Arun Jaitley, Union minister of finance and corporate affairs

Finance minister Arun Jaitley is a speaker at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2017.

Arun Jaitley is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and heads the finance and corporate affairs ministries. Jaitley started his political career as a student activist and went on to become the Delhi University Students Union president in 1974.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley (Reuben Singh/HT Photo)

He was the BJP president from 2004 to 2009, and then served as the leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from 2009 to 2014. Jaitley is a senior advocate in the Delhi High court and was Additional Solicitor General of India in 1989-90.