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She is the longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress, a social democratic political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history.
Jun 13, 2024 · Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born Indian politician who was president of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party; 1998–2017, 2019–22) and chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (2004– ), a coalition of center-left parties. Learn about her life and political career.
Aug 5, 2011 · Italian-born Sonia Gandhi is the current torchbearer of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. The dynasty has dominated the Congress party which has governed India for most of the years since...
Sep 1, 2022 · Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi lost her most important link with hometown Orbassano in Italy on August 27, 2022 when she lost her mother Paola Maino (98). Sonia was the second daughter of Paola and Stefano who had raised her as their Cenerentola, or Cinderella.
Sonia Gandhi is an Italian-born Indian politician who has held the position of president of the ‘Indian National Congress’ party since 1998. She was re-elected to this position for the fourth time in 2010, thus becoming the longest-serving president in the 125-year-history of the ‘Congress’ party.
Sonia Gandhi is the widow of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. She joined politics in 1997 amidst constant requests from Congress party members after the demise of her husband Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1991. Sonia's foreign origin has been a subject of controversy and debate in Indian politics.
May 16, 2014 · Sonia Gandhi, the president of India's ruling Congress party and head of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, was arguably the most powerful woman in India before the party's poll defeat.
Jun 22, 2020 · Sonia Gandhi, who stepped down as Congress president in 2017, was the longest-serving president of the country's oldest political party Indian National Congress. She was succeeded by her son Rahul Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi was born on December 9, 1946, to Stefano Maino, a building mason, and Paola Maino.
Aug 24, 2020 · Sonia Gandhi has agreed to stay on as interim president of India's opposition Congress party for now, after earlier calling for a successor to be elected. Ms Gandhi had said she...
Sonia Gandhi was born Sonia Maino on December 9, 1947, in the small village of Orbassano, just outside Turin, Italy. She was raised in a traditional Roman Catholic household, and her parents, Stefano and Paolo, were working class people.
