Anand Sharma
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Background
Anand Sharma, who served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Information and Broadcasting has got a second term in the Union Ministry. A Rajya Sabha member from Himachal Pradesh, he was one of the founder members of NSUI and had served as state president and national general Secretary. He was first elected to Parliament in 1984 at the age of 31, and became Indian Youth Congress president in 1985. Sharma had worked closely with the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He was chief spokesman of the party for six years. He was elevated to the union council of ministers with additional responsibility of foreign affairs in January 2006.