Arvind Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal
Kejriwal in 2022
7th Chief Minister of Delhi
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 February 2015
Lieutenant Governor	Vinai Kumar Saxena Anil Baijal Najeeb Jung
Deputy	Manish Sisodia (till 28 February 2023)
Cabinet	Kejriwal ministry - III Kejriwal ministry - II
Preceded by	President's rule
In office 28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014
Lieutenant Governor	Najeeb Jung
Cabinet	Kejriwal ministry - I
Preceded by	Sheila Dikshit
Succeeded by	President's rule
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 February 2015
Preceded by	President's rule
Constituency	New Delhi
In office 28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014
Preceded by	Sheila Dikshit
Succeeded by	President's rule
Constituency	New Delhi
National Convener of the Aam Aadmi Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 November 2012
Preceded by	Post Established
Personal details
Born	(1968-08-16) 16 August 1968 (age 55) Siwani, Haryana, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Spouse	Sunita Kejriwal ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	2
Residence(s)	6, Flagstaff Road, Civil Lines, Delhi, India
Alma mater	IIT Kharagpur (B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering)
Profession	Politician activist bureaucrat
Known for	India against Corruption Jan Lokpal Bill Activism Chief Minister of Delhi
Awards	Ramon Magsaysay Award
Website	delhi.gov.in/cm

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Arvind Kejriwal (Hindi pronunciation: [əɾʋin̪d̪ ked͡ʒɾiːʋaːl]; born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, activist and former bureaucrat, who is serving as the 7th and current Chief Minister of Delhi since 2015, after his first term in the post from 2013 to 2014. He is also the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party since 2012. He has represented the New Delhi constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly since 2015 and from 2013 to 2014.

In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his involvement in the Parivartan movement using right to information legislation in a campaign against government corruption. The same year, after resigning from Government service, he founded the Public Cause Research Foundation to campaign for transparent governance. Before entering politics, Kejriwal had worked in the Indian Revenue Service. Prior to that, he was a mechanical engineer from IIT Kharagpur.

In 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In 2013, he assumed office as the Chief Minister of Delhi and resigned 49 days later over his inability to mobilise support for his proposed anti-corruption legislation. In the 2015 Delhi Legislative assembly elections, AAP registered an unprecedented majority. In subsequent 2020 elections, AAP re-emerged victorious and retained power in Delhi, following which, Kejriwal was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the third time in a row. Outside Delhi, his party registered another major victory in 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.

He was arrested on 21 March 2024 before the 2024 Indian general election by the Enforcement Directorate on allegations of a liquor scam against the Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi Government.^[1][2] He became the first ever sitting chief minister in India to be arrested.^[3] The opposition alliance called it a fabricated case and "match-fixing" before the election by the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[4] The Delhi High Court dismissed Kejriwal's petition against his arrest and all bail requests. On 10 May, the Supreme Court ordered Kejriwal's release on interim bail until 1 June 2024, on account of campaigning for the election.^[5][6]