Govind Singh

For the Sikh guru, see Guru Gobind Singh.

Dr. Govind Singh
Govind Singh
Member of Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh and Vice-President of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
Constituency	Lahar, India
Personal details
Born	July 1, 1951(1951-07-01) Lahar, Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party	Congress (I)
Residence	Lahar, Bhind, Madhya Pradesh
Religion	Hindu

Govind Singh Hindi: डॉ.गोविन्द सिंह (born July 1, 1951) is an Indian political leader who has served as a minister in the state government of Madhya Pradesh and as a senior Congress (I) party leader.

Singh has held various ministerial posts since his first such appointment in December, 1998. As of 2011 he is a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Lahar, having been returned to the Assembly five consecutive times,^{[citation needed]} and is both a vice-president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee and member of the All India Congress Committee.

Political career

Singh's political career can be summarised as follows:^{[1][verification needed]}

• 1971-72 : Patrika Sachiv.
• 1974-75 : Elected Chairman, Govt. Ayurvedik College, Jabalpur and Active Member, Working Committee (Student Union), Jabalpur University.
• 1979-82 : Member, Mandi Society, Lahar.
• 1984-95 : Elected Chairman, Marketing Society, Lahar.
• 1984-86 : Elected Member, Jila Sahkari Bhumi Vikas Bank, Bhind, Madhya Pradesh.
• 1985-87 : Elected Chairman, Nagar Palika Parishad, Lahar.
• 1990 : Elected first time for 9th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.
• 1993 : Elected for 10th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.
• June,1994 to June, 1997 : Member, Jawahar Lal Neharu Agriculture University, Madhya Pradesh.
• 1996 to 1998 : Member, Application Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
• April, 1997 : Director, Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Land Development Bank, Bhopal.
• 1997 : Awarded BEST M.L.A. of Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.
• 1998 : Elected for 11th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.
• December 6, 1998 : Minister of State for Department of Home Affairs, Madhya Pradesh.
• April 26, 2000 : Minister of State (Swatantra Prabhar) for Department of Cooperative, Madhya Pradesh.
• August 12, 2002 : Cabinet Minister for Department of Cooperative, Madhya Pradesh.
• January 10, 2001 to February 9, 2002 : Director, Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Marketing Federation, Bhopal.
• December 10, 2001 to January 20, 2002 : Director, Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank, Bhopal.
• March 28, 2002 : Chairman, Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Housing Federation.
• August 5, 2002 : Director, Indian National Cooperative Housing Federation, New Delhi.
• from 1995 : Member, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee.
• from 2005 : Member, All India Congress Committee, New Delhi.
• from March 24, 2008 : Vice-President, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, Bhopal.
• December 2003 : Elected for 12th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.
• 8November 2008 : Elected fifth time for 13th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.
• 2009 to 2010 : Chairman, Public Account Committee, Madhya Pradesh.

References

1. ^ http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/ Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

External links

• Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee

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Name	Singh, Govind
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Date of birth	July 1, 1951
Place of birth	Lahar, Bhind, MP
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