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Indian politician
Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 12 June 1957) is an Indian politician and a member of the
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
.
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He is the former
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
;
Sixteenth
Lok Sabha
from 2014 to 2019 from
Gwalior
and
17th Lok Sabha
from 2019 to 2023 from
Morena
.
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In 2019, he changed his constituency and was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from
Morena
.
Early life and education
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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.
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He was nicknamed as
Munna Bhaiya
by
Babulal Gaur
.
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Political career
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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
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
.
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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.
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In the
2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
, Tomar contesting for
Dimani
defeated
Bahujan Samaj Party
's Balveer Singh Dandotiya by a margin of 24,000.
[10]
Arjun Munda
succeeded Tomar as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in December 2023.
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Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014
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Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Mines, in New Delhi on May 30, 2014
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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
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