Famous Indian Women Political Leaders

Birthdate: August 18, 1959

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Madurai, Madras State, India (present-day Tamil Nadu)

One of the world’s 100 most powerful women in 2020 according to Forbes, BJP member Nirmala Sitharaman is the first woman to be a full-time finance minister of India. The Madurai-born JNU alumna had earlier quit her PhD program in economics midway to move to London with her husband.