Hardeep Singh Puri (born 15 February 1952) is an Indian politician and retired diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who is serving as the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas since 2021.
Hardeep Singh Puri | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2021 | |
| President | Ramnath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs | |
| In office 3 September 2017 – 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
| Succeeded by | Manohar Lal Khattar |
| Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) and Commerce & Industry | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Suresh Prabhu |
| Succeeded by | Jyotiraditya Scindia |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 9 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Manohar Parrikar |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations | |
| In office 4 May 2009 – 27 February 2013 | |
| President |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Nirupam Sen |
| Succeeded by | Asoke Kumar Mukerji |
| President of the United Nations Security Council | |
| In office August 2011 — September 2012 November 2012 — December 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1952 Delhi, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri (m. 1975) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence |
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| Alma mater | Delhi University (BA, MA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Civil servant |
| Website | hardeepsinghpuri |
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. Puri served as the chairman of the United Nations Security Council's Counter Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013; and joined International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.
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. Earlier in May 2019, he had taken charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.
Early life and education
Hardeep Singh Puri was born on 15 February 1952 in Daryaganj, Delhi to a refugee family. He was educated with a BA in history and an MA in political science at the Hindu College, a constituent college of the Delhi University. Drawn to student politics, Puri was elected as the prime minister of the college's student parliament.
Diplomatic career
Civil service
Hardeep Puri joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1974, and 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.
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.
Political career
Hardeep Singh Puri joined the International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, expressing admiration for the party's approach to national security.
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.
In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (with Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.
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.
In March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Puri served as part of a special four-minister envoy and successfully brought 6,711 students back to India under Operation Ganga.
Electoral performance
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 445,032 | 51.78 | 1.69 | |
| BJP | Hardeep Singh Puri | 3,45,406 | 40.19 | 9.74 | |
| AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 20,087 | 2.34 | 12.44 | |
| CPI | Daswinder Kaur | 16,335 | 1.90 | 0.14 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 8,763 | 1.02 | 0.06 | |
| Majority | 99,626 | 11.59 | 8.05 | ||
| Turnout | 8,60,582 | 57.07 | 13.32 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
Rajya Sabha
| Position | Party | Constituency | From | To | Tenure | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1st Term) | BJP | Uttar Pradesh | 8 January 2018 | 25 November 2020 | 2 years, 322 days | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (2nd Term) | 26 November 2020 | 25 November 2026 | 5 years, 364 days | |||
Personal life
Hardeep Singh Puri is married to Ambassador Lakshmi Puri, of the Indian Foreign Service, and, later, the United Nations cadre, who is a former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and a former Deputy Executive Director of UN Women. They have two daughters. His brother, Pradeep Puri, is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch, who played an instrumental role in the construction of the DND Flyway.
On 1 December 2022, Hardeep Singh Puri was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco.
Bibliography
Hardeep is a published author of several books, research papers, and journals. Included below is a selection of his works:
Books
- Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos (Publisher: HarperCollins, 2016; ISBN 978-9351777595)
- Delusional Politics: Back To The Future (Publisher: Penguin Viking, 2018; ISBN 978-0670090259)
Articles
- "Libya: Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and the Ghost of Rwanda" (Publisher: The Globalist, 2016)
See also
- Manjeev Singh Puri
- Navtej Sarna
- Taranjit Singh Sandhu
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