Anand Sharma

Anand Sharma
Anand Sharma at Davos World Economic Forum in 2012.
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Rajya Sabha
In office 8 June 2014 – 2 April 2022
President	Pranab Mukherjee Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Chairman Rajya Sabha	Mohammad Hamid Ansari Venkaiah Naidu
Leader of the Opposition	Ghulam Nabi Azad Mallikarjun Kharge
Preceded by	M. J. Akbar
Succeeded by	P. Chidambaram (interim)
Member of Parliament In Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 2016 – 2 April 2022
Succeeded by	Sikander Kumar
Constituency	Himachal Pradesh
In office 5 July 2010 – 9 March 2016
Constituency	Rajasthan
In office 03 April 2004 – 02 April 2010
Constituency	Himachal Pradesh
In office 10 April 1984 – 09 April 1990
Constituency	Himachal Pradesh
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
In office 22 May 2009 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Kamal Nath
Succeeded by	Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
In office 18 October 2008 – 22 May 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	M. H. Ambareesh
Succeeded by	Choudhury Mohan Jatua
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
In office 29 January 2006 – 22 May 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Rao Inderjit Singh
Succeeded by	Preneet Kaur
Personal details
Born	(1953-01-05) 5 January 1953 (age 72) Shimla, Punjab, India (now in Himachal Pradesh, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Zenobia Sharma
Alma mater	Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
Occupation	Lawyer

Anand Sharma (born 5 January 1953) is an Indian politician and former Union Cabinet Minister in charge of Commerce and Industry and Textiles^[1] in the Government of India. Since June 2014, Sharma was the Deputy Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament until 2022.^[2]