Govind Singh

Dr. Govind Singh
Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
29 April 2022 – 16 December 2023
Preceded byKamal Nath
Succeeded byUmang Singhar
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1990–2023
Preceded byMathura Prasad Mahant
Succeeded byAmbrish Sharma
ConstituencyLahar
Vice President
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
24 March 2008
PresidentKamal Nath
Arun Yadav
Kantilal Bhuria
Suresh Pachouri
Minister of Cooperatives, Parliamentary affairs and General administration
Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
December 2018 – March 2020
Chief MinisterKamal Nath
Personal details
Born (1951-07-01) 1 July 1951 (age 73)
Vaishpura, Madhya Bharat, India
Political party INC
(1993–present)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Dal
(1990–1993)
SpouseSuman Singh
Children1 Son & 1 Daughter
Parent
  • Thakur Mathura Singh (father)
Residence(s)Lahar, Bhind district
EducationB.A.M.S.
Alma materGovernment Ayurvedic College, Jabalpur
As of 23 July, 2018
Source: ["Biography" (PDF). Vidhan Sabha, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.]

Govind Singh (born 1 July 1951) is an Indian politician from the INC. On 28 April 2022 Kamal Nath has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.[1] All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi appointed former minister and senior party MLA from Lahar, India Govind Singh as Leader of Opposition.[2] He served as the Minister of Cooperatives, Parliamentary affairs and General administration in Government of Madhya Pradesh under Chief Minister Kamal Nath between December 2018 and March 2020.

He has served as a minister in the state government of Madhya Pradesh and as a senior Indian National Congress (INC) party leader. Singh has held various ministerial posts since his first such appointment in December 1998. He is a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Lahar, since 1990 having been returned to the Assembly seven consecutive times and is both a vice-president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee and member of the All India Congress Committee.[3][4]

Dr. Govind Singh was elected for the seventh consecutive time to the 15th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh in 2018[5] and taken charge of Cabinet Minister of Department of General Administration, Parliamentary Affairs and Cooperatives in Government of Madhya Pradesh.[6][7]