Digvijaya Singh
Digvijaya Singh | |
|---|---|
Singh in 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 10 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Raghunandan Sharma |
| Constituency | Madhya Pradesh |
| 14th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh | |
| In office 7 December 1993 – 8 December 2003 | |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | Uma Bharati |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Pandit Vasantkumar Ramkrishna |
| Succeeded by | Pyarelal Khandelwal |
| Constituency | Rajgarh |
| In office 1991–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Pyarelal Khandelwal |
| Succeeded by | Lakshman Singh |
| Constituency | Rajgarh |
| Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1998 – 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Lakshman Singh |
| Succeeded by | Mool Singh |
| Constituency | Raghogarh |
| In office 1994 – 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Shivnarayan Meena |
| Succeeded by | Shivnarayan Meena |
| Constituency | Chachoura |
| In office 1977 – 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Harlal Shakyawar |
| Succeeded by | Mool Singh |
| Constituency | Raghogarh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1947 Indore, Holkar State, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouses | Asha Digvijaya Singh
(m. 1969; died 2013)Amrita Rai (m. 2015) |
| Children | 5, including Jaivardhan Singh |
| Alma mater | Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) Indore |
| Profession | Politician, agriculturist |
| Website | DigvijayaSingh.in |
| Nickname | Diggi Raja |
Digvijaya Singh (born 28 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 2014. He is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and Ex-General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party's All India Congress Committee. Previously, he had served as the 14th and 15th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, a central Indian state, in two terms from 1993 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2003. Prior to that he was a minister in Chief Minister Arjun Singh's cabinet between 1980 and 1984. In 2019 Indian general election he was defeated by Pragya Singh Thakur for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat.
Singh was appointed as a member of Empowered Action Group of Leaders and Experts (EAGLE) which was constituted by Indian National Congress on 2 February 2025 to monitor the conduct of free and fair elections by the Election Commission of India.