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Hardeep Singh Puri
Official portrait, 2021
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Incumbent
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 – 10 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
Incumbent
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 73)
Delhi, India
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
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(m. 1975)​
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]

Early life and education

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Hardeep Singh Puri was born on 15 February 1952 in Daryaganj, Delhi to a refugee family.[7] 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.[7][8] Drawn to student politics, Puri was elected as the prime minister of the college's student parliament.[7]

Diplomatic career

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Civil service

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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.[9]

United Nations

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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.[10][11]

Political career

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Hardeep Singh Puri addressing at an event, 2017

Hardeep Singh Puri joined the International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.[12] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, expressing admiration for the party's approach to national security.[13][14]

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.[15]

In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (with Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.[16]

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.[17]

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.[18]

Electoral performance

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This section is transcluded from Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency). (edit | history)
2019 Indian general elections: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Gurjeet Singh Aujla 445,032 51.78 Increase1.69
BJP Hardeep Singh Puri 3,45,406 40.19 Increase9.74
AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal 20,087 2.34 Decrease12.44
CPI Daswinder Kaur 16,335 1.90 Increase0.14
NOTA None of the Above 8,763 1.02 Increase0.06
Majority 99,626 11.59 Decrease8.05
Turnout 8,60,582 57.07 Decrease13.32
INC hold Swing

Rajya Sabha

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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

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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.[19] 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.[20]

On 1 December 2022, Hardeep Singh Puri was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco.[21]

Bibliography

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

Books

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  • 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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Who is Hardeep Singh Puri". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Hardeep Singh Puri". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 30 November 2025.
  9. ^ "UNECE Homepage". www.unece.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  10. ^ "CTC Chairman Biographical Note". United Nations. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  11. ^ "SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN ABYEI". United nations. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  12. ^ "Hardeep Singh Puri". International Peace Institute. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Ex-UN envoy Hardeep Singh Puri joins BJP". @businessline. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "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
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Chandran, Rahul (22 August 2007). "With DND, he paved the way for smooth public-pvt partnerships". Mint. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  21. ^ "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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