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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Raj Kishor Singh
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| term_start = March 2012
| term_end = March 2017
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| successor = '''Ajay Singh'''
| constituency3 = [[Harraiya (Assembly constituency)|Harraiya]], [[Basti district]]
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = May 2007
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|2|1}}<ref name="Member Profile">{{cite news|title=Member Profile|publisher=Legislative Assembly official website|access-date=6 November 2018|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/pdfs/members_profile/307.pdf}}</ref>
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| spouse = Suman Singh (wife)
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| children = 02 sons
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'''Raj Kishor Singh''' is an Indian politician who served as a member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for the state [[Samajwadi Party]] from 2002 to 2017. Singh is a former minister for Horticulture and minister for [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayati raj]]. Before the government of Mulayam Singh, Mr Singh was also a cabinet minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/List-of-Mulayams-ministers/articleshow/215336.cms|title=List of Mulayam Singh Yadav's Minister|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref> In the UP East Raj Kishor, Singh is the mass leader of Rajput.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.patrika.com/basti-news/know-how-raj-kishore-singh-became-bahubali-leader-1400126/|title=जानिए, राजकिशोर सिंह कैसे बन गए 'बाहुबली' क्षत्रीय नेता|newspaper=Patrika|access-date=6 November 2018|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=3928|title=Candidate affidavit|website=Myneta.info|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Singh was born 1 February 1969 in Changerwa, [[Basti district|Basti]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] to his father Anant Singh. He married with Suman Singh. They have two sons. He belongs to [[Rajput]] community. He had [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]]. degree from APN Degree College, Basti. His son Devendra Pratap Singh "Sanu" is also President of [[District Councils of India|District council]] of Basti, and his younger brother Brijkishor Singh "Dimple" is a former Loksabha candidate of [[Basti (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basti Loksabha Constituency]] from [[Samajwadi Party]].{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

==Political career==
Singh was MLA for three straight time. He started his political career as a [[District Councils of India|Member of District council]] in 2000. In 2002 he was also elected [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from [[Harraiya (Assembly constituency)|Harraiya]] as a member of [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] but in 2003 he resigned from [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] and joined the [[Samajwadi Party]]. In Mulayam Singh Yadav cabinet he became a cabinet minister.<ref name=election>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/harraiya.html|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Harraiya Assembly Constituency|website=Election.in|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>

In the 2007 election he again represented the [[Samajwadi Party]] from [[Harraiya (Assembly constituency)|Harraiya]] and he defeated his nearest rival, the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate Anil Singh, by a margin of 5,145 votes.<ref name=election/>

In third time 2012, he was again elected three continuously time from [[Harraiya (Assembly constituency)|Harraiya]], he defeated his nearest rival [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate Mamata Pandey by a margin of 20,286 votes. He is also cabinet minister of Animal husbandry and Panchayati Raj in [[Akhilesh Yadav ministry (2012–17)|Akhilesh Yadav cabinet]].<ref name=election/>

In [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (2017), he lost by [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janta Party]] candidate [[Ajay Kumar Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Ajay Kumar Singh]] by a margin of 30,106 votes.<ref name=election/>

On 9 April 2019 in [[New Delhi]] he joined [[Indian National Congress]] in presence of General secretary [[Priyanka Gandhi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/raj-kishor-singh-joins-congress|title=सपा सरकार में मंत्री रहे राज किशोर सिंह कांग्रेस में हुए शामिल, बस्ती से होंगे उम्मीदवार|last=Newsdesk|date=9 April 2019|work=Amar Ujala|access-date=10 April 2019|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/news/up-news-basti-loksabha-election-2019-ex-minister-rajkishor-singh-join-congress-01517649.html|title=सपा के कद्दावर मंत्री रहे राज किशोर सिंह ने थामा कांग्रेस का दामन; बस्ती से हो सकते हैं उम्मीदवार|last=Dainik Bhaskar|date=9 April 2019|work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|access-date=10 April 2019|language=hi}}</ref>

==Post held==
* 2000–2002, Member, [[District Councils of India|District Council]]
* 2002–2007, Member, [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (first term)<ref name="2002 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 2002 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=10 April 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf}}</ref>
** Forest Minister (Mayawati cabinet) and (Mulayam Singh Yadav cabinet)
* 2007–2012, Member, [[15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (second term)<ref name="2007 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 2007 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=10 April 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2007/StatReport_AS_2007_UTTAR_PRADESH.pdf}}</ref>
* 2012–2017, Member, [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (third term)<ref name="2012 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 2012 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=10 April 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf}}</ref>
** Minister, Food Processing, Animal Husbandary and Forest Minister ([[Akhilesh Yadav ministry (2012–17)|Akhilesh Yadav ministry]])
** Minister for Horticulture and Panchayati Raj ([[Akhilesh Yadav ministry (2012–17)|Akhilesh Yadav ministry]])

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Raj Kishore}}
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1969 births]]

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