Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Assumed office
5 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byChaudhary Birender Singh
Minister of Mines
Assumed office
3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPiyush Goyal
In office
26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byDinsha Patel
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
Minister of Steel
In office
26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byBeni Prasad Verma
Succeeded byChaudhary Birender Singh
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySis Ram Ola
Succeeded byBandaru Dattatreya
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byYashodhara Raje Scindia
ConstituencyGwalior
Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (Additional Charge)
In office
18 July 2017 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byM. Venkaiah Naidu
Succeeded byHardeep Singh Puri
Personal details
Born (1957-06-12) 12 June 1957 (age 67)
Morena, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceGwalior

Narendra Singh Tomar (born 12 June 1957) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines in the Government of India. He is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Sixteenth Lok Sabha[1] from Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency).

Early life and education

Tomar was born in the village orethi,(माँ आसमानी धाम ओरेठी) porsa in Morena District,(Madhya Pradesh), on 12 June 1957 in a Tomar Rajput family to Munshi Singh Tomar and Sharda Devi Tomar, a well-educated and well-off couple. He graduated from Jiwaji University. He is married to Kiran. The couple have two sons and a daughter.[2] He was nicknamed as Munna Bhaiya by Babulal Gaur.[3]

Political career

He has taken over as Union Minister (Cabinet rank) of Steel, Mines, Labour and Employment on 27 May 2014 in the cabinet headed by Narendra Modi, Prime Minister. He was administered the oath of office and sworn in as Union Minister on 26 May 2014 by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India.

On 5 July 2016, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the Narendra Modi ministry, Chaudhary Birender Singh replaced Narendra Singh Tomar as the Steel Minister and Narendra Singh Tomar replaced Chaudhary Birender Singh as the Minister of Panchayati Raj, Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation.[4] Piyush Goyal replaced Narendra Singh Tomar as the Minister of Mines (Minister of State with Independent charge).[4]

References

  1. ^ Detailed Profile on the Government of India website
  2. ^ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  3. ^ "BJP leaders exhort Tomar: ?Lage Raho Munna Bhaiya?". HT. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2013. ((cite web)): Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister". Business Standard. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
Lok Sabha Preceded byYashodhara Raje Scindia Member of Parliamentfor Gwalior 2014 – Present Succeeded byIncumbent Political offices Preceded bySis Ram Ola Minister of Labour and Employment 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014 Succeeded byBandaru Dattatreya Preceded byBeni Prasad Verma Minister of Steel 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 Succeeded byChaudhary Birender Singh Preceded byDinsha Patel Minister of Mines 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 Succeeded byPiyush GoyalMinister of State withIndependent charge Preceded byChaudhary Birender Singh Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation 5 July 2016 - 3 September 2017 Succeeded byUma Bharti Preceded byChaudhary Birender Singh Minister of Rural Development 5 July 2016 - Present Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byChaudhary Birender Singh Minister of Panchayati Raj 5 July 2016 - Present Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byVenkaiah Naidu Minister of Urban Development 18 July 2017 - 3 September 2017 Succeeded byHardeep Singh PuriMinister of State withIndependent charge Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation 18 July 2017 - 3 September 2017 Preceded byPiyush GoyalMinister of State withIndependent charge Minister of Mines 3 September 2017 – Present Incumbent