Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh
Official portrait, 2004
13th Prime Minister of India
In office 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee
Vice President	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Preceded by	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by	Narendra Modi
Additional ministries In office 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014 Ministry and Departments Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space Planning Commission Preceded by Lal Krishna Advani Atal Bihari Vajpayee Succeeded by Narendra Modi
10th Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
In office 21 March 1998 – 21 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Chairman	Krishan Kant Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Preceded by	Sikander Bakht
Succeeded by	Jaswant Singh
22nd Union Minister of Finance
In office 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Yashwant Sinha
Succeeded by	Jaswant Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 19 August 2019 – 3 April 2024
Preceded by	Madan Lal Saini
Succeeded by	Sonia Gandhi
Constituency	Rajasthan
In office 1 October 1991 – 14 June 2019
Preceded by	Amritlal Basumatary
Succeeded by	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa
Constituency	Assam
15th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
In office 16 September 1982 – 14 January 1985
Preceded by	I. G. Patel
Succeeded by	Amitav Ghosh
Personal details
Born	(1932-09-26)26 September 1932 Gah, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	26 December 2024(2024-12-26) (aged 92) New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Gursharan Kaur ​ (m. 1958)​
Children	3, including Upinder Singh and Daman Singh
Residence	3, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India[1]
Alma mater	Panjab University (BA, MA) St John's College, Cambridge (BA) Nuffield College, Oxford (DPhil)
Profession	Economist academician bureaucrat politician
Awards	List of awards and honours
Signature	Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh's voice Singh delivering a joint address to the United States Congress Recorded 19 July 2005

Dr. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi:منموہن سنگھ/ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ;Hindi:मनमोहन सिंह; 26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was the 13th Prime Minister of India. A famous economist, he was the first Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term, and the first Sikh to hold the office.^[2]

1. ↑ "Former PM Manmohan Singh moves to 3, Motilal Nehru Marg". 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
2. ↑ "Manmohan Singh, Indian Premier Who Spurred Economic Boom, Dies at 92". The New York Times. December 26, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2024.