Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)

Jitendra Singh
Jitendra Singh
Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister of State in the Department of Space and Department of Atomic Energy
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Earth Sciences
	In office; 7 July 2021 – 18 May 2023
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Harsh Vardhan
Succeeded by	Kiren Rijiju
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 8 November 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Jaipal Reddy
Succeeded by	Harsh Vardhan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region
	In office; 9 November 2014 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	V. K. Singh
Succeeded by	G. Kishan Reddy
MoS for Science and Technology (Independent Charge)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Harsh Vardhan
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 8 November 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Jaipal Reddy
Succeeded by	Harsh Vardhan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 June 2014
Preceded by	Chaudhary Lal Singh
Constituency	Udhampur, J&K
Personal details
Born	6 November 1956; Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir (present day Jammu and Kashmir), India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Manju Singh (m. 1982)
Children	2
Residence(s)	New Delhi; Jammu
Alma mater	Stanley Medical College, Chennai; (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery); Government Medical College, Jammu; (Doctor of Medicine);
Profession	Physician
Website	www.drjitendrasingh.in

Jitendra Singh (born 6 November 1956) is an Indian physician and politician. He is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology and Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space.

He is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive member and was the chief spokesperson for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He won the Udhampur seat in the Indian general election, 2014 and 2019 with highest ever margin of votes for the 16th Lok Sabha and 17th Lok Sabha.

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