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	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Priyanka Gandhi did her schooling at [[Modern School (New Delhi)]] and at [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/priyanka-gandhi.html}}</ref> She obtained a bachelor's degree in [[Psychology]] from [[Jesus and Mary College]], [[University of Delhi]],<ref name="facts">{{cite news\|title=Facts about Gandhi\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/know-more-about-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-who-turns-44-today_1844262.html\|access-date=1 May 2017\|work=Zee Media\|agency=Zee Media Corporation Company\|publisher=[[Zee News]]\|date=12 January 2016}}</ref> and later a master's degree in [[Buddhist studies]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20120220-up-polls-2012-robert-vadra-congress-priyanka-gandhi-family-757318-2012-02-11\|title=UP polls 2012: Robert Vadra bids for a place in Gandhi family power structure\|~~last~~=February 11\|~~first~~=Bhavna Vij-Aurora New Delhi\|last2=February 20\|first2=2012 ISSUE DATE\|website=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2019-02-01\|last3=February 20\|first3=2012UPDATED\|last4=Ist\|first4=2012 13:02}}</ref>		Priyanka Gandhi did her schooling at [[Modern School (New Delhi)]] and at [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/priyanka-gandhi.html}}</ref> She obtained a bachelor's degree in [[Psychology]] from [[Jesus and Mary College]], [[University of Delhi]],<ref name="facts">{{cite news\|title=Facts about Gandhi\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/know-more-about-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-who-turns-44-today_1844262.html\|access-date=1 May 2017\|work=Zee Media\|agency=Zee Media Corporation Company\|publisher=[[Zee News]]\|date=12 January 2016}}</ref> and later a master's degree in [[Buddhist studies]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20120220-up-polls-2012-robert-vadra-congress-priyanka-gandhi-family-757318-2012-02-11\|title=UP polls 2012: Robert Vadra bids for a place in Gandhi family power structure\|last1=February 11\|first1=Bhavna Vij-Aurora New Delhi\|last2=February 20\|first2=2012 ISSUE DATE\|website=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2019-02-01\|last3=February 20\|first3=2012UPDATED\|last4=Ist\|first4=2012 13:02}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	In the [[2004 Indian general election]], she was her mother's campaign manager and helped supervise her brother [[Rahul Gandhi]]'s campaign.<ref name="2004elections">{{cite web\|title=Priyanka may be assigned 100 constituencies\|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/02cong.htm\|website=Rediff.com\|access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> In the [[2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections]], while [[Rahul Gandhi]] managed the statewide campaign, she focused on the ten seats in the Amethi [[Rae Bareilly]] region, spending two weeks there trying to quell considerable infighting within the party workers over seat allocations.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-weighing-possibility-of-priyanka-gandhis-role-in-up-election-campaign/articleshow/53041154.cms?from=mdr\|title= Priyanka Gandhi - The Economic Times\|newspaper=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-11-07\|date= 4 July 2016\|last1= Rana\|first1= Uday}}</ref>		In the [[2004 Indian general election]], she was her mother's campaign manager and helped supervise her brother [[Rahul Gandhi]]'s campaign.<ref name="2004elections">{{cite web\|title=Priyanka may be assigned 100 constituencies\|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/02cong.htm\|website=Rediff.com\|access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> In the [[2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections]], while [[Rahul Gandhi]] managed the statewide campaign, she focused on the ten seats in the Amethi [[Rae Bareilly]] region, spending two weeks there trying to quell considerable infighting within the party workers over seat allocations.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-weighing-possibility-of-priyanka-gandhis-role-in-up-election-campaign/articleshow/53041154.cms?from=mdr\|title= Priyanka Gandhi - The Economic Times\|newspaper=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-11-07\|date= 4 July 2016\|last1= Rana\|first1= Uday}}</ref>

	On January 23, 2019, Priyanka Gandhi formally entered politics, being appointed the Congress' General Secretary in charge of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/rahul-appoints-priyanka-gandhi-as-aicc-general-secretary-for-east-up-119012300439_1.html\|title=Priyanka Gandhi appointed Congress party general secretary for UP-east\|last=Team\|first=BS Web\|date=23 January 2019\|website=[[Business Standard]]\|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> She has to still prove herself in the political battleground of [[Uttar Pradesh]] which remains a strong hold for [[Bhartiya Janta Party]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/election-result-2020-live-updates-mp-by-election-result-up-gujarat-bjp-congress-modi-karnataka-bypoll-result-highlights-120110901710_1.html\|title= By-poll result LIVE: BJP retains six seats, SP bags one in Uttar Pradesh\|newspaper=Business Standard\|access-date=2020-11-15\|date= 11 November 2020}}</ref> Her contributions so far doesn't seem to have had any effect in its electoral fortunes and moreover she has stayed away from party headquarters and party workers for months.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://theprint.in/politics/another-debacle-for-up-congress-but-priyanka-gandhi-hasnt-visited-lucknow-hq-in-11-months/543658/\|title= Another debacle for UP Congress, but Priyanka Gandhi ~~hasn’t~~ visited Lucknow HQ in 11 months\|newspaper=The Print\|access-date=2020-11-15\|date= 13 November 2020\|last1= Srivastava\|first1= Prashant}}</ref>		On January 23, 2019, Priyanka Gandhi formally entered politics, being appointed the Congress' General Secretary in charge of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/rahul-appoints-priyanka-gandhi-as-aicc-general-secretary-for-east-up-119012300439_1.html\|title=Priyanka Gandhi appointed Congress party general secretary for UP-east\|last=Team\|first=BS Web\|date=23 January 2019\|website=[[Business Standard]]\|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> She has to still prove herself in the political battleground of [[Uttar Pradesh]] which remains a strong hold for [[Bhartiya Janta Party]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/election-result-2020-live-updates-mp-by-election-result-up-gujarat-bjp-congress-modi-karnataka-bypoll-result-highlights-120110901710_1.html\|title= By-poll result LIVE: BJP retains six seats, SP bags one in Uttar Pradesh\|newspaper=Business Standard\|access-date=2020-11-15\|date= 11 November 2020}}</ref> Her contributions so far doesn't seem to have had any effect in its electoral fortunes and moreover she has stayed away from party headquarters and party workers for months.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://theprint.in/politics/another-debacle-for-up-congress-but-priyanka-gandhi-hasnt-visited-lucknow-hq-in-11-months/543658/\|title= Another debacle for UP Congress, but Priyanka Gandhi hasn't visited Lucknow HQ in 11 months\|newspaper=The Print\|access-date=2020-11-15\|date= 13 November 2020\|last1= Srivastava\|first1= Prashant}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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| name = Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
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| office = General Secretary of <br/> [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] for [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = 11 September 2020
| term_end =
| president = [[Sonia Gandhi]] {{small|(interim)}}
| predecessor = Position Created
| successor =
| office1 = General Secretary of <br/> [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] for [[Eastern Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 4 February 2019
| term_end1 = 11 September 2020
| president1 = [[Sonia Gandhi]] {{small|(interim)}}
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| successor1 = Position abolished
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|1|12}}
| birth_place = New Delhi, India
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Robert Vadra]]|1997}}
| children = 2
| parents = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]<br />[[Sonia Gandhi]]
| relatives = ''See [[Nehru–Gandhi family]]''
| alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]] ([[B.A]], [[M.A]])
| signature = Signature of Priyanka Vadra.svg
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'''Priyanka Gandhi''' (born 12 January 1972), also known by her married name '''Priyanka Gandhi Vadra''', is an Indian politician and the general secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]] in charge of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She is the daughter of [[Rajiv Gandhi]] and [[Sonia Gandhi]], sister of [[Rahul Gandhi]], and granddaughter of [[Feroze Gandhi|Feroze]] and [[Indira Gandhi]], making her a member of the politically prominent [[Nehru-Gandhi family]]. She is also a [[trustee]] of [[Rajiv Gandhi Foundation]].

==Early life and education==
Priyanka Gandhi did her schooling at [[Modern School (New Delhi)]] and at [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/priyanka-gandhi.html}}</ref> She obtained a bachelor's degree in [[Psychology]] from [[Jesus and Mary College]], [[University of Delhi]],<ref name="facts">{{cite news|title=Facts about Gandhi|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/know-more-about-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-who-turns-44-today_1844262.html|access-date=1 May 2017|work=Zee Media|agency=Zee Media Corporation Company|publisher=[[Zee News]]|date=12 January 2016}}</ref> and later a master's degree in [[Buddhist studies]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20120220-up-polls-2012-robert-vadra-congress-priyanka-gandhi-family-757318-2012-02-11|title=UP polls 2012: Robert Vadra bids for a place in Gandhi family power structure|last=February 11|first=Bhavna Vij-Aurora New Delhi|last2=February 20|first2=2012 ISSUE DATE|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01|last3=February 20|first3=2012UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2012 13:02}}</ref>

==Career==
Gandhi had regularly visited her mother's and brother's constituencies of [[Rae Bareilly]] and [[Amethi]] where she dealt with the people directly.<ref name="amethi">{{cite news|title=Priyanka Vadra returns to campaign in Amethi|work=[[India Today]]|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref>
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She is a popular figure in the constituency, drawing large crowds everywhere; a popular slogan in Amethi in every election has been ''Amethi ka danka, bitiya Priyanka'' (the clarion call from Amethi is for Priyanka [to stand elections]).<ref name="slogan">{{cite news|title=Ground report: Amethi, Rae Bareli seeing a new Priyanka|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/ground-report-amethi-rae-bareli-are-now-seeing-a-new-priyanka-1498749.html|access-date=1 May 2017|work=[[Firstpost]]|agency=[[Network 18]]|date=27 April 2014}}</ref>

In the [[2004 Indian general election]], she was her mother's campaign manager and helped supervise her brother [[Rahul Gandhi]]'s campaign.<ref name="2004elections">{{cite web|title=Priyanka may be assigned 100 constituencies|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/02cong.htm|website=Rediff.com|access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> In the [[2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections]], while [[Rahul Gandhi]] managed the statewide campaign, she focused on the ten seats in the Amethi [[Rae Bareilly]] region, spending two weeks there trying to quell considerable infighting within the party workers over seat allocations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-weighing-possibility-of-priyanka-gandhis-role-in-up-election-campaign/articleshow/53041154.cms?from=mdr|title= Priyanka Gandhi - The Economic Times|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-07|date= 4 July 2016|last1= Rana|first1= Uday}}</ref>

On January 23, 2019, Priyanka Gandhi formally entered politics, being appointed the Congress' General Secretary in charge of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/rahul-appoints-priyanka-gandhi-as-aicc-general-secretary-for-east-up-119012300439_1.html|title=Priyanka Gandhi appointed Congress party general secretary for UP-east|last=Team|first=BS Web|date=23 January 2019|website=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> She has to still prove herself in the political battleground of [[Uttar Pradesh]] which remains a strong hold for [[Bhartiya Janta Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/election-result-2020-live-updates-mp-by-election-result-up-gujarat-bjp-congress-modi-karnataka-bypoll-result-highlights-120110901710_1.html|title= By-poll result LIVE: BJP retains six seats, SP bags one in Uttar Pradesh|newspaper=Business Standard|access-date=2020-11-15|date= 11 November 2020}}</ref> Her contributions so far doesn't seem to have had any effect in its electoral fortunes and moreover she has stayed away from party headquarters and party workers for months.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theprint.in/politics/another-debacle-for-up-congress-but-priyanka-gandhi-hasnt-visited-lucknow-hq-in-11-months/543658/|title= Another debacle for UP Congress, but Priyanka Gandhi hasn’t visited Lucknow HQ in 11 months|newspaper=The Print|access-date=2020-11-15|date= 13 November 2020|last1= Srivastava|first1= Prashant}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.jpg|thumb|left|Rahul Gandhi (left), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (right), in an election rally]]
[[File:Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (1).jpg|thumb|right|Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in an election rally]]
She is married to [[Robert Vadra]], a businessman from Delhi. The wedding took place at the Gandhi home, [[10 Janpath]], on 18 February 1997 in a traditional [[Hindu]] ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.in/news/feb/10gandhi.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913041240/http://www.rediff.in/news/feb/10gandhi.htm |archive-date=13 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/who-is-robert-vadra/1/224119.html "Who is Robert Vadra?"], India Today, 10 October 2011; retrieved 15 February 2013.</ref> They have two children; a son Raihan and a daughter Miraya. She follows [[Buddhist philosophy]] and practices [[Vipassanā]] as taught by [[S. N. Goenka]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Priyanka Gandhi Vadra|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239775|publisher=The Outlook|access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/unknown-facts-priyanka-gandhi-indira-gandhi-robert-beautiful-19243.html?page=6|title=10 facts to know about Priyanka Gandhi|date=2014-08-01|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160617/https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/unknown-facts-priyanka-gandhi-indira-gandhi-robert-beautiful-19243.html?page=6|archive-date=5 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{clear}}

==See also==

{{commons category}}
* [[List of political families]]
* [[Nehru-Gandhi family]]

==References==
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