Narendra Singh Tomar

Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Chaudhary Birender Singh
Minister of Mines
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Piyush Goyal
In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Dinsha Patel
Succeeded by	Piyush Goyal
Minister of Steel
In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Beni Prasad Verma
Succeeded by	Chaudhary Birender Singh
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Sis Ram Ola
Succeeded by	Bandaru Dattatreya
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Preceded by	Yashodhara Raje Scindia
Constituency	Gwalior
Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (Additional Charge)
In office 18 July 2017 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	M. Venkaiah Naidu
Succeeded by	Hardeep Singh Puri
Personal details
Born	(1957-06-12) 12 June 1957 Morena, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence	Gwalior

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, 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]

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