Raman Singh

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...
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