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| name = Harivansh Narayan Singh<br />
| image = [[File:Harivansh Narayan Singh.jpg|240px]]<br />
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| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|30 June 1956}}<br />
| birth_place =Daljit Tola Sitab Diyara, [[Ballia district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
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| office = 12th [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| president = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
| 1blankname = Chairman<br />
| 1namedata = [[Venkaiah Naidu]]<br />
| term_start = 14 September 2020<br />
| predecessor = ''Himself''<br />
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| president1 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = Chairman<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Venkaiah Naidu]]<br />
| term_start1 = 9 August 2018<br />
| term_end1 = 9 April 2020<br />
| predecessor1 = [[P. J. Kurien]]<br />
| successor1 = ''Himself''<br />
| office2 = [[Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Bihar]]<br />
| term_start2 = 10 April 2014<br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| predecessor2 = [[N. K. Singh]]<br />
| successor2 = <br />
| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]]<br />
| otherparty = [[National Democratic Alliance]]<br />
| profession = <br />
| alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]]<br />
| spouse = Asha Singh<br />
| residence = [[Ranchi]]<br />
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'''Harivansh Narayan Singh''' (born 30 June 1956) is an Indian journalist and politician, who is the [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha|Deputy Chairman]] of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the [[upper house]] of the [[Indian Parliament]]. He is a [[Member of Parliament]] in the Rajya Sabha representing [[Bihar]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
He did his graduate and post graduate in [[Economics]] from [[Banaras Hindu University]] and also holds [[Diploma]] in [[Journalism]]. He resides at [[Ranchi]].<ref name=myneta>{{cite web|title=Harivansh Narayan Singh|url=http://myneta.info/rajsab09aff/candidate.php?candidate_id=509|website=MyNeta.info|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=team>{{cite web|title=MR. HARIVANSH NARAYAN SINGH|url=http://prashantjhawar.com/team.asp|accessdate=14 October 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406062840/http://www.prashantjhawar.com/team.asp|archivedate=6 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Journalistic career==<br />
He has worked in several different media publications through his career, starting with [[The Times of India]]. He served as an additional media advisor to former Prime Minister [[Chandra Shekhar]]. He joined the then obscure and nearly dead Hindi publication [[Prabhat Khabar]] in 1989, and scaled it to become one of the top newspapers in India, in terms of circulation. The newspaper was known for investigating many high-profile stories, including the [[Fodder scam]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Harivansh Narayan Singh: From Rs 500 job to RS Dy Chairperson, 10 things you should know about him|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/harivansh-narayan-singh-from-rs-500-job-to-rs-dy-chairperson-10-things-you-should-know-about-him/articleshow/65333983.cms |website=Economic Times}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
In 2014, the [[Janata Dal (United)]] nominated Singh to the [[Rajya Sabha]] from the state of Bihar for a six-year term.<ref name=the-hindu>{{cite news|title=All five candidates elected unopposed to RS from Bihar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/all-five-candidates-elected-unopposed-to-rs-from-bihar/article5641715.ece|accessdate=14 October 2015|date=1 February 2014}}</ref> On 8 August 2018, he was elected as [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]] for a six-year term as the candidate of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]], winning the election by a vote of 125 to 105 against the opposition candidate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harivansh Narayan Singh is Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman: NDA's candidate beats Congress' BK Hariprasad, 125 ayes against 105 noes |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/harivansh-narayan-singh-is-rajya-sabha-deputy-chairman-jdus-candidate-beats-congress-bk-hariprasad-125-ayes-against-105-noes-4926611.html |website=Firstpost}}</ref> He is the third person ever and first in forty years to hold this post who is not from the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was re-elected as the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha on 14 September 2020 after he returned to the Rajya Sabha for his second term from [[Bihar]].<br />
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