Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model and television producer. She has been Minister of Women and Child Development since 2019, and also Minister of Minority Affairs since 2022.
Born: 23 March 1976 (age 47 years), New Delhi
Spouse: Zubin Irani (m. 2001)
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Children: Zoish Irani, Zohr Irani
Awards: STAR Parivaar Award for Favourite Patni, STAR Parivaar Award for Favourite Jodi, Indian Telly Award for Best Television Personality, more
Education: School of Open Learning, University of Delhi, Holy Child Auxilium School
Parents: Smt. Shibani Bagchi, Shri Ajay Kumar Malhotra.
She previously served as Minister of Human Resource Development (2014 to 2016), Minister of Textiles (2016 to 2021), and Minister of Information and Broadcasting (2017 to 2018).[2][3] She was the youngest minister (at age 43) in prime minister Narendra Modi's second ministry in 2019.[4]
Smriti Irani
Smriti
Irani in 2023
Union Cabinet Minister, Government of India
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 May 2014
6 July 2022 – Incumbent
Ministry of Minority Affairs
31 May 2019 – Incumbent
Ministry of Women and Child Development
5 July 2016 – 7 July 2021
Ministry of Textiles
18 July 2017 – 24 May 2018
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded by
Rahul Gandhi
Constituency
Amethi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
19 August 2011 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by
Pravin Naik
Succeeded by
Jugalji Mathurji Thakor
Constituency
Gujarat
National President of the BJP Mahila Morcha
In office
24 June 2010 – 24 April 2013
Preceded by
Sumit
Succeeded by
Saroj Pandey
Personal details
Born
Smriti Malhotra
23 March 1976 (age 47)[1]
New Delhi, India
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Zubin Irani (m. 2001)
Children
3
Residence
Mumbai
Occupation
Politicianformer actress
She has been a member of parliament since 2011, serving in the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat from 2011 to 2019 and since 2019 serving as a member of the Lok Sabha from the Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh. A prominent leader within the Bharatiya Janata Party, she was the National President of the BJP Mahila Morcha (the party's women's wing) from 2010 to 2013. In the 2019 elections she gained the Amethi constituency by defeating opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, then-president of the Indian National Congress, whose family members had represented the constituency for much of the previous four decades. Irani has a diverse family background, with her paternal family including Punjabi and Maharashtrian heritage while her maternal family has a Bengali heritage, and she speaks several Indian languages.
