arun jaitley (28 december 1952 – 24 august 2019) was an indian politician. he was the minister of finance and minister of corporate affairs from 2014 to 2019. he is a member of the bharatiya janata party. he was the minister of defence from in 2014 and in 2017. from 2009 to 2014 he was the leader of the opposition in the rajya sabha.