In 1977 , she became the youngest ever Cabinet Minister in the country at 25 years of age . In 1979 , she became State President of Janata Party , Haryana State at the young age of 27 . Sushma Swaraj was the first female Spokesperson of a national political party in India . She has many firsts to her credit as BJP 's first female Chief Minister , Union Cabinet Minister , general secretary , Spokesperson , Leader of Opposition and Minister of External Affairs . She is the Indian Parliament 's first and the only female MP honoured with the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award . She has contested 11 direct elections from four states . She has served as the President of the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan in Haryana for four years . On 19 February 2019 Ms. Swaraj accepted the prestigious Grand Cross of Order of Civil Merit , which was conferred by the Spanish government in recognition of India 's support in evacuating its citizens from Nepal during the earthquake in 2015
earthquake
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
Sushma Swaraj