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{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Omprakash Singh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|05|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = village sevrai,post-bhadaura [[Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| spouse = Smt. Chandrakanti Singh (m.1980)
| children = 5
| occupation = Political and Social Worker
| alma_mater =
| education = M.A., B.P.Ed. (BHU)
| party = Samajwadi Party
}}

'''Omprakash Singh''' (born 13 May 1959) is an [[Politics of India|Indian politician]], who represented [[Ghazipur]] in the [[12th Lok Sabha]] from 1998 to 1999. He is a member of the [[Samajwadi Party]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Rashtriya sahara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQBuAAAAMAAJ|volume=5|year=1997|publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication|issue=7–12|quote=Samajwadi Party MLA Omprakash Singh raising the issue of 12 BSP MLAs, during the proceedings of composite floor test ..}}</ref>

==Career==
Singh was elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in 1989. He was reelected seven times, becoming Deputy Leader of Opposition in 1996.

In 1998 he was elected to the [[12th Lok Sabha]] representing [[Ghazipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghazipur]]. In his two years as an MP, he was a member of the Committee on Commerce and its Sub-Committee on Textiles.

From 2003 to 2007 he was the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister for Irrigation, and then from 2012 to 2017 he was the Cabinet Minister for Tourism in the [[Akhilesh Yadav ministry]]. He was also a member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal, the Railway Convention Committee, and the committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings to General Revenues.

In 2012, he was elected to the [[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Indian Legislative Assembly]], representing [[Zamania (Assembly constituency)|Zamania]], while remaining a cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh Government for the [[Samajwadi Party]].

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