Raman Singh

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Raman Singh ( Hindi रमन सिंह ; born October 15, 1952 in Kawardha ) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was Chief Minister of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh from 2003 to 2018 .

biography

Raman Singh was born into a rural Rajput family in what was then Madhya Pradesh (now Chhattisgarh ) in central India and was educated near his birthplace in Chhuikhadan , Kawardha , and Rajnandgaon . His parents were Vighnaharan Singh Thakur - a judge by profession - and Sudha Singh. He studied Ayurvedic Medicine at the State Ayurveda College in Raipur , where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) in 1975.

During the time of the state of emergency 1975-1977 Singh was active in the local organization of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh , the forerunner party of today's BJP. He later joined the BJP, which was newly founded in 1980. In 1990 and 1993 he was elected to the parliament of Madhya Pradesh as a member of the constituency 176-Kawardha . In the all-India parliamentary elections in 1999 , he was successful in the constituency 22-Rajnandgaon and served from October 13, 1999 to January 29, 2003 as Minister of State for Trade and Industry in the cabinet of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee . Under the Vajpayee government, the decision was made to spin off the eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh as the new state of Chhattisgarh. The corresponding law came into force on November 1, 2000. In the first direct parliamentary election in Chhattisgarh in 2003, the BJP won 50 out of 90 seats with 39.3% of the vote. Raman Singh was elected as a candidate for the office of Chief Minister and was elected on December 7, 2003. In the subsequent election in Chhattisgarh in 2008, the BJP won 40.3% of the vote, again 50 seats and Singh remained Chief Minister. In the 2013 election, the BJP achieved 41.0% and 49 seats. On December 12, 2013, Singh was sworn in as Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for the third consecutive year.

Raman Singh had a reputation for being a relatively efficient head of government who drove the development of Chhattisgarh. Annual economic growth rates in his reign were around 8 to 9%. The fight against terrorist Maoist rebels, the Naxalites , who are particularly active in the territory of Chhattisgarh, was of particular importance during his tenure .

The parliamentary election in Chhattisgarh in November 2018 was lost for the BJP, so that Singh resigned from the office of Chief Minister on December 11, 2018. His successor in the office of Chief Minister was Bhupesh Baghel of the Congress Party.

Personal

Raman Singh is married to Veena Singh. the couple have a daughter, Asmita, who works as a doctor, and a son, Abhishek, who is an elected MP (BJP) in Chhattisgarh Parliament.

Web links

Commons : Raman Singh  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Progressing Faster, Trusting Stronger Our Chhattisgarh - Dr. Raman Singh our Chief Minister (CG): Biography. (No longer available online.) Drramansingh.in/, archived from the original on June 8, 2016 ; accessed on June 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / drramansingh.in
  2. ↑ a b Raman Singh sworn-in as Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Assembly Polls. NDTV, Press Trust of India, December 12, 2013, accessed June 7, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Chief Minister DR. RAMAN SINGH. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Raman Singh assigns portfolios. The Hindu, December 15, 2003, accessed June 7, 2016 .
  5. ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed June 8, 2016 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).
  6. ↑ Chhattisgarh eyes 8-9% GSDP growth. The Hindu Business Line, August 7, 2015, accessed June 7, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Chhattisgarh: BJP can count on Raman Singh's quiet charisma again. firstpost.com, October 29, 2013, accessed June 7, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Congress to form govt in Chhattisgarh; Raman Singh resigns. The Times of India, December 11, 2018, accessed December 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Singh, Raman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES सिंह, रमन (hiS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Kawardha