Narendra Singh Tomar (born 12 June 1957; ) is an Indian politician and the speaker of the

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. He is the former

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. He has been Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Panchayati Raj, Minister of Mines and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the

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during different periods of the

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and

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. He is a leader of

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. He was also a member of

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from 2009 to 2014 from

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; Sixteenth

from 2014 to 2019 from

Gwalior Gwalior (Hindi: , ) is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; It is known as the Music City of India having oldest Gwalior gharana, musical gharana in existence. It is a major sports, cultural, industrial, and political c ...

and

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from 2019 to 2023 from

. In 2019, he changed his constituency and was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from

Early life and education

Tomar was born on 12 June 1957 in Morar village in

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(of Madhya Pradesh) in a

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family to Munshi Singh Tomar and Sharda Devi Tomar. He graduated from

Jiwaji University Jiwaji University (JU) is a public collegiate university in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. The name comes from Sir Jiwaijirao Scindia of Gwalior. The university was established on 23 May 1964 and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the President of Ind ...

. He is married to Kiran Tomar, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. He was nicknamed as ''Munna Bhaiya'' by

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Political career

Tomar was appointed Union Cabinet Minister of Steel, Mines, Labour and Employment on 27 May 2014 in the cabinet headed by Narendra Modi. He was administered the oath of office and sworn in on 26 May 2014 by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. On 5 July 2016, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the

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, Birender Singh replaced him as the Steel Minister and he replaced Birender Singh as the Minister of Panchayati Raj,

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and Drinking Water and Sanitation.

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replaced Narendra Singh Tomar as the Minister of Mines (Minister of State with Independent charge). In May 2019, he continued with Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and was given charge of

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. On 18 September 2020, Tomar was assigned the additional charge of the

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after

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resigned from the post. In the

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, Tomar contesting for Dimani defeated

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's Balveer Singh Dandotiya by a margin of 24,000.

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succeeded Tomar as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in December 2023. File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.jpg, Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, in New Delhi on 27 May 2014 File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Mines, in New Delhi on May 30, 2014. The Minister of State for Mines, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai is also seen.jpg, Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Mines, in New Delhi on 30 May 2014 File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar addressing a press conference after takes charge as Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, in the presence of the Union Minister.jpg, Tomar addressing a press conference after takes charge as Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, in the presence of the Union Minister

Offices held

References

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