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

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from the

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Loksabha constituency in the

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. He has also formerly served as Minister of Cooperative, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources Development in the

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Personal life

Giriraj Singh was born in Barahiya town in

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of Bihar to Ramavtar Singh and Tara Devi. He graduated from

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in 1971. He is married to Uma Sinha and has a daughter.

Political career

Singh served in the

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as Co-Operative Minister from 2005 to 2010 and as Animal Husbandry minister from 2010 to 2013. He has been a staunch supporter of

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from the beginning. He publicly supported Modi for

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for a long time. He was among the eleven BJP ministers who were dismissed by

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as a result of breaking the JDU-BJP alliance. He was a member of the Bihar State

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'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). In May 2019, he became the Cabinet Minister of the newly formed

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after defeating CPI candidate

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in the

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. In July 2021, he became Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj in

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after the Cabinet reshuffle replacing

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Positions held

*2002 – May 2014: Member,

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*2005 – 2010: Cooperative Minister, Government of Bihar *2010 – 2013: Cabinet Minister, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources Development,

*May 2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha *1 Sep 2014 – 9 November 2014: Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament. *Sep. 2014 – 9 November 2014: Member, Standing Committee on Labour *9 November 2014: Union Minister of State, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises *4 September 2017: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises *30 May 2019: Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

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* , - , - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Giriraj 1952 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar People from Bihar India MPs 2014–2019 People from Lakhisarai district People from Nawada district Lok Sabha members from Bihar Narendra Modi ministry Far-right politicians in India India MPs 2019–present Magadh University alumni