Narendra Singh Tomar (born 12 June 1957) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. He is the incumbent Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. He has been Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Panchayati Raj, Minister of Mines and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of India during different periods of the First and Second Modi ministry. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also a member of Fifteenth Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014 from Morena and Sixteenth Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019[1] from Gwalior. In 2019, he changed his constituency and was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from Morena.
Early life and education
Tomar was born on 12 June 1957 in Orethi village in Morena district of (Madhya Pradesh) in a Rajput family[2] to Munshi Singh Tomar and Sharda Devi Tomar. He graduated from Jiwaji University. He is married to Kiran Tomar, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. He was nicknamed as Munna Bhaiya by Babulal Gaur.
Political career
He was appointed as Union Cabinet Minister of Steel, Mines, Labour and Employment on 27 May 2014 in the cabinet headed by Narendra Modi. He was administered the oath of office and sworn in on 26 May 2014 by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India.
On 5 July 2016, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the Narendra Modi ministry, Birender Singh replaced him as the Steel Minister and he replaced Birender Singh as the Minister of Panchayati Raj, Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation. Piyush Goyal replaced Narendra Singh Tomar as the Minister of Mines (Minister of State with Independent charge).
In May 2019, he continued with Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and was given charge of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
On 18 September 2020, Tomar was assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries after Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the post.
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Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014
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Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Mines, in New Delhi on May 30, 2014
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Tomar addressing a press conference after takes charge as Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, in the presence of the Union Minister
Offices held
| Ministerial roles | Tenure of office | |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Minister of Madhya Pradesh | 2003 | 2008 |
| Minister of Labour & Employment | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 |
| Minister of Mines | 26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 |
| Minister of Steel | 26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 |
| Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation | 5 July 2016 | 3 September 2017 |
| Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj | 5 July 2016 | 7 July 2021 |
| Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs | 18 July 2017 | 3 September 2017 |
| Minister of Mines | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | 13 November 2018 | 30 May 2019 |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare | 30 May 2019 | Incumbent |
| Minister of Food Processing Industries | 18 September 2020 | 7 July 2021 |
| Constituency | Tenure | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | Gwalior | 1998 | 2008 |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | Madhya Pradesh | 20 Jan 2009 | 16 May 2009 |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | Morena | 2009 | 2014 |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | Gwalior | 2014 | 2019 |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | Morena | 2019 | present |