Kirti Vardhan Singh

Kirti Vardhan Singh
Singh in 2024
Union Minister of State for External Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024 Serving with Pabitra Margherita
President	Draupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	S Jaishankar
Vice President	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	V Muraleedharan
Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024
President	Draupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Bhupender Yadav
Vice President	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Beni Prasad Verma
Constituency	Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
In office 22 May 2004 – 17 May 2009
Preceded by	Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Succeeded by	Beni Prasad Verma
Constituency	Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
In office 1998–1999
Preceded by	Ketki Devi Singh
Succeeded by	Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Constituency	Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1966-03-01) 1 March 1966 (age 58) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party (2014–present)
Other political affiliations	Samajwadi Party (1998–2009,2012-2014) Bahujan Samaj Party (2009-2012)
Spouse	Kunwarani Madhushree Singh ​ ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	Raja Anand Singh (father) Veena Singh (mother)
Residence(s)	23, B.R. Mehta Lane, New Delhi, Delhi, India - 110 001
Alma mater	University of Lucknow
Occupation	Politician environmental activist
As of 17 September, 2006 Source: [1]

Kirti Vardhan Singh (born 1 March 1966) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is currently serving as a Minister of State for External Affairs in Third Modi Government and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for the Gonda constituency for 5th time. He is locally known by the alias Raja Bhaiya, being connected with erstwhile Taluqdari of Mankapur.^[1]