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{{Short description|Indian politician and diplomat (b. 1952)}}
{{Short description|Indian politician and diplomat (born 1952)}}
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| name               = Hardeep Singh Puri
| name = Hardeep Singh Puri
| image              = File:The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (IC), Shri Hardeep Singh Puri addressing a press conference on Swachh Survekshan 2018, in New Delhi on May 16, 2018.JPG
| honorific-suffix = [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]] (Retd.)
| image_size         = 250px
| image = Hardeep Singh Puri with PM Modi (cropped).jpg
| office             = [[Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]]
| image_size = 250px
| primeminister       = [[Narendra Modi]]
| president = [[Ramnath Kovind]]<br/>[[Droupadi Murmu]]
| term_start         = 7 July 2021
| caption = Official portrait, 2021
| term_end           =  
| office = <!-- Do NOT add counts or ordinals, as per [[BP:CONSENSUS]] -->[[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas|Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]]
| predecessor         = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| successor           =  
| term_start = 7 July 2021
| office2             = [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs]]  
| term_end =  
| term_start2         = 3 September 2017
| predecessor = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| term_end2           =  
| successor =  
| primeminister2     = [[Narendra Modi]]
| office2 = <!-- Do NOT add counts or ordinals, as per [[BP:CONSENSUS]] -->[[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs]]
| predecessor2       = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
| term_start2 = 3 September 2017
| office3             = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]]
| term_end2 = 9 June 2024
| primeminister3     = [[Narendra Modi]]
| primeminister2 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start3         = 30 May 2019
| predecessor2 = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
| term_end3           = 7 July 2021
| successor2 = [[Manohar Lal Khattar]]
| predecessor3       = [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| office3 = <!-- Do NOT add counts or ordinals, as per [[BP:CONSENSUS]] -->[[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge)]] and [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Commerce & Industry]]
| successor3         = [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]]
| primeminister3 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| office4             = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start3 = 30 May 2019
| term_start4         = 9 January 2018
| term_end3 = 7 July 2021
| term_end4           =  
| predecessor3 = [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| constituency4       = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| successor3 = [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]]
| predecessor4       = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| office5             = [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]]
| term_start4 = 9 January 2018
| president5         = {{unbulleted|[[Pratibha Patil]] |[[Pranab Mukherjee]]}}
| term_end4 =  
| primeminister5     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| constituency4 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start5         = 4 May 2009
| predecessor4 = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| term_end5           = 27 February 2013
| office5 = [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]]
| predecessor5       = [[Nirupam Sen (diplomat)|Nirupam Sen]]
| president5 = {{unbulleted list|[[Pratibha Patil]]|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]}}
| successor5         = [[Asoke Kumar Mukerji]]
| primeminister5 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1952|2|15|df=y}}
| term_start5 = 4 May 2009
| birth_place         = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| term_end5 = 27 February 2013
| death_date         =  
| predecessor5 = [[Nirupam Sen (diplomat)|Nirupam Sen]]
| death_place         =  
| successor5 = [[Asoke Kumar Mukerji]]
| party               = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| office6 = [[President of the United Nations Security Council]]
| spouse             = [[Lakshmi Puri|Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri]]
| term6 = August 2011 — September 2012 <br> November 2012 — December 2012
| children            =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|02|15|df=y}}
| citizenship        = {{flag|India}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| nationality        = [[Indian People|Indian]]
| death_date =  
| alma_mater         = [[Hindu College, University of Delhi]] (BA, MA)
| death_place =  
| profession         = [[Civil service|Civil servant]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| occupation         = [[Politician]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Lakshmi Puri|Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri]]|1975}}
| website             = {{URL|http://hardeepsinghpuri.com/}}
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])
| profession = [[Civil Services of India|Civil servant]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| residence = {{ubl|6, [[Akbar Road]], [[New Delhi]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://hardeepsinghpuri.com/}}
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'''Hardeep Singh Puri''' (born 15 February 1952) is an Indian politician and former Indian [[diplomat]] who is currently serving as the [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (India)|Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]] and [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs]] in the Government of [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/hardeep-singh-puri-sworn-in-as-union-cabinet-minister-2374718.html|title= Hardeep Singh Puri sworn in as Union Cabinet minister|website= Zee News|language=en |access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/cabinet-reshuffle-labor/781684|title= Hardeep Singh Puri given charge of Petroleum and Urban Development Ministries|website= Times Now|language=en |access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref>
'''Hardeep Singh Puri''' (born 15 February 1952<ref name="w796">{{cite web |title=A Journey of Leadership and Impact|website=The Life of Hardeep Singh Puri|date=6 October 2021|url=https://www.hardeepsinghpuri.com/the-journey-so-far|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>) is an [[Indian People|Indian]] [[politician]] and retired [[diplomat]] of [[Indian Foreign Service]] who is serving as the <!-- Do NOT add counts or ordinals, as per [[BP:CONSENSUS]] --> [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (India)|Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]] since 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/cabinet-reshuffle-labor/781684|title= Hardeep Singh Puri given charge of Petroleum and Urban Development Ministries|website= Times Now|date= 7 July 2021|language= en|access-date= 2021-07-07|archive-date= 14 July 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210714044259/https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/cabinet-reshuffle-labor/781684|url-status= live}}</ref>


He is a 1974 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]] who served as the [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]] from 2009 to 2013.<ref name="IANS">{{cite web|url=http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/Hardeep_Puri_bids_farewell_to_foreign_service-393303/NATION/1|title=Welcome To IANS Live - NATION|website=IANS Live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hardeep Puri to be next Permanent Representative of India to UN|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2009/04/17/hardeeppuri-to-be-next-permanent-representative-of-indiato.html|publisher=One India News|access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref>
He is a 1974 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]] who served as the [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]] from 2009 to 2013.<ref name="IANS">{{cite web|url=http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/Hardeep_Puri_bids_farewell_to_foreign_service-393303/NATION/1|title=Welcome To IANS Live - NATION|website=IANS Live|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=30 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730143842/http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/Hardeep_Puri_bids_farewell_to_foreign_service-393303/NATION/1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hardeep Puri to be next Permanent Representative of India to UN|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2009/04/17/hardeeppuri-to-be-next-permanent-representative-of-indiato.html|publisher=One India News|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=14 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914104509/http://news.oneindia.in/2009/04/17/hardeeppuri-to-be-next-permanent-representative-of-indiato.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Puri served as the chairman of the [[United Nations Security Council]]'s Counter Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013; and joined International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.<ref name="BSHSP2">{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-hardeep-singh-puri|title=Who is Hardeep Singh Puri|newspaper=Business Standard|date=24 July 2021|access-date=|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720055124/https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-hardeep-singh-puri|url-status=live}}</ref>


Puri joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 2014, and became a [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] in November, 2020.<ref name=FPHSP>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/union-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-nine-others-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-uttar-pradesh-8977001.html|title=Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, nine others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh|website=First-Post|date=2 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=BSHSP>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-hardeep-singh-puri|title=WHO IS HARDEEP SINGH PURI|website=business-standard|date=24 July 2021}}</ref> Earlier in May 2019, he had taken charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.<ref name=BSHSP/>
Puri joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 2014, and became a [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] in November 2020.<ref name=FPHSP>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/union-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-nine-others-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-uttar-pradesh-8977001.html|title=Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, nine others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh|website=First-Post|date=2 November 2020|access-date=24 July 2021|archive-date=23 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123165757/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/union-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-nine-others-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-uttar-pradesh-8977001.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Earlier in May 2019, he had taken charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.<ref name="BSHSP2" /><ref>{{cite web |title=New Epstein Files Show Multiple Email Exchanges With Hardeep Puri, ‘Was Making Case for Digital India’, He Says |url=https://thewire.in/government/new-epstein-files-multiple-email-exchanges-with-hardeep-puri-digital-india |website=The Wire |access-date=2 February 2026 |language=en}}</ref>


Previously, Puri has served as the chairman of the [[United Nations Security Council]]'s Counter-Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013; and joined International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.<ref name=BSHSP/>
==Early life and education==
Hardeep Singh Puri was born on 15 February 1952 in [[Daryaganj]], [[Delhi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-hardeep-singh-puri|title=Who is Hardeep Singh Puri|website=[[Business Standard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401024707/https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-hardeep-singh-puri|archive-date=1 April 2020}}</ref> He was educated with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in history and an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in political science at the [[Hindu College, Delhi|Hindu College]], a constituent college of the [[Delhi University]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/hardeep-singh-puri/|title=Hardeep Singh Puri|website=[[World Economic Forum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251130125128/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.weforum.org/people/hardeep-singh-puri/|archive-date=30 November 2025}}</ref> Drawn to student politics, Puri was elected as the prime minister of the college's student parliament.<ref name=":0" />
 
== Diplomatic career ==
=== Civil service ===
Hardeep Puri joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1974, and has served as [[Joint secretary to the Government of India]] in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from 1994 to 1997, and from 1999 to 2002. He has also served as [[Joint secretary to the Government of India]] in [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] from 1997 to 1999. He was India's ambassador to Brazil. He later served as [[Secretary to the Government of India]] (Economic Relations) in the  [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from 2009 to 2013.
 
Puri has been stationed at important diplomatic posts in [[Brazil]], where he was ambassador, [[Japan]], [[Sri Lanka]], and the [[United Kingdom]] where he was Deputy High Commissioner. Between 1988 and 1991, he was the Coordinator of the [[UNDP]]/[[UNCTAD]] Multilateral Trade Negotiations Project to help Developing Countries in the [[Uruguay Round]] of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unece.org/forums/forum03/speakers/CV_puri.doc|title=UNECE Homepage|website=www.unece.org|access-date=7 January 2014|archive-date=28 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728143924/http://www.unece.org/forums/forum03/speakers/CV_puri.doc|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
=== United Nations ===
Hardeep Singh Puri was born in [[Delhi]]. His father was a civil servant, and he attended boarding school in India as his father was posted in countries where there were no options for English-language education.<ref name=IANS /> He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in History and [[Master of Arts]] in History from [[Hindu College, University of Delhi]]. He worked as a lecturer of History at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]].<ref name=Titan>{{cite news|title=Stephen's wins war of words|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/delhi/30550359_1_hindu-college-shashi-tharoor-brand-india|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202225347/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/delhi/30550359_1_hindu-college-shashi-tharoor-brand-india|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|access-date=21 October 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 December 2011}}</ref>
He also served as the chairman of the [[United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee]] from January 2011 to February 2013, and as [[President of the United Nations Security Council]] in August 2011, and again in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=CTC Chairman Biographical Note |publisher=[[United Nations]] |date=12 January 2011 |url=https://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc/bio_puri.html |access-date=31 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140131221706/https://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc/bio_puri.html |archive-date=31 January 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN ABYEI|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/sc10353.doc.htm|publisher=United nations|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203113432/https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/sc10353.doc.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Career==
== Political career ==
===Civil service===
[[File:Hardeep Singh Puri addressing at an event to mark the Swachh Bharat Diwas the 3rd anniversary of the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission and the conclusion of “Swachhata hi Sewa” fortnight, in New Delhi.jpg|thumb|left|Hardeep Singh Puri addressing at an event, 2017]]
Hardeep Puri has served as [[Joint secretary to the Government of India]] in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from 1994 to 1997, and from 1999 to 2002. He has also served as [[Joint secretary to the Government of India]] in [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] from 1997 to 1999. He was India's ambassador to Brazil. He later served as [[Secretary to the Government of India]] (Economic Relations) in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from 2009 to 2013.


Puri has been stationed at important diplomatic posts in [[Brazil]], where he was ambassador, [[Japan]], [[Sri Lanka]], and the [[United Kingdom]] where he was Deputy High Commissioner. Between 1988 and 1991, he was the Coordinator of the [[UNDP]]/[[UNCTAD]] Multilateral Trade Negotiations Project to help Developing Countries in the [[Uruguay Round]] of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unece.org/forums/forum03/speakers/CV_puri.doc|title=UNECE Homepage|website=www.unece.org}}</ref> He also served as the chairman of the [[United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee]] from January 2011 to February 2013, and as [[President of the United Nations Security Council]] in August 2011, and, again, in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=CTC Chairman Biographical Note |publisher=[[United Nations]] |date=12 January 2011 |url=https://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc/bio_puri.html |access-date=31 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140131221706/https://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc/bio_puri.html |archive-date=31 January 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN ABYEI|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/sc10353.doc.htm|publisher=United nations|access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref>
Hardeep Singh Puri joined the [[International Peace Institute]] as a senior advisor in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ipinst.org/by/hardeep-singh-puri|title=Hardeep Singh Puri|website=International Peace Institute|access-date=12 August 2016|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813021003/https://www.ipinst.org/by/hardeep-singh-puri|url-status=dead}}</ref> He joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 2014, expressing admiration for the party's approach to [[national security]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/exun-envoy-hardeep-singh-puri-joins-bjp/article5530038.ece|title=Ex-UN envoy Hardeep Singh Puri joins BJP|work=@businessline|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203162428/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/exun-envoy-hardeep-singh-puri-joins-bjp/article5530038.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/i-admire-the-bjp-s-approach-towards-national-security-hardeep-singh-puri-114011100766_1.html|title=I admire the BJP's approach towards national security: Hardeep Singh Puri|last=Kaushal|first=Akshat|date=2014-01-11|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202181242/http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/i-admire-the-bjp-s-approach-towards-national-security-hardeep-singh-puri-114011100766_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Politics===
He is serving as the [[List of current members of the Rajya Sabha|Member of Rajya Sabha]] from Uttar Pradesh from 2018. Puri was inducted into the cabinet as the [[Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs]], after Venkaiah Naidu was elevated to the post of Vice President of India in 2017. In May 2019, he contested from [[Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amritsar]] as a BJP Candidate, but lost to [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]] of the Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2022-10-29 |title=Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri To Inaugurate India Pavilion At ADIPEC |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/union-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-to-inaugurate-india-pavilion-at-adipec-1560514 |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en |archive-date=16 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116073044/https://news.abplive.com/news/india/union-minister-hardeep-singh-puri-to-inaugurate-india-pavilion-at-adipec-1560514 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Ambassador Puri joined the [[International Peace Institute]] as a senior advisor in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ipinst.org/by/hardeep-singh-puri|title=Hardeep Singh Puri|website=International Peace Institute|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>  He joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 2014, expressing admiration for the party's approach to [[national security]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/exun-envoy-hardeep-singh-puri-joins-bjp/article5530038.ece|title=Ex-UN envoy Hardeep Singh Puri joins BJP|work=@businessline|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/i-admire-the-bjp-s-approach-towards-national-security-hardeep-singh-puri-114011100766_1.html|title=I admire the BJP's approach towards national security: Hardeep Singh Puri|last=Kaushal|first=Akshat|date=2014-01-11|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>


He contested from [[Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amritsar]] as a BJP Candidate, but lost to [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]] of the Congress.
In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (with Independent Charge) for [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Civil Aviation]] and Minister of State for [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Commerce and Industry]].<ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 |access-date=3 June 2019 |archive-date=2 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602015648/https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (with Independent Charge) of the [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Housing and Urban Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Civil Aviation]] and Minister of State for [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Commerce and Industry]].<ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>
In July 2021, he was promoted to the post of [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas|Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]], along with [[Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs|Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs]] in the [[Second Modi ministry]] when there was a cabinet overhaul.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|date=7 July 2021 |access-date=2021-07-08|archive-date=7 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707132605/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|url-status=live}}</ref>


In July 2021, he was promoted to the post of Union [[Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]], and Union [[Minister of Urban Development (India)|Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs]] in the [[Second Modi ministry]] when there was a cabinet overhaul.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|access-date=2021-07-08}}</ref>
In March 2022, during the [[Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Puri served as part of a special four-minister envoy and successfully brought 6,711 students back to India under [[Operation Ganga]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-07 |title=Hardeep Singh Puri reaches Delhi with last batch of students from Budapest |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/070322/hardeep-singh-puri-reaches-delhi-with-last-batch-of-students-from-buda.html |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308052508/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/070322/hardeep-singh-puri-reaches-delhi-with-last-batch-of-students-from-buda.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


In March 2022, during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], he was sent to the neighboring nation of Ukraine, [[Budapest]] in [[Hungary]] to assist coordination efforts. He was one of the minister in a special envoy of four ministers and successfully brought back 6711 students to India, following the [[Operation Ganga]] initiative.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-07 |title=Hardeep Singh Puri reaches Delhi with last batch of students from Budapest |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/070322/hardeep-singh-puri-reaches-delhi-with-last-batch-of-students-from-buda.html |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>
==Electoral performance ==
==Electoral performance ==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Hardeep Singh Puri is married to Ambassador [[Lakshmi Puri]], of the Indian Foreign Service, and, later, the [[United Nations]] cadre, who is a former [[Assistant Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations]] and a former Deputy Executive Director of [[UN Women]]. They have two daughters. His brother, Pradeep Puri, is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer of the 1979 batch, who played an instrumental role in the construction of the [[DND Flyway]]. He is a former member of Inc.


==Books, research papers and journals==
Hardeep Singh Puri is married to Ambassador [[Lakshmi Puri]], of the Indian Foreign Service,<ref name="w796"/> and, later, the [[United Nations]] cadre, who is a former [[Assistant Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations]] and a former Deputy Executive Director of [[UN Women]].<ref name="UN-SG UN Women">{{cite web |last1=UN Department of Public Information - News and Media Division, New York |date=11 March 2011 |title=Secretary-General Appoints Lakshmi Puri of India Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, UN Women |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2011/sga1283.doc.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308194014/https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sga1283.doc.htm |archive-date=8 March 2012 |access-date=2020-06-23 |publisher=[[United Nations]] |id=Secretary-General Press Press Doc ID: SG/A/1283 BIO/4274 WOM/1857 - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases}}</ref> They have two daughters. His brother, Pradeep Puri, is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer of the 1979 batch, who played an instrumental role in the construction of the [[DND Flyway]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chandran |first=Rahul |date=22 August 2007 |title=With DND, he paved the way for smooth public-pvt partnerships |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/GaP1xmYycrKNl8KPvvcFEK/With-DND-he-paved-the-way-for-smooth-publicpvt-partnership.html |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=Mint}}</ref>
 
On 1 December 2022, Hardeep Singh Puri was awarded the Grand Cross of the [[Order of Rio Branco]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/1215872112/dou-secao-1-edicao-extra-a-01-12-2022-pg-3|title=Conferment of Order of Rio Branco on foreign nationals|date=1 December 2022|access-date=7 September 2023|archive-date=7 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907084633/https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/1215872112/dou-secao-1-edicao-extra-a-01-12-2022-pg-3|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==Bibliography==
Hardeep is a published author of several books, research papers, and journals. Included below is a selection of his works:
Hardeep is a published author of several books, research papers, and journals. Included below is a selection of his works:


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Hardeep Singh Puri
IFS (Retd.)
Official portrait, 2021
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Assumed office
7 July 2021
PresidentRamnath Kovind
Droupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byDharmendra Pradhan
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
In office
3 September 2017 – 9 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Succeeded byManohar Lal Khattar
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) and Commerce & Industry
In office
30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded byJyotiraditya Scindia
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
9 January 2018
Preceded byManohar Parrikar
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
In office
4 May 2009 – 27 February 2013
President
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byNirupam Sen
Succeeded byAsoke Kumar Mukerji
President of the United Nations Security Council
In office
August 2011 — September 2012
November 2012 — December 2012
Personal details
Born (1952-02-15) 15 February 1952 (age 74)
Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Children2
Residence
Alma materDelhi University (BA, MA)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionCivil servant
Websitehardeepsinghpuri.com

Hardeep Singh Puri (born 15 February 1952[1]) is an Indian politician and retired diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who is serving as the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas since 2021.[2]

He is a 1974 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who served as the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013.[3][4] Puri served as the chairman of the United Nations Security Council's Counter Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013; and joined International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.[5]

Puri joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, and became a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in November 2020.[6] Earlier in May 2019, he had taken charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.[5][7]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Hardeep Singh Puri was born on 15 February 1952 in Daryaganj, Delhi.[8] He was educated with a BA in history and an MA in political science at the Hindu College, a constituent college of the Delhi University.[8][9] Drawn to student politics, Puri was elected as the prime minister of the college's student parliament.[8]

Diplomatic career[edit | edit source]

Civil service[edit | edit source]

Hardeep Puri joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1974, and has served as Joint secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of External Affairs from 1994 to 1997, and from 1999 to 2002. He has also served as Joint secretary to the Government of India in Ministry of Defence from 1997 to 1999. He was India's ambassador to Brazil. He later served as Secretary to the Government of India (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2013.

Puri has been stationed at important diplomatic posts in Brazil, where he was ambassador, Japan, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom where he was Deputy High Commissioner. Between 1988 and 1991, he was the Coordinator of the UNDP/UNCTAD Multilateral Trade Negotiations Project to help Developing Countries in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.[10]

United Nations[edit | edit source]

He also served as the chairman of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013, and as President of the United Nations Security Council in August 2011, and again in November 2012.[11][12]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Hardeep Singh Puri addressing at an event, 2017

Hardeep Singh Puri joined the International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.[13] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, expressing admiration for the party's approach to national security.[14][15]

He is serving as the Member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 2018. Puri was inducted into the cabinet as the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, after Venkaiah Naidu was elevated to the post of Vice President of India in 2017. In May 2019, he contested from Amritsar as a BJP Candidate, but lost to Gurjeet Singh Aujla of the Congress.[16]

In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (with Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.[17]

In July 2021, he was promoted to the post of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, along with Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs in the Second Modi ministry when there was a cabinet overhaul.[18]

In March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Puri served as part of a special four-minister envoy and successfully brought 6,711 students back to India under Operation Ganga.[19]

Electoral performance[edit | edit source]

This section is transcluded from Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency). (edit | history)


Rajya Sabha[edit | edit source]

Position Party Constituency From To Tenure
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
(1st Term) 		BJP Uttar Pradesh 8 January
2018 		25 November
2020 		2 years, 322 days
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
(2nd Term) 		26 November
2020 		25 November
2026 		5 years, 364 days

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Hardeep Singh Puri is married to Ambassador Lakshmi Puri, of the Indian Foreign Service,[1] and, later, the United Nations cadre, who is a former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and a former Deputy Executive Director of UN Women.[20] They have two daughters. His brother, Pradeep Puri, is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch, who played an instrumental role in the construction of the DND Flyway.[21]

On 1 December 2022, Hardeep Singh Puri was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco.[22]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Hardeep is a published author of several books, research papers, and journals. Included below is a selection of his works:

Books[edit | edit source]

  • Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos (Publisher: HarperCollins, 2016; ISBN 978-9351777595)
  • Delusional Politics: Back To The Future (Publisher: Penguin Viking, 2018; ISBN 978-0670090259)

Articles[edit | edit source]

  • "Libya: Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and the Ghost of Rwanda" (Publisher: The Globalist, 2016)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "A Journey of Leadership and Impact". The Life of Hardeep Singh Puri. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Hardeep Singh Puri given charge of Petroleum and Urban Development Ministries". Times Now. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Welcome To IANS Live - NATION". IANS Live. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hardeep Puri to be next Permanent Representative of India to UN". One India News. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Who is Hardeep Singh Puri". Business Standard. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, nine others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh". First-Post. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "New Epstein Files Show Multiple Email Exchanges With Hardeep Puri, 'Was Making Case for Digital India', He Says". The Wire. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Who is Hardeep Singh Puri". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Hardeep Singh Puri". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 30 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "UNECE Homepage". www.unece.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "CTC Chairman Biographical Note". United Nations. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ↑ "SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN ABYEI". United nations. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "Hardeep Singh Puri". International Peace Institute. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Ex-UN envoy Hardeep Singh Puri joins BJP". @businessline. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  15. ↑ Kaushal, Akshat (11 January 2014). "I admire the BJP's approach towards national security: Hardeep Singh Puri". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  16. ↑ PTI (29 October 2022). "Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri To Inaugurate India Pavilion At ADIPEC". news.abplive.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019, archived from the original on 2 June 2019, retrieved 3 June 2019
  18. ↑ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  19. ↑ "Hardeep Singh Puri reaches Delhi with last batch of students from Budapest". Deccan Chronicle. 7 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  20. ↑ UN Department of Public Information - News and Media Division, New York (11 March 2011). "Secretary-General Appoints Lakshmi Puri of India Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, UN Women". United Nations. Secretary-General Press Press Doc ID: SG/A/1283 BIO/4274 WOM/1857 - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  21. ↑ Chandran, Rahul (22 August 2007). "With DND, he paved the way for smooth public-pvt partnerships". Mint. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  22. ↑ "Conferment of Order of Rio Branco on foreign nationals". 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

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