Vishwanath Pratap Singh

Vishwanath Pratap Singh
विश्वनाथ प्रताप सिंह
Singh, c. 1983
Prime Minister of India
Raja Bahadur of Manda
In office
2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
PresidentRamaswamy Venkataraman
Vice PresidentShankar Dayal Sharma
DeputyDevi Lal (until 1 August 1990)
Preceded byRajiv Gandhi
Succeeded byChandra Shekhar
Union Minister of External Affairs
In office
2 December 1989 – 5 December 1989
Preceded byP. V. Narasimha Rao
Succeeded byInder Kumar Gujral
Union Minister of Defence
In office
2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
Preceded byK. C. Pant
Succeeded byChandra Shekhar
In office
24 January 1987 – 12 April 1987
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byRajiv Gandhi
Succeeded byK. C. Pant
Union Minister of Finance
In office
31 December 1984 – 23 January 1987
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byPranab Mukherjee
Succeeded byRajiv Gandhi
Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
In office
December 1984 – April 1987
Preceded byPranab Mukherjee
Succeeded byNarayan Datt Tiwari
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
9 June 1980 – 19 July 1982
GovernorChandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
Preceded byBanarsi Das
Succeeded bySripati Mishra
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1983–1988
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1989–1996
Preceded byHari Krishna Shastri
Succeeded byVishambhar Prasad Nishad
ConstituencyFatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
In office
1980–1980
Preceded byJaneshwar Mishra
Succeeded byKrishna Prakash Tiwari
ConstituencyAllahabad, Uttar Pradesh
In office
1988–1989
Preceded byAmitabh Bachchan
Succeeded byJaneshwar Mishra
ConstituencyAllahabad, Uttar Pradesh
In office
1971–1977
Preceded byJaneshwar Mishra
Succeeded byKamala Bahuguna
ConstituencyPhulpur, Uttar Pradesh
President of Jan Morcha
In office
1988
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRaj Babbar
President of Janata Dal
In office
1988 – 1997
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySharad Yadav

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), was an Indian politician. He was the 7th 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

  1. ↑ Singh, Indra Shekhar. "A grandson's tribute: The forgotten idealism of VP Singh". scroll.in. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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