Ram Chandra Prasad Singh (born 6 July 1958) is an Indian politician and former national president of

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...

. He is also a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

from

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

from 2010 to 2022. He was a

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cadre

IAS officer The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India. Considered the premier civil service of India, the IAS is one of the three arms of the All India Services along with the Indian ...

before joining politics. He was also principal secretary of

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unite ...

.He became Minister of Steel in

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when cabinet overhaul happened.

Personal life

Singh was born in Mustaffapur in

Nalanda district Nalanda district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. Bihar Sharif is the administrative headquarters of this district. The districts contain the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara a UNESCO World Heritage site. Nalanda is ...

, Bihar to Sukhdeo Narayan Singh and Dukhalalo Devi. He married Girija Singh on 21 May 1982, with whom he has two daughters. His daughter, Lipi Singh, is a 2016-batch IPS officer and second daughter Lata is a Lawyer.

Education

He completed his primary education in his village and passed

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from

Patna Science College Patna Science College, established in 1927, is one of the oldest science colleges in Patna, Bihar. It is affiliated to Patna University, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science. History Patna Science College is an institut ...

. He graduated with a

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(Honours) degree in History from

Patna College Patna College is a constituent state aided College of Patna University which is established in 1863 during the British Raj, is one of the oldest colleges in the state of Bihar, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, ...

in 1979 and did Masters in

International relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

From School of International studies at

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...

, New Delhi in 1982.

Career

He initially joined the

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(income tax) and completed the training. He resigned from the IRS after getting selected in the

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in the year 1984, he was allotted the

cadre. He worked in various roles typical to an IAS officer both in state government and on central deputation. While working in central deputation he came in contact with

and worked as his private secretary for 7 years. He worked as Principal Secretary to Nitish Kumar after he was elected chief minister of Bihar in 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He took voluntary retirement from the Service in 2010 and joined the Nitish Kumar led

JD(U) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...

to start his political career.

Politics

* Got elected to Rajya Sabha in June 2010. * Served as Member of Standing Committee on Railway, DOPT, Home. * Served as Member of Consultative Committee on External Affairs and Home. * Joined JDU in 2010. Given the assignment of General Secretary. * Later elevated as General Secretary (Organisation) of JDU. * Served as National President JDU from 27 December 2020 to 31 July 2021. * Took oath as Union Cabinet Minister of Steel, Govt. of India on 7 July 2021.

References

, - 1958 births Living people People from Nalanda Rajya Sabha members from Bihar Indian Administrative Service officers Janata Dal (United) politicians Narendra Modi ministry {{Second Narendra Modi Cabinet, state=collapsed