modi ministry when there was a cabinet overhaul.[17]

His ministry also holds the credit for the launch of the Central Vista Project, the physical revamp of Parliament of India in New Delhi. Even though the mission received baclashes and comments from the opposition, the project continued with the completion projected by 2024.[18]

In March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was sent to the neighboring nation of Ukraine, Budapest in Hungary to assist coordination efforts. He was one of the minister in a special envoy of four ministers and successfully brought back 6711 students to India, following the Operation Ganga initiative.[19]

Electoral performance
This section is transcluded from Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency). (edit | history)
2019 Indian general elections: Amritsar
Party    Candidate    Votes    %    ±%
INC    Gurjeet Singh Aujla    445,032    51.78    Increase1.69
BJP    Hardeep Singh Puri    3,45,406    40.19    Increase9.74
AAP    Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal    20,087    2.34    Decrease12.44
CPI    Daswinder Kaur    16,335    1.90    Increase0.14
NOTA    None of the Above    8,763    1.02    Increase0.06
Majority    99,626    11.59    Decrease8.05
Turnout    8,60,582    57.07    Decrease13.32
INC hold    Swing        
 

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References

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  2. ^ Jump up to:a b "Welcome To IANS Live - NATION". IANS Live. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Hardeep Puri to be next Permanent Representative of India to UN". One India News. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, nine others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh". First-Post. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b c "WHO IS HARDEEP SINGH PURI". Business Standard India. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Hardeep S. Puri presents Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022". Ibcworldnews. September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Know About Him". Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Stephen's wins war of words". The Times of India. 23 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  9. ^ "UNECE Homepage". www.unece.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  10. ^ "CTC Chairman Biographical Note". United Nations. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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  12. "SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN ABYEI". United nations. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Hardeep Singh Puri". International Peace Institute. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Ex-UN envoy Hardeep Singh Puri joins BJP". @businessline. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  15. ^ Kaushal, Akshat (11 January 2014). "I admire the BJP's approach towards national security: Hardeep Singh Puri". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  16. ^ PTI (29 October 2022). "Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri To Inaugurate India Pavilion At ADIPEC". news.abplive.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  17. ^ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019, archived from the original on 2 June 2019, retrieved 3 June 2019
  18. ^ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Central Vista Redevelopment: CPWD to seek assistance to track progress". Hindustan Times. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Hardeep Singh Puri reaches Delhi with last batch of students from Budapest". Deccan Chronicle. 7 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Conferment of Order of Rio Branco on foreign nationals". 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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