Raj Kumar Singh | |
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Minister of Power and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy | |
In office 3 September 2017 – 11 June 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Piyush Goyal |
Succeeded by | Manohar Lal Khattar |
Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | |
In office 31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Anantkumar Hegde |
Succeeded by | Rajeev Chandrasekhar |
Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha | |
In office 16 May 2014 – 4 June 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Meena Singh |
Succeeded by | Sudama Prasad |
Constituency | Arrah |
Home Secretary of India | |
In office 30 June 2011 – 30 June 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | G.K. Pillai |
Succeeded by | Anil Goswami |
Personal details | |
Born | Supaul, Bihar, India | 20 December 1952
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse |
Sheila Singh (m. 1975) |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Patna, Bihar, India New Delhi, India |
Alma mater | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA) Magadh University (LLB) Delft University of Technology, Netherlands |
Raj Kumar Singh (born 20 December 1952) is a former Indian bureaucrat and former Union Cabinet Minister in the Government of India (2014 - 2024). He was the Member of the Indian Parliament for Arrah, Bihar, from May 2014 to 4 June 2024. Singh is a 1975 batch Bihar cadre Indian Administrative Service officer and former Home Secretary of India.[1]
On 3 September 2017, he was appointed as the Minister of Power (Independent Charge) in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet.[2] On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.
On 7 July 2021, he was elevated to the rank of Cabinet minister.
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