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Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley
Minister of Finance
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	P. Chidambaram
Succeeded by	Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Corporate Affairs
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Sachin Pilot
Succeeded by	Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Defence;
	In office; 13 March 2017 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Manohar Parrikar
Succeeded by	Nirmala Sitharaman
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	A. K. Antony
Succeeded by	Manohar Parrikar
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
	In office; 9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Prakash Javadekar
Succeeded by	Venkaiah Naidu
Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 11 June 2019
Preceded by	Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by	Thawar Chand Gehlot
Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 3 June 2009 – 26 May 2014
Preceded by	Jaswant Singh
Succeeded by	Ghulam Nabi Azad
Minister of Law and Justice
	In office; 29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Jana Krishnamurthi
Succeeded by	H. R. Bhardwaj
	In office; 23 July 2000 – 1 July 2002
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Ram Jethmalani
Succeeded by	Jana Krishnamurthi
Minister of Commerce and Industry
	In office; 29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Arun Shourie
Succeeded by	Kamal Nath
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
	In office; 13 October 1999 – 30 September 2000
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Jaipal Reddy-
Succeeded by	Sushma Swaraj
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 3 April 2000 – 24 August 2019
Preceded by	Naresh Agrawal
Succeeded by	Sudhanshu Trivedi
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency	Gujarat
Personal details
Born	Arun Jaitley; 28 December 1952; Delhi, India
Died	24 August 2019 (aged 66); New Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Sangeeta Jaitley (m. 1982⁠–⁠2019)
Children	2
Alma mater	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LL.B.), Delhi University (B.Com),
Occupation	Advocate; politician;
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (2020) (posthumously)
Website	arunjaitley.com

Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 – 24 August 2019^[3]) was an Indian politician. He was the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Minister of Defence from in 2014 and in 2017. From 2009 to 2014 he was the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Jaitley had diabetes.^[7] In January 2019, Jaitley was diagnosed with a rare form of soft-tissue cancer and had treatment in New York.^[8]

On 9 August 2019, he was hospitalized in New Delhi under critical condition for respiratory problems.^[9] He died on 24 August at the hospital, aged 66.^[10] The cause of death was problems caused by diabetes.^[11]