Raman Singh

Raman Singh
Official portrait, 2019
Speaker of the Chattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
19 December 2023
GovernorB. Harichandan
Ramen Deka
Chief MinisterVishnu Deo Sai
DeputyDharamlal Kaushik
Preceded byCharan Das Mahant
Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
7 December 2008
Preceded byUday Mudliyar
ConstituencyRajnandgaon
In office
January 2004 – 7 December 2008
Preceded byPradeep Gandhi
Succeeded byKheduram Sahu
ConstituencyDongargaon
2nd Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
In office
7 December 2003 – 17 December 2018
Preceded byAjit Jogi
Succeeded byBhupesh Baghel
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
In office
13 October 1999 – 29 January 2003
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
MinisterMurasoli Maran
Arun Shourie
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2003
Preceded byMotilal Vora
Succeeded byPradeep Gandhi
ConstituencyRajnandgaon
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1990–1998
Preceded byRani Shashi Prabha Devi
Succeeded byYogeshwar Raj Singh
ConstituencyKawardha
Personal details
Born (1952-10-15) 15 October 1952 (age 72)[1]
Kawardha, Chhattisgarh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseVeena Singh
Children2; including Abhishek Singh

Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician who formerly served chief minister of Chhattisgarh. He became the Chief Minister for three consecutive times and as a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly representing Rajnandgaon since 2008 and from Dongargaon from 2004 to 2008 .[2] He also served as the 2nd and the longest serving Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for 15 years from 2003 to 2018, Minister of State for Commerce and Industries in the Vajpayee cabinet from 1999 to 2003, Member of the Lok Sabha from Rajnanadgaon from 1999 to 2003 and a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kawardha from 1990 to 1998.

He was also the former National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2019 to 2023. After becoming the Speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, he resigned from the post.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Biodata was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Raman Singh and Vasundhara Raje appointed BJP's national vice presidents". 10 January 2019.