Rajnath Singh | |
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| Union Minister of Defence | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Speaker of LS | Om Birla |
| Preceded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Succeeded by | Nitin Gadkari |
| Union Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Sushilkumar Shinde |
| Succeeded by | Amit Shah |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Lalji Tandon |
| Constituency | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Vijay Kumar Singh |
| Constituency | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| National President of Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| In office 24 January 2013 – 8 July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Nitin Jairam Gadkari |
| Succeeded by | Amit Shah |
| In office 31 December 2005 – 19 December 2009 | |
| Preceded by | L. K. Advani |
| Succeeded by | Nitin Gadkari |
| Union Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 24 May 2003 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ajit Singh |
| Succeeded by | Sharad Pawar |
| Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 28 October 2000 – 8 March 2002 | |
| Governor | Vishnu Kant Shastri |
| Preceded by | Ram Prakash Gupta |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways | |
| In office 22 November 1999 – 27 October 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Succeeded by | B. C. Khanduri |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 26 November 2002 – 25 November 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Balwant Singh Ramoowalia |
| Succeeded by | Kusum Rai |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 3 April 1994 – 19 April 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Z. A. Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Kalraj Mishra |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha | |
| In office 1988–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Pramod Mahajan |
| Succeeded by | Jagat Prakash Nadda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1951 Bhabhaura, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | Janata Party (1977-1980) Bharatiya Jana Sangh (before 1977) |
| Spouse |
Savitri Singh (m. 1971) |
| Children | 3, including Pankaj Singh |
| Residence(s) | 17, Akbar Road, New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Education | M.Sc. in Physics |
| Alma mater | Gorakhpur University |
| Profession |
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| Website | rajnathsingh |
Rajnath Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [ɾɑːd͡ʒnɑːt̪ʰ sɪŋɡʱ] ; born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician and lecturer who is serving the Defence Minister of India since 20 May 2019. He was also the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024. He also served the Home Minister in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019, making him the first person born after India obtained independence to hold that position.[1][2][3] He was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2014. Singh is a veteran leader of the BJP who started his career as a swayamsevak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.[4]
Singh has previously served as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2000 to 2002 and a Cabinet Minister for Road Transport and Highways in the Vajpayee Government from 1999 to 2000 and the minister of Agriculture from 2003 to 2004. He was the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from 1988 to 1990. He was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Haidergarh (assembly constituency) twice, and held the office of chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.[5] He was a member of Lok Sabha from Lucknow since 2014 and Ghaziabad from 2009 to 2014. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2008 and from 1994 to 2001.
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