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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Rama Shankar Singh<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| office = Minister of State for Energy<br/>[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| term_start = 21 August 2019<br />
| term_end = 25 March 2022<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = [[Yogi Adityanath]]<br />
| 2blankname = Minister<br />
| 2namedata = [[Shrikant Sharma]]<br />
| office1 = Member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2017<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Laliteshpati Tripathi]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Marihan (Assembly constituency)|Marihan]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| father = Shiv Prasad Singh<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|7|15}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chunar]], [[Mirzapur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| occupation = Agriculture<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Sita Singh|1989}}<br />
| children = 2 sons<br />
| source = http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/12735/17<br />
}}<br />
'''Rama Shankar Singh''' (also known as Rama Shankar Singh Patel)<ref name="upneda.org.in">{{Cite web|url=http://upneda.org.in/Directory.aspx|title=Directory – Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency|website=upneda.org.in|access-date=2019-12-25}}</ref> born July 15, 1969, is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly, [[Uttar Pradesh]] of India. He represents the Marihan constituency in [[Mirzapur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=5730|title=Myneta, Election Watch}}</ref><ref name=N18A>{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/marihan-election-results-2017-rama-shankar-singh-of-bjp-wins-1358887.html|title=Marihan Election Results 2017: Rama Shankar Singh of BJP Wins|date=11 March 2017|publisher=News18|accessdate=20 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/uttar-pradesh/marihan/|title=Marihan – Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017}}</ref> In 2006 he was awarded for good work in his village (Idol Village) by the [[President of India]] [[Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam]].<ref name="jagran.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur-ramashankar-singh-patel-journey-from-head-to-minister-of-state-19506916.html|title=प्रधान से राज्यमंत्री तक का रमाशंकर ने तय किया सफर|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=2019-12-25}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Singh defeated his close contestant Lalitesh Pati Tripathi from [[Indian National Congress]] with a margin of 46,598 votes in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election held in 2017.<ref name=N18A /><br />
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He has been appointed [[Minister of state]] of Energy and Additional Energy Sources of Energy in a [[First Yogi Adityanath ministry|Yogi Adityanath cabinet]] on 21 August 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/in-first-cabinet-expansion-up-cm-yogi-adityanath-inducts-18-ministers-promotes-5-2278361.html |work=News18}}</ref><ref name="upneda.org.in"/><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/yogi-adityanath-government-gets-24-new-ministers-1590150-2019-08-22|title=Yogi Adityanath government gets 24 new ministers|author=Shivendra Srivastava |date=August 22, 2019 |magazine=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-12-25}}</ref> Rama was also selected for Adarsh Gram under the [[Swachh Bharat Mission]] Grameen by the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="jagran.com"/><br />
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==Posts held==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments<br />
|-<br />
|01<br />
|1989<br />
|1990<br />
|Member of the Student Council<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/mirzapur-news/know-abour-ramashankar-singh-patel-cm-yogi-adityanath-cabinet-minister-4995198/|title=जानिये कौन हैं रमाशंकर सिंह पटेल, जिन्हें योगी सरकार ने बनाया है मंत्री|website=Patrika News|language=hindi|access-date=2019-12-25}}</ref><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|02<br />
|1990<br />
|1991<br />
|Vice President of the Students' Union<ref name="jagran.com"/><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|03<br />
|1995<br />
|2000<br />
|Village Head Golhanpur (Pradhan)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|04<br />
|2003<br />
|2006<br />
|District Vice President Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|05<br />
|2006<br />
|2009<br />
|District President Kisan Morcha<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|06<br />
|2009<br />
|2012<br />
|District General Secretary in the Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|07<br />
|2016<br />
|2017<br />
|Member regional working committee (BJP)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 06 || 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 07 || 2019 || Incumbent ||[[Minister of State (India)|Minister of State]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]<br />
[[Category:1969 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027]]<br />
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