V. K. Singh

General
V. K. Singh
PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC
General V. K. Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC
Minister of State for Civil Aviation
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Jyotiraditya Scindia
Preceded by	Hardeep Singh Puri; (MoS Independent charge)
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Nitin Gadkari
Preceded by	Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Minister of State for External Affairs
	In office; 27 May 2014 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Sushma Swaraj
Preceded by	E. Ahamed
Succeeded by	V. Muraleedharan
Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent charge)
	In office; 9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Rao Inderjit Singh
Succeeded by	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (Independent charge)
	In office; 27 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Paban Singh Ghatowar
Succeeded by	Jitendra Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Rajnath Singh
Constituency	Ghaziabad
23rd Chief of the Army Staff
	In office; 31 March 2010 – 31 May 2012
President	Pratibha Patil
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Deepak Kapoor
Succeeded by	Bikram Singh
Personal details
Born	10 May 1950; Pune, Bombay State, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Bharti Singh
Alma mater	National Defence Academy (BSc); Indian Military Academy; Defence Services Staff College (MPhil); United States Army War College
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal; Ati Vishisht Seva Medal; Yudh Seva Medal
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	14 June 1970 - 31 May 2012
Rank	General
Unit	Rajput Regiment
Commands	Chief of Army Staff ; Eastern Command; II Corps; Victor Force, Rashtriya Rifles; 168th Infantry Brigade; 2 Rajput (Kali Chindi)
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Operation Pawan; Kargil War
Service number	IC-24173W

General Vijay Kumar Singh(retd), PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC (born 10 May 1950) is an Indian politician and a former four-star General in the Indian Army. He is the current Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ministry of Civil Aviation in the Second Modi ministry. He previously served as Minister of State for External Affairs, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of the North-Eastern Region and Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation in the First Modi ministry.

During his military career, Singh served as the 24th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) from 2010 to 2012. Singh took the Government of India to court in a dispute over his date of birth and subsequent retirement, becoming the first serving Indian Chief of the Army Staff to take legal action against the Indian government.

After his retirement from the military, Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2014 and was elected as Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha for the Ghaziabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh in that year's general election. He was re-elected to the same seat in 2019.

Singh has written an autobiography called Courage and Conviction.

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