Arjun Singh - Positions Held

Positions Held

  • 1957-85 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Member of the Legislative Assembly
  • September 1963 - December 1967 Minister of State for Agriculture, General Administration Department (GAD) and Information & Public Relations, Government of Madhya Pradesh
  • 1967 Minister of Planning and Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh
  • 1972-77 Minister of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh
  • 1977-80 Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
  • 1980-85 Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh
  • March - November 1985 Governor of Punjab
  • February 1988 - January 1989 Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh
  • June 1991 - December 1994 Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India
  • June 1991 - May 1996 Member from Satna, Tenth Lok Sabha
  • June 1996 - Lost from Satna, Eleventh Lok Sabha
  • April 1998 - Lost from Hoshangabad, Twelfth Lok Sabha
  • April 2000 Elected to Rajya Sabha
  • 15 May 2000 - February 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs
  • 31 August 2001- July 2004 Member, Committee on Rules
  • April 2002 - February 2004 Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Purposes Committee
  • 22 May 2004 - May 2009 Minister of Human Resource

He was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh without opposition on March 20, 2006.

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