Virbhadra Singh
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The Hon'ble Raja Virbhadra Singh |
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| Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh | |
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Assumed office 25 December 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Prem Kumar Dhumal |
| Constituency | Shimla Rural |
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In office 8 April 1983 – 5 March 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Thakur Ram Lal |
| Succeeded by | Shanta Kumar |
| Constituency | Rohru |
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In office 3 December 1993 – 24 March 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Shanta Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Prem Kumar Dhumal |
| Constituency | Rohru |
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In office 6 March 2003 – 30 December 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Prem Kumar Dhumal |
| Succeeded by | Prem Kumar Dhumal |
| Constituency | Rohru |
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Member of Parliament Mandi |
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In office 2009–2012 |
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| Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | |
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In office 19 January 2011 – 26 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Dinsha Patel |
| Succeeded by | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Minister of Steel | |
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In office 28 May 2009 – 18 January 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Succeeded by | Beni Prasad Verma |
| Minister of State for Industries | |
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In office September 1982 – April 1983 |
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| Minister of State for Tourism, Civil Aviation | |
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In office December 1976 – March 1977 |
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| Personal details | |
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23 June 1934 Sarahan, Shimla, Punjab |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Pratibha Singh |
| Children | Vikramaditya Singh |
| Residence |
Padam Palace, Rampur Bushahr, District Shimla |
| Alma mater |
Bishop Cotton School Shimla St Stephen's College Delhi University |
| Signature |  |
Padam Palace,
Virbhadra Singh (born 23 June 1934), is an Indian politician. The longest-serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, he has served as Chief Minister since 2012; he previously served as Chief Minister from 1983 to 1990, from 1993 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2007. He was an elected member of the Lok Sabha in 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 and in 2009. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. His wife, Pratibha Singh, was a Lok Sabha member from Mandi.
Virbhadra Singh was born on 23 June 1934 at Sarahan, Shimla district. His father was Raja Padam Singh.
Singh was educated at the prestigious Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, Colonel Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun and later obtained a BA Honours degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He is married to Pratibha Singh and has a son and four daughters.
Singh gained a seat in the Lok Sabha — which is the lower house of the Parliament of India — in the Indian general elections of 1962. He repeated that success in the elections of 1967 and 1971. He was again elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 and a further election to that house came in 2009, following an absence from the intervening two Lok Sabhas. His wife had served a term following her victory in the 2004 elections.
He was a member of the Indian Delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1976.
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