Narendra Singh Tomar

Narendra Singh Tomar
Narendra Singh Tomar
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Ravindra Singh Tomar Bhidosa
Constituency	Dimani
	In office; 1998–2008
Preceded by	Raghuvir Singh
Succeeded by	Pradhuman Singh Tomar
Constituency	Gwalior
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
	In office; 30 May 2019 – 3 December 2023
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Radha Mohan Singh
Succeeded by	TBD
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
	In office; 5 July 2016 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Chaudhary Birender Singh
Succeeded by	Giriraj Singh
Minister of Food Processing Industries
	In office; 18 September 2020 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Succeeded by	Pashupati Kumar Paras
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
	In office; 13 November 2018 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Ananth Kumar
Succeeded by	Pralhad Joshi
Minister of Mines
	In office; 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Piyush Goyal
Succeeded by	Pralhad Joshi
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Dinsha Patel
Succeeded by	Piyush Goyal
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs (Additional Charge)
	In office; 18 July 2017 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	M. Venkaiah Naidu
Succeeded by	Hardeep Singh Puri
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; Lok Sabha
	In office; 23 May 2019 – 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Anoop Mishra
Succeeded by	Vacant
Constituency	Morena
	In office; 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Yashodhara Raje Scindia
Succeeded by	Vivek Shejwalkar
Constituency	Gwalior
	In office; 31 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Ashok Chhaviram Argal
Succeeded by	Anoop Mishra
Constituency	Morena
Member of Parliament; Rajya Sabha
	In office; 20 January 2009 – 16 May 2009
Preceded by	Laxminarayan Sharma
Constituency	Madhya Pradesh
President; Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh
	In office; 20 November 2006 – March 2010
Preceded by	Satyanarayan Jatiya
Succeeded by	Prabhat Jha
Cabinet Minister; Government of Madhya Pradesh
	In office; 8 December 2003 – 25 August 2007
Ministry	Term
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj	8 December 2003 - 25 August 2007
Minister of Public Relations	4 December 2005 - 25 August 2007
Minister of Fisheries	8 December 2003 - 1 July 2004
Minister of Animal Husbandry	8 December 2003 - 30 January 2004
Personal details
Born	12 June 1957 (age 67); Morar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Kiran Tomar
Children	3
Residence	Gwalior
Alma mater	Jiwaji University

Narendra Singh Tomar (born 12 June 1957) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. He is the incumbent Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. He has been Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Panchayati Raj, Minister of Mines and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of India during different periods of the First and Second Modi ministry. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also a member of Fifteenth Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014 from Morena and Sixteenth Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019 from Gwalior.^[2] In 2019, he changed his constituency and was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from Morena.

Early life and education

Tomar was born on 12 June 1957 in Morar village in Gwalior district (of Madhya Pradesh) in a Rajput family to Munshi Singh Tomar and Sharda Devi Tomar. He graduated from Jiwaji University. He is married to Kiran Tomar, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He was nicknamed as Munna Bhaiya by Babulal Gaur.^[6]

Political career

He 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 Narendra Modi ministry, Birender Singh replaced him as the Steel Minister and he replaced Birender Singh as the Minister of Panchayati Raj, Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation.^[7] Piyush Goyal replaced Narendra Singh Tomar as the Minister of Mines (Minister of State with Independent charge).^[7]

In May 2019, he continued with Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and was given charge of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.^[8]

On 18 September 2020, Tomar was assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries after Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the post.^[9]

Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014
Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Mines, in New Delhi on May 30, 2014
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


Ministerial roles	Tenure of office
Cabinet Minister of Madhya Pradesh	2003	2008
Minister of Labour & Employment	26 May 2014	9 November 2014
Minister of Mines	26 May 2014	5 July 2016
Minister of Steel	26 May 2014	5 July 2016
Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation	5 July 2016	3 September 2017
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj	5 July 2016	7 July 2021
Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs	18 July 2017	3 September 2017
Minister of Mines	3 September 2017	30 May 2019
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	13 November 2018	30 May 2019
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare	30 May 2019	Incumbent
Minister of Food Processing Industries	18 September 2020	7 July 2021


	Constituency	Tenure
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly	Gwalior	1998	2008
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha	Madhya Pradesh	20 January 2009	16 May 2009
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	Morena	2009	2014
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	Gwalior	2014	2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	Morena	2019	2023
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly	Dimani	2023	Present

References

^ "Dimani MP constituency assembly election result 2023: BJP's Narendra Singh Tomar wins with margin of over 24,000 votes against BSP's Balveer Singh Dandotiya". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Detailed Profile". Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ "Hamari Sansad Sammelan: Narendra Singh Tomar -- Speaker's Profile- News Nation". News Nation. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
^ "Bharat Bandh shooter admits to firing at Dalits, says union minister Narendra Singh Tomar protected him". The Caravan. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ "BJP leaders exhort Tomar: ?Lage Raho Munna Bhaiya?". HT. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister". Business Standard. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers". Live Mint. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "President accepts Harsimrat Kaur Badal's resignation, Narendra Singh Tomar assigned her portfolio". Hindustan Times. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[1] "Dimani MP constituency assembly election result 2023: BJP's Narendra Singh Tomar wins with margin of over 24,000 votes against BSP's Balveer Singh Dandotiya". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

[Profile-2] "Detailed Profile". Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[3] "Hamari Sansad Sammelan: Narendra Singh Tomar -- Speaker's Profile- News Nation". News Nation. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.

[4] "Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

[5] "Bharat Bandh shooter admits to firing at Dalits, says union minister Narendra Singh Tomar protected him". The Caravan. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[6] "BJP leaders exhort Tomar: ?Lage Raho Munna Bhaiya?". HT. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

[reshuffle-7] "No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister". Business Standard. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[8] "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers". Live Mint. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[9] "President accepts Harsimrat Kaur Badal's resignation, Narendra Singh Tomar assigned her portfolio". Hindustan Times. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

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