贾斯万特·辛格

贾斯万特·辛格·贾索尔（英语：Jaswant Singh Jasol，，1938年1月3日—2020年9月27日），印度政治人物，印度人民党创始成员。曾任印度财政部长、外交部长、国防部长等职。

曾代表印度人民党五次（1980年、1986年、1998年、1999年、2004年）当选联邦院议员，四次（1990年、1991年、1996年、2009年）当选人民院议员。

生平

1938年1月3日生于巴尔梅尔县贾索尔的一个拉杰普特人家庭。1957年至1966年在印度陆军服役，曾就读于梅奥学院和印度国防学院。

1960年代末开始从政。1980年代表印度人民党当选联邦院议员。1996年人民党击败国大党开始执政时，他在阿塔尔·比哈里·瓦杰帕伊内阁出任财政部长。但由于在国会未能取得多数支持，内阁仅十五天便倒台。两年后瓦杰帕伊再次就任印总理后，他出任外交部长，2002年转任财政部长，直到2004年人民党在大选中落败。2001年，他被授予杰出议员奖。2004年至2009年，他担任联邦院反对党领袖。

2012年，他被全国民主联盟提名为印度副总统人选，但最终输给了穆罕默德·哈米德·安萨里。

2014年8月，他在家中的浴室不慎摔倒，头部严重受伤。2020年6月，他旧病复发，入住德里陆军医院，9月27日逝世，终年82岁。

政策

1999年，他率领代表团访华，双方确认中印关系发展的前提是互不视对方为威胁，中印关系由此步入改善和发展的进程。

2006年，他公开表示，美印民用核能合作协议是一个“强加于人的”、“让印度羞辱的”协议，并要求执政的国大党联合政府重新就法案内容与美国进行协商。

Major Jaswant Singh (3 January 1938 – 27 September 2020) was an Indian Army officer and politician. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamentarians, having been a member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha almost continuously between 1980 and 2014. He was NDA's Vice-presidential candidate in the 2012 Indian vice-presidential election. Singh was the only leader from Rajasthan who became Minister Of External Affairs, Finance and Defence.

He was elected on a BJP ticket to the Rajya Sabha five times (1980, 1986, 1998, 1999, 2004) and to the Lok Sabha four times (1990, 1991, 1996, 2009). During the Vajpayee administration between 1998 and 2004, he held multiple cabinet portfolios including Finance, External Affairs and Defence. He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission between 1998 and 1999. In the aftermath of India's nuclear tests of 1998, he was deputed by Prime Minister Vajpayee to act as India's representative to hold repeated, long-term dialogue with the United States (represented by Strobe Talbott) on matters related to nuclear policy and strategy; the outcome of the sustained engagement was positive for both countries. After his party lost power in 2004, he served as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from 2004 to 2009.

Singh incurred the displeasure of his party colleagues when, after the party suffered its second successive defeat in 2009, he circulated a note demanding a thorough discussion on the debacle. Weeks later, a book authored by him was released, in which he was found to have written sympathetically about Jinnah. Post the event, Singh found himself marginalised within the party. In the elections of 2014, his party decided not to field him from any constituency. He decided to contest anyway as an independent from his native constituency of Barmer (against Col. Sonaram Chaudhary) in Rajasthan. He was expelled from the BJP on 29 March 2014 when he did not withdraw his independent candidature, and went on to lose the election.

On 7 August 2014, he suffered a fall in the bathroom of residence and suffered a serious head injury. In June 2020 he was admitted to Army's Research and Referral hospital in Delhi for treatment. He remained in a state of coma for six years till his death in 2020.

Early life

Singh was born on 3 January 1938 in the village of Jasol in Rajputana Agency of British India (now Balotra district) of Rajasthan, India in a Rajput family. His father was Sardar Singh Rathore of Jasol and mother was Kunwar Baisa. Singh was married to Sheetal Kanwar. They had two sons. His elder son, Manvendra Singh, is a former Member of Parliament from Barmer. He was an officer in the Indian Army in the 1960s and was an alumnus of Mayo College and the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla.

After his education from the National Defence Academy, he was enrolled in the Indian Army in the year 1957 and was designated to the position of the Captain in the Central India Horse unit. And he was also a participant of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and was the commander of his unit. He was a Major at the time of Sino-Indian border dispute of the year 1965 after which he retired from the Indian Army in the next year to join politics after serving in the Armed forces for 10 years. He was a close accompany of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and made his links with Bharatiya Jana Sangh. He was a member and associate of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from the 1960s.

Career events

In the Vajpayee government, Singh was External Affairs Minister, and later went on to become the Finance Minister. He was also the Defence Minister when George Fernandes was forced to resign after the Tehelka exposure.