Giriraj Singh

Giriraj Singh
Singh in 2017
Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
In office 30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Ministry created
Succeeded by	Parshottam Rupala
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kalraj Mishra
Succeeded by	Nitin Gadkari
Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
In office 9 November 2014 – 3 September 2017 Serving with Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (From 5 July 2016)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Kalraj Mishra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Preceded by	Bhola Singh
Constituency	Begusarai
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Bhola Singh
Succeeded by	Chandan Singh
Constituency	Nawada
Minister of Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Government of Bihar
In office 26 November 2010 – 16 June 2013
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Ramnarayan Mandal
Minister of Cooperatives Government of Bihar
In office 18 April 2008 – 26 November 2010
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Ramji Das Rishidev
Succeeded by	Ramadhar Singh
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
In office 7 May 2002 – 6 May 2014
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
Personal details
Born	Shandilya Giriraj Singh (1952-09-08) 8 September 1952 (age 71) Barahiya, Bihar, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Uma Sinha
Children	1
Alma mater	Magadh University
Website	girirajsingh.in

Giriraj Singh (born 8 September 1952) is an Indian politician and the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department in the 23rd Ministry of the Republic of India with a cabinet minister rank. He is the Member of Parliament from the Begusarai Loksabha constituency in the 17th Lok Sabha. He has also formerly served as Minister of Cooperative, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources Development in the Government of Bihar.

Personal life

Giriraj Singh was born in Barahiya town in Lakhisarai district of Bihar to Ramavtar Singh and Tara Devi^[1] in a Bhumihar Brahmin family^[2]. He graduated from Magadh University in 1971.^[1][3] He is married to Uma Sinha and has a daughter.^[1]

Political career

Singh served in the government of Bihar as Co-Operative Minister from 2005 to 2010 and as Animal Husbandry minister from 2010 to 2013.^{[citation needed]} He has been a staunch supporter of Narendra Modi from the beginning. He publicly supported Modi for Prime Minister for a long time. He was among the eleven BJP ministers who were dismissed by Nitish Kumar as a result of breaking the JDU-BJP alliance.^{[citation needed]} He was a member of the Bihar State Bharatiya Janata Party's 16-member state election committee and a State Minister (independent charge) of the "Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises ", MP from Nawada Constituency (2014 Indian General Election).^[4]

In May 2019, he became the Cabinet Minister of the newly formed Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries after defeating CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar in the 2019 Indian general election.^[5][6]

In July 2021, he became Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj in Second Modi ministry after the Cabinet reshuffle replacing Narendra Singh Tomar.^[7]

Positions held

• 2002 – May 2014: Member, Bihar Legislative Council^{[citation needed]}
• 2005 – 2010: Cooperative Minister, Government of Bihar^{[citation needed]}
• 2010 – 2013: Cabinet Minister, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources Development, Government of Bihar^{[citation needed]}
• May 2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha^{[citation needed]}
• 1 Sep 2014 – 9 November 2014: Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament.^{[citation needed]}
• Sep. 2014 – 9 November 2014: Member, Standing Committee on Labour^{[citation needed]}
• 9 November 2014: Union Minister of State, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises^[8]
• 4 September 2017: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises^[1]
• 30 May 2019: Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.^[9]

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