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LIFE & PUBLIC RECORD · Lok Sabha MP
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor is listed as Lok Sabha MP for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Party in the cited recordIndian National Congress
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- 19569 March 1956
early life Born
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Read the source ↗ - 19781978
early life Education recorded in the source
Ph.D. in Law and Diplomacy from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA in year 1978
Read the source ↗ - 20092009
elections Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 20092009
elections Won THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 326,725 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
Read the source ↗ - 200923 May 2009 - 18 Apr. 2010
public service Union Minister of State, External Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 201030 Apr. 2010
public service Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 20104 May 2010
public service Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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Read the source ↗ - 201228 Oct. 2012
public service Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development
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Read the source ↗ - 20142014
elections Won THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 297,806 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
Read the source ↗ - 2014May 2014
elections Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Read the source ↗ - 20141 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019
public service Chairperson, Standing Committee on External Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 201529 Jan. 2015- 25 May 2019
public service Member, General Purposes Committee
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Read the source ↗ - 20192019
elections Won THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 416,131 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
Read the source ↗ - 2019May 2019
elections Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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Read the source ↗ - 201913 Sept. 2019 - 12 Sept. 2022
public service Chairperson, Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology
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Read the source ↗ - 201921 Nov. 2019 onwards
public service Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 202213 Sept. 2022 onwards
public service Chairperson, Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers
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Read the source ↗ - 202213 Sept. 2022 onwards
public service Member, Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology
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Read the source ↗ - 2024June 2024
elections Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 202426-Sep-2024 onwards
public service Chairperson of the Committee on External Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 20262026-10-21
public work Latest dated reference in this collection
Publisher reference: Minister CP John, MP Shashi Tharoor discusses key development projects for Thiruvananthapuram This marks the latest dated record available here, not necessarily the latest activity in public life.
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public service Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
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public service Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs
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public service Member, Rules Committee
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| Election | Seat & party | Outcome | Votes |
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| 2009 · Lok Sabha ↗ | THIRUVANANTHAPURAMKerala · INC | Won | 326,725 |
| 2014 · Lok Sabha ↗ | THIRUVANANTHAPURAMKerala · INC | Won | 297,806 |
| 2019 · Lok Sabha ↗ | THIRUVANANTHAPURAMKerala · INC | Won | 416,131 |
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Early life & upbringing
The cited biography records Shashi Tharoor’s date of birth as 9 March 1956. The birthplace is recorded as London (England).
Education & professional life
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: B.A. (Hons), M.A., M.A.L.D, Ph.D., D.Litt. (Honorary), Dr. Honoris Causa Educated at St Stephen`s College, Delhi University, New Delhi and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, U.S.A.. The professional background is listed as AUTHOR.
Public life: the documented service history
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 23 May 2009 - 18 Apr. 2010: Union Minister of State, External Affairs. A later recorded entry is June 2024: Elected to 18th Lok Sabha. 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.
The person behind the office
- Education details in PRS
- Ph.D. in Law and Diplomacy from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA in year 1978 Source ↗
- Education in the official biography
- B.A. (Hons), M.A., M.A.L.D, Ph.D., D.Litt. (Honorary), Dr. Honoris Causa Educated at St Stephen`s College, Delhi University, New Delhi and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, U.S.A. Source ↗
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Interests, publications & public work
- Books & publications
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Non Fiction (i) Reasons of State: Political Development and India’s Foreign Policy under Indira Gandhi, 1966-1977 (1982); (ii) Nehru: The Invention of India (2003), a Biography of India’s First Prime Minister; a collection of literary essays; (iii) Shadows Across the Playing Field: 60 Years of India-Pakistan Cricket (1997); (iv) Bookless in Baghdad (2005), an essay collection; (v) The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone: Reflections on India; The Emerging 21st Century Power (2007); (vi) India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond (2009), with Shaharyar Khan; (vii) Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century (2012); (viii) India: The Future is Now (edited) (2013); (ix) India Shastra: Reflections on the Nation in our time (2015) (x) An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India (2016); (xi) The Paradoxical Prime Minister (2018) (xii) Why I Am a Hindu (2018) (xiii) Inde (French); (xiv) Tharoorosaurus; (xv) Ambedkar, a life ; (xvi) The Battle of Belonging; (xvii) The Less You Preach The More You Learn: aphorisms for our age, Co authored with Joseph Zacharias Fiction: (xviii) The Great Indian Novel (1989); (xix) The Five-Dollar Smile and other short stories (1990); (xx) Show Business (1992) which received a front page accolade in the ‘New York Times’ Book Review and has since been made into a motion picture, “Bollywood”; (xxi) Riot (2001); Illustrated books: (xxii) Kerala: God’s own Country (2002), with text by Shashi Tharoor and paintings by the renowned M.F. Husain; also translated in French, German, Italian, Malayalam, Marathi, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Spanish; (xxiii) India (2008), a photo book in collaboration with photographer Ferrante Ferranti
Source ↗- Literary, artistic & scientific work
- Author of 25 Books. Winner of Sahitya Akademi Award, A Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1991 the Crossword Lifetime Achievement Award and other literary and Journalistic awards; and Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, 2004; Named Global Leader of Tomorrow at World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos, Switzerland, 1998; awarded (i) Robert B. Stewart Prize for the Best Student, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; (ii) An honorary D.Litt.,University of Puget Sound; and (iii) Doctorate Honoris Causa, University of Bucharest, Romania; first Editor, Fletcher Forum of International Affairs, Fletcher. Source ↗
- Social & cultural work as reported
- Columnist and Writer, Indian and International Publications; served as (i) Contributing Editor and Occasional columnist, Newsweek International; and (ii) Public Speaker on Indian and Global Issues; Patron, Chandran Tharoor Foundation Source ↗
- Special interests
- International Affairs, Literature, Cricket, Theatre, The United Nations, Human Rights. Source ↗
- Sports & clubs
- Chairman, (i) City Cricketers, Thiruvananthapuram; (ii) India International Centre; and (iii) Kerala International Centre; and Captained, Ministry of External Affairs Cricket team, 2009-10 Source ↗
- Other information in biography
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Served The United Nations for 29 year career(1978-2007) Under-Secretary-General, Communications and Public Information, U.N., 2001-2007; Executive Assistant, Secretary General, U.N.,1997-2000; Special Asstt.,USA/UN for peacekeeping, 1989-1996; Deputy Chief, Secretariat, UNCHR, 1985-89; Head, Singapore Office, UNHCR, 1981-84; and Public Information Officer, UNHCR, 1978-81;served (i) Board of Overseers, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the board of trustees of the Aspen Institute; (ii) Advisory Boards of the Indo-American Arts Council, the American India Foundation, the World Policy Journal, the Virtue foundation and the human rights organization `Breakthrough`;appointed an International Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 2008-11; Fellow,New York Institute of the Humanities and the Patron of the Dubai Modern School; Awards (i) The Pride of India Award, the Zakir Husain Memorial Foundation, Nagpur; and (ii) The Hakim Khan Sur Award for National Integration, presented by Maharana of Udaipur; Member, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, 2010-12.
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- 26-Sep-2024 onwards
Chairperson of the Committee on External Affairs
Source ↗ - June 2024
Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Source ↗ - 13 Sept. 2022 onwards
Chairperson, Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers
Source ↗ - 13 Sept. 2022 onwards
Member, Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology
Source ↗ - 21 Nov. 2019 onwards
Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
Source ↗ - 13 Sept. 2019 - 12 Sept. 2022
Chairperson, Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology
Source ↗ - May 2019
Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Source ↗ - 29 Jan. 2015- 25 May 2019
Member, General Purposes Committee
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Rules Committee
Source ↗ - 1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019
Chairperson, Standing Committee on External Affairs
Source ↗ - May 2014
Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Source ↗ - 28 Oct. 2012
Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development
Source ↗ - 4 May 2010
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
Source ↗ - 30 Apr. 2010
Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
Source ↗ - 23 May 2009 - 18 Apr. 2010
Union Minister of State, External Affairs
Source ↗ - 2009
Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
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| 2024 | 40 | 15 |
| 2025 | 53 | 23 |
| 2026 | 42 | 11 |
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18th Lok Sabha · Records dated 2024-07-01 to 2026-08-10
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Need to revise the funding pattern under Ayushman Vaya Vandana to support states with ageing population-Laid
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18th Lok Sabha; member ID explicitly linked to the indexed proceeding
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The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026(under consideration)
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Regardiing need to ensure timely compensation to affected landowners and environmental clearance for the Outer Ring Road (NH 866) Project in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-laid
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The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026 and Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and Delimitation Bill, 2026?Contd.. - not passed
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18th Lok Sabha; member ID explicitly linked to the indexed proceeding
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Motion regarding Suspension of Proviso to Rule 66 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha
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Regarding need to include Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in the vision 2030 Infrastructure Upgrade Initiative-Laid
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18th Lok Sabha; member ID explicitly linked to the indexed proceeding
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18th Lok Sabha · Records dated 2024-07-22 to 2026-08-12
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Pending Spectrum Assignment for Licenced NGSO Satellite Operators
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Import of Rubber
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Faculty-to-Student Ratio in IITs
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Review of the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021
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18th Lok Sabha; member-specific question register
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NITI Aayog Report on empowering City Governments
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18th Lok Sabha; member-specific question register
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SilverLine Project
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18th Lok Sabha; member-specific question register
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Minister CP John, MP Shashi Tharoor discusses key development projects for Thiruvananthapuram
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WATCH | Fire force rescues Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram hotel lift
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Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor seeks underground metro along congested stretches
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From rebel to star campaigner: How Shashi Tharoor found his way back in Congress
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Kerala assembly polls: Shashi Tharoor dismisses CM face debate within Congress
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Kerala name change: MP John Brittas takes dig at Shashi Tharoor over Keralam remark, ‘Identity isn’t a spelling test’
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- Tels. : (011) 23354158, 23354035, 23354383 011-24644035, 011-24644383 Source ↗
- Permanent correspondence address in official biography
- Apt. Gj Condor Marigold, Bhakthy Vilasam RD.Vazhu Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 695014 Source ↗
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- Tel : (0471) 2324555, 09013180980 Fax : (0471) 2324666,9560905727 Source ↗
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B.A. (Hons), M.A., M.A.L.D, Ph.D., D.Litt. (Honorary), Dr. Honoris Causa Educated at St Stephen`s College, Delhi University, New Delhi and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, U.S.A..
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23 May 2009 - 18 Apr. 2010: Union Minister of State, External Affairs. This is the earliest dated entry in the cited record, not necessarily the first public role.
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Shashi Tharoor is listed in the Lok Sabha record for Kerala. Read the linked membership source for the office and its scope.
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Who is Shashi Tharoor?
Shashi Tharoor is listed as Lok Sabha MP for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
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