Raman Singh

Dr. Raman Singh
Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Ajit Jogi
Constituency	Rajnandgaon
Union Minister of State Commerce and Industry
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 December 1999
Personal details
Born	15 October 1952 (1952-10-15) (age 59) Kawardha, Chhattisgarh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Veena Singh
Children	Abhishek Singh, Asmita Singh
Residence	Civil Lines, Raipur [Cg.] 492001
Religion	Hindu
As of January 2, 2011 Source: Government of Chhatisgarh

Raman Singh (Hindi: रमन सिंह)(born 15 October 1952) is the current Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh, from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been chief minister since December 7, 2003.

Political career

Dr. Raman Singh holds a degree in Ayurvedic Medicine. He joined the Bharatiya Jan Sangh as a youth member and progressed to become a councilor.

He was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1990 and 1993. His career reached a new high in 1999, when he won the Lok Sabha seat from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. Under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government, Dr. Singh became the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry on 13 October 1999. He was later named as State President, Chhattisgarh BJP, and led the party to a victory in the 2003 Assembly elections in the Chhattisgarh state. With the other main contender for the Chief Minister's post, Dilip Singh Judeo, caught in the midst of a scam, the BJP leadership named Dr. Raman Singh as Chattisgarh's second Chief Minister.

Under his premiership, Chhattisgarh stood first in the country in the implementation of the 20-point programme on the development of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes (2006–2007) as per the assessment of the Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry, Government of India. The United Nations has given its highest award to Chhattisgarh in recognition of its human development model. In addition to it, Singh has received tremendous applause all over the country for the excellent fiscal management during his regime.^[1]

He banned naxalite organisations in Chattisgarh in 2005 under the "Salwa Judum" initiative, a move supported by the opposition party as well, led by Mahendra Karma. In the state of Chhatisgarh, he is known as 'Mr Clean', for the significant reduction in corruption while implementing government scheme and plans during his tenure. This image helped him to regain the power in the state in the Assembly elections held in December 2008. Dr. Singh was sworn in for his second term on December 12, 2008.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.zeenews.com/Elections08/chattisgarhstory.aspx?aid=482905 Zee News
2. ^ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mr-clean-raman-singh-helped-bjp-keep-chhattisgarh/80080-30.html

External links

• The Hindu - Governor invites Raman Singh
• Dr Raman Singh official website

External links

• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Profile

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Name	Singh, Raman
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Date of birth	15 October 1952
Place of birth	Kabirdham, Chhatisgarh
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