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Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda.
Learn about the life and career of Shri V.P. Singh, who served as the Prime Minister of India from December 2, 1989 to November 10, 1990. He was a leader of Janata Dal and a scholar, social activist and politician from Uttar Pradesh.
V.P. Singh, politician and government official who was prime minister of India 1989–90. He was the principal founder in 1988 of the Janata Dal political party, which he used as a cornerstone to create a large nationwide opposition coalition called the National Front.
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Vishwanath Pratap Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 2 December 1989. His initial ministry consisted of the following Cabinet ministers and their departments. The Cabinet was functional from the 2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990.
PortfolioMinisterTook OfficeLeft OfficePrime MinisterMinister of DefenceMinister ...2 December 198910 November 19902 December 19891 August 19902 December 19891 August 19901 August 199010 November 1990Apr 6, 2024 · Devi Lal, Chandrashekhar and V.P. Singh emerged as top contenders. After much back and forth, V.P. Singh was chosen as the leader of the National Front parliamentary party.
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1 day ago · V.P. Singh, who had initially denied any interest in becoming prime minister, emerged after the 1989 elections as the leader of the loosely knit JD coalition whose extreme wings were basically antipathetic to each other.
Premiership of V. P. Singh. Vishwanath Pratap Singh held office for slightly less than a year, from 2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990. After state legislative elections in March 1990, Singh's governing coalition achieved control of both houses of India's parliament.
