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Yashwant Sinha

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Yashwant Sinha (Hindustani pronunciation: [jəʃˈʋən̪t̪ sɪnˈɦɑː], born 6 November 1937) is an Indian politician and retired Indian Administrative Service officer. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and again from March 1998 to July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He also served as the Minister of External Affairs from July 2002 until May 2004. He was a senior leader of the BJP before he left the party on 21 April 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yashwant Sinha is the 17,203rd most popular politician (down from 16,232nd in 2019), the 924th most popular biography from India (down from 781st in 2019) and the 233rd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yashwant Sinha ranks 17,203 out of 19,576Before him are Ted Lindsay, Iratxe García, Soumaïla Cissé, Meglena Kuneva, Alfred Lindley, and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham. After him are Jennifer Granholm, Sahana Pradhan, William R. Day, Rab Butler, Richard Ferrand, and Leonard Wood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Yashwant Sinha ranks 527Before him are George Steele, Chuck Peddle, Paul Stookey, Paul Hawkins, Veniamin Alexandrov, and Maryvonne Dupureur. After him are Bruce Johnstone, Yuri Falin, Jarosława Jóźwiakowska, Dee Palmer, Oleg Kopayev, and Tom Paxton.

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In India

Among people born in India, Yashwant Sinha ranks 924 out of 1,861Before him are Jyoti Amge (1993), Romila Thapar (1931), E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1909), Bhumi Pednekar (1989), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), and Neetu Singh (1958). After him are Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1941), Vikram Seth (1952), Saira Banu (1944), Subramanian Swamy (1939), Joseph Parecattil (1912), and Amit Shah (1964).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Yashwant Sinha ranks 233Before him are Anandiben Patel (1941), Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905), V. K. Krishna Menon (1896), Adolf Lu Hitler Marak (1958), Krishan Kant (1927), and E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1909). After him are Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1941), Subramanian Swamy (1939), Amit Shah (1964), Sumitra Mahajan (1943), Arvind Kejriwal (1968), and Kanu Sanyal (1928).