Manmohan Singh
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| Manmohan Singh | |
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| 13th Prime Minister of India | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2004 | |
| President | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee |
| Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 26 June 2012 – 31 July 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Succeeded by | P. Chidambaram |
| In office 30 November 2008 – 24 January 2009 | |
| Preceded by | P. Chidambaram |
| Succeeded by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| In office 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | Yashwant Sinha |
| Succeeded by | Jaswant Singh |
| Minister of Railways | |
| In office 19 May 2011 – 13 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Mamata Banerjee |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Trivedi |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| In office 6 November 2005 – 24 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | K. Natwar Singh |
| Succeeded by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission | |
| In office 15 January 1985 – 31 August 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Succeeded by | P. Shiv Shankar |
| Governor of the Reserve Bank of India | |
| In office 15 September 1982 – 15 January 1985 | |
| Preceded by | I. G. Patel |
| Succeeded by | Amitav Ghosh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 September 1932 Gah, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan)[1] |
| Political party | Indian National Congress(1991–present) |
| Other political affiliations | United Front (1996–2004) United Progressive Alliance(2004–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Gursharan Kaur (1958–present) |
| Children | Upinder Daman Amrit |
| Residence | Panchavati |
| Alma mater | Panjab University, Chandigarh St John's College, Cambridge Nuffield College, Oxford |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Signature |  |
| Website | pmindia.gov.in |
Manmohan Singh ([mənˈmoːɦən ˈsɪ́ŋɡ] (
listen); born 26 September 1932) is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. A renowned economist, he is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term, and the first Sikh to hold the office.
listen); born 26 September 1932) is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. A renowned economist, he is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term, and the first Sikh to hold the office.
Born in Gah (now in Punjab, Pakistan), Singh's family migrated to India during its partition in 1947. After obtaining his doctorate in economics from Oxford, Singh worked for the United Nations in 1966–69. He subsequently began his bureaucratic career when Lalit Narayan Mishra hired him as an advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Over the 70s and 80s, Singh held several key posts in the Government of India, such as Chief Economic Advisor (1972–76), Reserve Bank Governor (1982–85) and Planning Commission head (1985–87).
In 1991, as India faced a severe economic crisis, newly elected Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao surprisingly inducted the apolitical Singh into his cabinet as Finance Minister. Over the next few years, despite strong opposition, Finance Minister Singh carried out several structural reforms thatliberalised India's economy. Although these measures proved successful in averting the crisis, and enhanced Singh's reputation globally as a leading reform-minded economist, the incumbent Congress party fared poorly in the 1996 general election. Subsequently, Singh served as Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's Parliament) during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government of 1998–2004.
In 2004, when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came to power, its chairperson Sonia Gandhi unexpectedly relinquished the premiership to Manmohan Singh. This Singh-led "UPA I" government executed several key legislations and projects, including the Rural Health Mission, Unique Identification Authority, Rural Employment Guarantee scheme and Right to Information Act. In 2008, opposition to a historic civil nuclear agreement with the United States nearly caused Singh's government to fall after Left Front parties withdrew their support. Although India's economy grew rapidly under UPA I, its security was threatened by several terrorist incidents (culminating in the 2008 Mumbai attacks) and a growingMaoist insurgency.
The 2009 general election saw the UPA return with an increased mandate, with Manmohan Singh retaining the office of Prime Minister.
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