Profile of Sonia Gandhi


Sonia Gandhi

Sonia is the widow of the late Rajiv Gandhi, elder son of Indira Gandhi. Her son, Rahul Gandhi, was elected to Parliament from the Amethi constituency (UP) in 2004. Her daughter Priyanka Gandhi has not stood for office, though she has worked as a Congress campaign manager. There has been considerable media speculation about their future in the Congress.

Name                   : Sonia Gandhi
Maiden Name       : Edvige Antonia Albina Maino
Born                     : 9 December 1946 (1946-12-09)
                                 Orbassano, Piemonte, Italy
Father                     : Stefano Eugene Maino (Building contractor)
Mother                    : Paola Maino
Sister                     : Marouchka
Spouse                  : Rajiv Gandhi (1969–1991,7th Prime Minister of India- 31 October 1984 – 2                                 December 1989)
Citizenship            : Indian
Nationality   : Indian
Political party        : Indian National Congress party(President )
Son                     : Rahul Gandhi
Daughter                : Priyanka Gandhi
Residence         : 10 Janpath, New Delhi, India
Profession           : Politician
                                 Social Worker
Religion              : Roman Catholicism
Birth place           : contrà Màini ("Maini street") in Lusiana, Italy.
Met Rajiv Gandhi   : in 1965 at a Greek restaurant at the University of Cambridge (UK)
Sonia Worked      : As waitress at a Greek restaurant in the city of Cambridge (UK)
Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi    : Married in 1968
Father-in-law        : Feroze Gandhi (Born- 12 September 1912, Died- 8 September 1960- an                                     Indian politician and journalist, and publisher of the The National Herald                                         and 'The Navjivan' newspapers from Lucknow, Member of the provincial                                         parliament (1950—52), and later a member of the Lok Sabha)
Mother-in-law          : Indira Gandhi(Former Prime Minister of India