| Dr. Raman Singh | |
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| Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 December 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ajit Jogi |
| Constituency | Rajnandgaon |
| Union Minister of State Commerce and Industry | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 13 December 1999 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1952 Kawardha, Chhattisgarh |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Veena Singh |
| Children | Abhishek Singh, Asmita Singh |
| Residence | Civil Lines, Raipur [Cg.] 492001 |
| Religion | Hindu |
| As of January 2, 2011 Source: Government of Chhatisgarh |
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Raman Singh (Hindi: रमन सिंह)(born 15 October 1952) is the current Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh, from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been chief minister since December 7, 2003.
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Dr. Raman Singh holds a degree in Ayurvedic Medicine. He joined the Bharatiya Jan Sangh as a youth member and progressed to become a councilor.
He was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1990 and 1993. His career reached a new high in 1999, when he won the Lok Sabha seat from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. Under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government, Dr. Singh became the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry on 13 October 1999. He was later named as State President, Chhattisgarh BJP, and led the party to a victory in the 2003 Assembly elections in the Chhattisgarh state. With the other main contender for the Chief Minister's post, Dilip Singh Judeo, caught in the midst of a scam, the BJP leadership named Dr. Raman Singh as Chattisgarh's second Chief Minister.
Under his premiership, Chhattisgarh stood first in the country in the implementation of the 20-point programme on the development of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes (2006–2007) as per the assessment of the Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry, Government of India. The United Nations has given its highest award to Chhattisgarh in recognition of its human development model. In addition to it, Singh has received tremendous applause all over the country for the excellent fiscal management during his regime.[1]
He banned naxalite organisations in Chattisgarh in 2005 under the "Salwa Judum" initiative, a move supported by the opposition party as well, led by Mahendra Karma. In the state of Chhatisgarh, he is known as 'Mr Clean', for the significant reduction in corruption while implementing government scheme and plans during his tenure. This image helped him to regain the power in the state in the Assembly elections held in December 2008. Dr. Singh was sworn in for his second term on December 12, 2008.[2]