Arun Jaitley is an Indian politician and a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the Union Finance Minister through the Narendra Modi led BJP government's first term in power at the Centre. Previously, positions held by Arun Jaitley are Defence Minister, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, Law and Justice, Cabinet portfolios etc.

Political Timeline of Arun Jaitley:-

 In 1977 - Appointed as the president of the Delhi ABVP and All India Secretary of the ABVP.

- In 1980, he joined BJP.

- Became the president of the youth wing of BJP and the secretary of the Delhi Unit in 1980.

- He became the member of the National Executive of the BJP in 1991.

- On behalf of the government of India, he was a delegate in the United Nation General Assembly Session in 1998.

- In 1999, he became the spokesperson of BJP, just before the General Assembly Elections.

- In 1999, Minister of State, Department of Information and Broadcasting. Additionally, headed the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs.

- He joined Council of Ministers as the Minister of State and also became the in charge of the newly formed Department of Disinvestment.

- In 2000, for the first time from Gujarat, he was made the member of the Rajya Sabha.

- In 2000, again appointed as the Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs. Also, appointed as the head of the Ministry of Shipping.

- In November 2000, he was appointed as the Cabinet Minister after the resignation of Ramjeth Malani. Also, he was the Law Minister in the Cabinet and introduced several amendments to the Civil Procedure Code, the Criminal procedure Code and the Companies Act.

- In July, 2002, he became the General Secretary of the BJP.

- Till January 2003, he worked as the National spokesperson.

- In 2003, joined the Union cabinet as the Minister of Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice and functioned till May 2004.

- In 2006, he was re-elected as the member of the Rajya Sabha.

- In 2012 again from Gujarat, he was re-elected as a member of Rajya Sabha for the third term.

- From 2009 to 2012, he was recognised a s the Leader of Opposition.

- On 26 May, 2014, he became the Finance Minister with an additional charge of defence Ministry but later it was transferred to other person

Works and Achievements of  Arun Jaitley:-

As a Law Minister, he brought several electoral and judicial reforms. He set up Advocates Welfare Fund and Investor Protection Fund.

- He implemented the scheme of setting up of the Fast Track Courts and also paid special attention to the computerisation of the courts.

- He brought amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act and the Negotiable Instruments Act to facilitate the expeditious disposal of cases.

- The High Courts of Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand were inaugurated under his guidance.

- In 2002, he successfully introduced the 84th amendment of the Constitution of India for freezing parliamentary seats till 2026.

- For penalising defection, in 2004 he successfully introduced 91st amendments to the Constitution of India.

- Played an important role as a strategic planner for the BJP in eight Assembly elections.

- In Gujarat, 2002 General Assembly elections, he helped his party colleague Narendra Modi to grab 126 seats out of 182.

- In 2007 again he helped Modi ji to come back to power by winning 117 seats out of 182 in Gujarat.

- He managed the Assembly election in Madhya Pradesh and won along Uma Bharti in 2003.

- In 2004, he specifically put in charge in Karnataka and at the same time in Assembly election BJP won 18 out of 26 Lok Sabha seats and captured 83 seats in the assembly elections and emerged as the largest party.

- He was appointed as the general secretary in charge of elections to MCD of Delhi in 2007 in which BJP won 184 out of 272.

- He was appointed as the Vice President of BCCI.