Amrendra Pratap Singh | |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Term Start: | 16 November 2020 |
Term End: | 9 August 2022 |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Nitish Kumar |
Predecessor: | Prem Kumar |
Term Start1: | 16 November 2020 |
Term End1: | 9 February 2021 |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Nitish Kumar |
Predecessor1: | Rana Randhir |
Term Start2: | 16 November 2020 |
Term End2: | 9 February 2021 |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata2: | Nitish Kumar |
Predecessor2: | Bima Bharti |
Successor2: | Pramod Kumar |
Office3: | Deputy Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Term Start3: | 2012 |
Term End3: | 2015 |
1Blankname3: | Speaker |
1Namedata3: | Uday Narayan Choudhary |
Office4: | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Term Start4: | 2020 |
Constituency4: | Arrah |
Predecessor4: | Mohammad Nawaz Alam |
Term Start5: | 2000 |
Term End5: | 2015 |
Constituency5: | Arrah |
Predecessor5: | Abdul Malik |
Successor5: | Mohammad Nawaz Alam |
Residence: | Arrah, Bihar, India |
Birth Place: | Chaugain, Bihar, British India |
Birth Date: | 20 July 1947[1] |
Father: | Harihar Singh |
Amrendra Pratap Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly serving as a minister in the Government of Bihar. He is the son of Harihar Singh, the former Chief Minister of Bihar.
Singh was born in Chaugain village of the Shahabad district (now in Buxar) to Harihar Singh also known as Bihari Ji Singh. His father was a freedom fighter and the Chief Minister of Bihar and his elder brother Mrigendra Pratap Singh was the Finance minister and speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.[2]
Singh joined Jana Sangh in the state of Bihar as an associate of Raghubar Das, former Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Inspired by Jayaprakash Narayan, he also took part in the JP Movement. After split of the Jana Sangh faction from Janata Party, he too joined the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party.He was granted candidacy by the BJP to contest six consecutive elections[3] of which he got elected on four occasions.[4] Between 2000–2015, he was the representative of the Arrah constituency.[5] He was also made the deputy speaker of the assembly from 2012–2015.[6] In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he lost his seat to Mohammad Nawaz Alam of the RJD.He won his seat back in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on a BJP ticket supported by NDA defeating his nearest rival of MGB with an impressive margin. He was appointed a Cabinet Minister in the Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry for the first time.