Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Appearance
Vishwanath Pratap Singh | |
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विश्वनाथ प्रताप सिंह | |
![]() Singh, c. 1983 | |
Prime Minister of India | |
Raja Bahadur of Manda | |
In office 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990 | |
President | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
Vice President | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
Deputy | Devi Lal (until 1 August 1990) |
Preceded by | Rajiv Gandhi |
Succeeded by | Chandra Shekhar |
Union Minister of External Affairs | |
In office 2 December 1989 – 5 December 1989 | |
Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Succeeded by | Inder Kumar Gujral |
Union Minister of Defence | |
In office 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990 | |
Preceded by | K. C. Pant |
Succeeded by | Chandra Shekhar |
In office 24 January 1987 – 12 April 1987 | |
Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
Preceded by | Rajiv Gandhi |
Succeeded by | K. C. Pant |
Union Minister of Finance | |
In office 31 December 1984 – 23 January 1987 | |
Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
Preceded by | Pranab Mukherjee |
Succeeded by | Rajiv Gandhi |
Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha | |
In office December 1984 – April 1987 | |
Preceded by | Pranab Mukherjee |
Succeeded by | Narayan Datt Tiwari |
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 9 June 1980 – 19 July 1982 | |
Governor | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh |
Preceded by | Banarsi Das |
Succeeded by | Sripati Mishra |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1983–1988 | |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1989–1996 | |
Preceded by | Hari Krishna Shastri |
Succeeded by | Vishambhar Prasad Nishad |
Constituency | Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh |
In office 1980–1980 | |
Preceded by | Janeshwar Mishra |
Succeeded by | Krishna Prakash Tiwari |
Constituency | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
In office 1988–1989 | |
Preceded by | Amitabh Bachchan |
Succeeded by | Janeshwar Mishra |
Constituency | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
In office 1971–1977 | |
Preceded by | Janeshwar Mishra |
Succeeded by | Kamala Bahuguna |
Constituency | Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh |
President of Jan Morcha | |
In office 1988 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Raj Babbar |
President of Janata Dal | |
In office 1988 – 1997 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Sharad Yadav |
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), was an Indian politician. He was the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990.[1] He was born in Allahabad, United Provinces, British India.
Singh died of multiple myeloma in New Delhi on 27 November 2008 at the age of 77.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Singh, Indra Shekhar. "A grandson's tribute: The forgotten idealism of VP Singh". scroll.in. Retrieved 27 March 2018.