diff --git a/src/app/manageStakeholders/manageStakeholders.component.html b/src/app/manageStakeholders/manageStakeholders.component.html
index 097f77c..c571647 100644
--- a/src/app/manageStakeholders/manageStakeholders.component.html
+++ b/src/app/manageStakeholders/manageStakeholders.component.html
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
       <div dashboard-input [formInput]="stakeholderFb.get('name')" label="Name"></div>
       <div dashboard-input [formInput]="stakeholderFb.get('alias')" label="Alias"></div>
     </div>
+    <div dashboard-input class="uk-form-row" [type]="'textarea'" [rows]="4" [formInput]="stakeholderFb.get('description')" label="Description"></div>
     <div class="uk-form-row uk-flex uk-flex-middle uk-child-width-1-3" uk-grid>
       <div dashboard-input [formInput]="stakeholderFb.get('index_id')"
            label="Index id">
diff --git a/src/app/manageStakeholders/manageStakeholders.component.ts b/src/app/manageStakeholders/manageStakeholders.component.ts
index 5d4775e..fa4be2e 100644
--- a/src/app/manageStakeholders/manageStakeholders.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/manageStakeholders/manageStakeholders.component.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ export class ManageStakeholdersComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       _id: this.fb.control(this.stakeholder._id),
       defaultId: this.fb.control(this.stakeholder.defaultId),
       name: this.fb.control(this.stakeholder.name, Validators.required),
+      description: this.fb.control(this.stakeholder.description),
       index_name: this.fb.control(this.stakeholder.index_name, Validators.required),
       index_id: this.fb.control(this.stakeholder.index_id, Validators.required),
       index_shortName: this.fb.control(this.stakeholder.index_shortName, Validators.required),