Kapil Sibal is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh.
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The cited biography records Kapil Sibal’s date of birth as 8 August 1948. The birthplace is recorded as Jalandhar (Punjab).
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: M.A. (History) from St.Stephen's College, University of Delhi LL.M. from Harvard Law School, U.S.A.. The professional background is listed as Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India.
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is July 1998: Elected to Rajya Sabha. A later recorded entry is Feb. 2026 onwards: Member, India - Switzerland Parliamentary Friendship Group. This identifies the earliest entry available in that source, rather than establishing the start of the entire political career. Historical and open-ended positions retain their source periods.
Led, Indian Delegation to the Human Rights Commission, Geneva, January 1991; investigated cases of arbitrary detentions throughout the world; analysed detention and detention laws in the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Covenant for Civil and Political Rights and advised the Government to release individuals from detention if such detention was not in accordance with the above mentioned international instruments; involved in the protection of our national heritage and in particular, archaeological sites which have immense historical and cultural significance; Member, (i) Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions set up by the Human Rights Commission, Geneva, (ii) Board of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, 2002-2011 and (iii) Programme Board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s India AIDS Initiative, 2003; contributed articles on important issues such as security, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, etc. in national dailies and periodicals; scripted lyrics for Hindi film industry
Was offered appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.), but declined the offer; joined the Bar in 1972 and was designated SeniorAdvocate in 1983; Additional Solicitor General of India, Dec. 1989-Dec. 1990; President, Supreme Court Bar Association, 1995, 1997 and 2001; addressed Parliament in the historic impeachment proceedings against Justice V. Ramaswamy, the then sitting judge of the Supreme Court in 1994; counsel in large number of cases where the Supreme Court rendered landmark decisions; represented minorities and minority educational institutions for the last more than two decades; amicus for the Supreme Court in several matters of constitutional importance; Spokesperson, Congress Party, 1998-2004; Elected Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party, 2000-2002; was Member, (i) Board of Management of I.G.N.O.U., (ii) Governing Body, St. Stephen's College, 1993, (iii) Press Council of India, 2001-2004, (iv) Executive Council, I.C.P.S., 2001-2004, (v) various parliamentary committees, 2001-2004 and (vi) several Group of Ministers under UPA government; led, (i) Indian delegation to Annapolis Conference, U.S.A. held to gather international support for establishment of a Palestinian State and the realization of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Nov. 2007 and (ii) Indian delegation to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (U.N.F.C.C.C.), Bali (Indonesia), Dec. 2007; Member, Indian Parliamentary delegation to South Africa, Nigeria and Senegal to advocate against Pakistan involvement in cross-border terrorism, 2002; Convenor, International Policy Makers Conference of HIV/AIDS, New Delhi, 2002; participated in the international workshop on “Peaceful Nuclear Use and the Future of Non-Proliferation: Coping with the Diversion of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Terrorism” organized by Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Tokyo (Japan), 2002; was the first ever Member of Parliament to have visited the icy continent of Antarctica, Feb. 2005 and stayed at the Maitri base in sub-zero temperature, for getting a first hand experience about the hardships being faced by the Indian scientists; responsible for setting up an Indian research station at the Arctic,July 2008; represented India in the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos (Switzerland), Jan. 2005; was awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award for the year 2004-05, by the Indian Science Congress Association during the 92nd Indian Science Congress, held at Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Jan. 2005; was offered honorary degrees of Doctor of Literature at the 55th annual convocation of Punjab University, Feb. 2006; conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution and excellence in the legal field by the Legal Era Magazine in 2016
Elected to Rajya Sabha
Source ↗Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and Matters Relating thereto
Source ↗Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha
Source ↗Union Cabinet Minister, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
Source ↗Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha (second term)
Source ↗Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development
Source ↗Union Cabinet Minister, Communications and Information Technology
Source ↗Union Cabinet Minister, Law and Justice (Additional Charge)
Source ↗Elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
Source ↗Member, Committee on Commerce
Source ↗Member, Committee on External Affairs
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
Source ↗Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs
Source ↗Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Source ↗Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
Source ↗Member, India - Switzerland Parliamentary Friendship Group
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| Year | Questions | Proceedings |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 44 | 0 |
| 1999 | 90 | 0 |
| 2000 | 180 | 0 |
| 2001 | 122 | 0 |
| 2002 | 192 | 0 |
| 2003 | 161 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 49 | 0 |
| 2017 | 101 | 0 |
| 2018 | 107 | 0 |
| 2019 | 24 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 18 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 17 | 2 |
| 2026 | 16 | 0 |
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M.A. (History) from St.Stephen's College, University of Delhi LL.M. from Harvard Law School, U.S.A..
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