Shivraj Singh Chauhan is a famous politician of India. He is the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh state. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. Before entering politics, Shivraj Singh Chauhan was an RSS volunteer. He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at the age of just 13. He was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 to 2023 and previously from 2005 to 2018.
Shivraj Singh Chauhan was born on March 5, 1959. Prem Singh Chauhan and Sundar Bai Chauhan are his parents. Shivraj Singh received gold medal in Post Graduation (Philosophy) from Barkatullah University, Bhopal. During the Emergency, he became part of the underground movements and hence went to jail.
He was married to Sadhna Singh. He has two sons. Chauhan was first elected to the state assembly in 1990 from Budhni constituency. However, the following year he was elected Member of Parliament for the first time in the elections to the 10th Lok Sabha from Vidisha constituency. Shivraj Singh Chauhan was elected Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on November 30, 2005. Earlier he was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 2005 to 2018, then from 2020 to 2023.
Shivraj Singh Biography
Full Name
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
date of birth
05 Mar 1959 (age 65)
birth place
Sihore, Madhya Pradesh
party name
Bharatiya Janta Party
Education
Postgraduate
Business
Farmer
father's name
Prem Singh Chauhan
mother's name
Sundar Bai Chauhan
Spouse's Name
Sadhna Singh Chauhan
children
2 sons
Religion
Hindu
permanent address
Village- Jait, Sardar Nagar, Tehsil Budhni, District Sihore (Madhya Pradesh)
Political Career
1972 – Joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at the age of 13.
1975 – Elected President of Model School Student Union.
1975 – Was the Joint Minister of Madhya Pradesh of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
1976 – Participated in the underground movement against the Emergency and was imprisoned in Bhopal jail for some time.
1977 – Became the Organization Minister of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
1980 – State General Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
1982 – Member of the National Executive of All India Students
1984 – Was the Joint Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Madhya Pradesh.
1985 – BJYM General Secretary
1988 – Was the state president of Yuva Morcha.
1990 – Became MLA from Budhni assembly constituency.
1991 – Lok Sabha member representing Vidisha.
1991 – Convenor of All India Keshariya Vahini.
1992 – Became General Secretary of All India Janata Yuva Morcha
1992 – Appointed State General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party.
1992 – Appointed member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
1993 – 1996 Member of the Labor and Welfare Committee.
1994 – Member of Hindi Advisory Committee.
1996 – Re-elected as Member of Parliament from Vidisha (second time) in the 11th Lok Sabha.
1996 – Appointed member of Urban and Rural Development Committee, Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Hindi Advisory Committee and Labor and Welfare Committee.
1997 – Member of the Urban and Rural Development Committee.
1997 – State General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh BJP.
1998 – Member of Estimates Committee, Agriculture Committee in 1999-2000 and Public Enterprises Committee in 1999-2001.
Member of Hindi Advisory Committee from 1994 to 2000.
1999 – Elected as MP for the 13th Lok Sabha from Vidisha for the fourth time.
2000 – National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM).