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{{short description|Indian criminal lawyer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Swaraj Kaushal
| image = Swaraj_Kaushal.jpg
| caption =
| order = 3rd
| office = Governor of Mizoram
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Lal Thanhawla]]
| term_start = 8 February 1990
| term_end = 9 February 1993
| predecessor = [[Williamson A. Sangma]]
| successor = [[Paty Ripple Kyndiah]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency2 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Haryana|Haryana]]
| term2 = 1998–2004
| office3 = Advocate General of Mizoram
| term3 = 1987–1990
| party =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Sushma Swaraj]]|1975|2019|reason=d.}}
| children = 1
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician}}
}}

'''Swaraj Kaushal''' (born 12 July 1952) is an Indian [[criminal law]]yer practicing in [[New Delhi]]. He was designated as a senior advocate by the [[Supreme Court of India]] at age 34, and he became the [[List of governors of Mizoram|Governor of Mizoram]] at the age of 37, serving between 1990 and 1993.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/criminal-lawyer-by-profession-daughter-bansuri-swaraj-was-by-sushmas-side-when-minister-breathed-her-last-2261877.html|title=Criminal Lawyer by Profession, Daughter Bansuri Swaraj Was by Sushma's Side When Minister Breathed Her Last|website=News18|date=7 August 2019|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>

==Career==
During [[the Emergency (India)|the Emergency]] of 1975-77, he defended socialist leader [[George Fernandes]] in the famous [[Baroda dynamite case]]. He secured release of the underground [[Mizo people|Mizo]] leader, [[Laldenga]], in the conspiracy trial in 1979.<ref>Making of Mizoram by Suhas Chatterjee</ref> Thereafter, he was the constitutional adviser to the underground [[Mizo National Front]] during negotiations with Government of India. Many years of negotiations resulted in the signing of [[Mizoram Peace Accord]], which he helped write on 30 June 1986, which ended 20 years of insurgency. He was appointed the first Advocate General of Mizoram, the state's premier legal officer in 1987 at the age of 34.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaturvedi |first1=Rakesh Mohan |title=Swaraj Kaushal: Sushma Swaraj's achilles heel or her pillar of strength? |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/swaraj-kaushal-sushma-swarajs-achilles-heel-or-her-pillar-of-strength/articleshow/47670373.cms?from=mdr |access-date=6 December 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=15 June 2015}}</ref> He was the youngest-ever advocate general in the country. He is an expert on India's [[Northeast India|northeast region]] and its insurgency problem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/may/02naga.htm|title=Rediff on the NeT: Swaraj Kaushal to hold talks with NSCN (I-M)|website=www.rediff.com|accessdate=21 September 2020}}</ref>

He was designated as a senior advocate by [[Supreme Court of India]] on 20 December 1986 at the age of 34, a notable achievement in the legal profession.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/circular/senioradvocates.pdf|title=Supreme Court of India|website=www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in|accessdate=21 September 2020}}</ref>

==Governor of Mizoram==
He was the [[Governor of Mizoram]] from 8 February 1990 to 9 February 1993.<ref name=":0" />

==Member of Parliament==
He was a [[member of parliament]] between 1998 and 2004 as a member of the [[Haryana Vikas Party]], representing the state of [[Haryana]]. During 1998-99 and 2000-2004, he was a member of [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx</ref>

==Personal life==
He married [[Sushma Swaraj]] on 13 July 1975. Their only child, Bansuri Swaraj, is a graduate from [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] and a barrister from [[Inner Temple]]. On 6 August 2019, Sushma Swaraj died of a cardiac arrest at [[AIIMS Delhi]] following a heart attack in the evening.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sushma Swaraj, Former Foreign Minister and BJP Stalwart, Passes Away at 67 After Heart Attack |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/sushma-swaraj-former-foreign-minister-and-bjp-stalwart-passes-away-2260617.html |accessdate=6 August 2019 |work=News18 |date=6 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sushma Swaraj passes away at 67 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/senior-bjp-leader-sushma-swaraj-heart-attack-aiims-death-1578000-2019-08-06 |accessdate=6 August 2019 |work=India Today |date=6 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Senior Counsel]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Haryana]]
[[Category:Haryana Vikas Party politicians]]
[[Category:Samyukta Socialist Party politicians]]

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