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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dr. Govind Singh
| honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| image = [[File:Dr.GovindSingh.JPG|170px]]
| caption = Govind Singh Kushwah
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1951|07|01|}}
| birth_place = Village Vaishpura, [[Bhind district]]
| residence = [[Lahar, India|Lahar]], [[Bhind district]]
| office1 = [[Kamal Nath ministry|Minister of Cooperatives, Parliamentary affairs and General administration]] [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]
<nowiki>[[Digvijay Singh Ministery|Minister of Home,(MoS), Minister of Cooperative (Cabinet)</nowiki>
| term_start1 = December 2018
| term_end1 = March 2020
| predecessor1 =
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Kamal Nath]]
| office2 = [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = December 2018
| term_end2 =
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Kamal Nath]]
| 2blankname2 = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| 2namedata2 = [[N. P. Prajapati]]
| constituency2 = [[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
| term_start3 = 2013
| term_end3 = 2018
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| 2blankname3 = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| 2namedata3 = [[Sitasharan Sharma]]
| constituency3 = [[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
| term_start4 = 2008
| term_end4 = 2013
| 1blankname4 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata4 = [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| 2blankname4 = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| 2namedata4 = [[Ishwardas Rohani]]
| constituency4 = [[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
| term_start5 = 2003
| term_end5 = 2008
| 1blankname5 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata5 = [[Uma Bharti]] [[Babulal Gaur]] [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| 2blankname5 = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| 2namedata5 = [[Ishwardas Rohani]]
| constituency5 = [[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
| term_start6 = 1998
| term_end6 = 2003
| 1blankname6 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata6 = [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| 2blankname6 = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| 2namedata6 = [[Sriniwas Tiwari]]
| constituency6 = [[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
| term_start7 = 1993
| term_end7 = 1998
| 1blankname7 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata7 = [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| 2blankname7 = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| 2namedata7 = [[Sriniwas Tiwari]]
| constituency7 = [[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
| term_start8 = 1990
| term_end8 = 1993
| 1blankname8 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata8 = [[Sunder Lal Patwa]]
| 2blankname8 = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| 2namedata8 = [[Brijmohan Mishra]]
| predecessor8 = [[Mathura Prasad Mahant]]
| constituency8 = [[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
| office9 = [[Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee|Vice President Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term_start9 = 24 March 2008
| 1blankname9 = [[Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee|President]]
| 1namedata9 = [[Kamal Nath]] [[Arun Yadav]] [[Kantilal Bhuria]] [[Suresh Pachouri]]
| party = [[Janata Dal]] (1990–1993) [[File:Hand INC.svg|24px]] INC , [[Indian National Congress]] (1993–present)
| spouse = Suman Singh
| children = 1 Son & 1 Daughter
| education = [[Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery|B.A.M.S.]]
| alma_mater = Government Ayurvedic College, [[Jabalpur]]
| father = Thakur Mathura Singh
| date = 23 July
| year = 2018
| source = {{cite web|url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/14thvs/2014_11.pdf |title=Biography |publisher=Vidhan Sabha, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly}}
}}

'''Govind Singh''' (born 1 July 1951) is an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress|INC]]. He served as the [[Kamal Nath ministry|Minister of Cooperatives, Parliamentary affairs and General administration]] in [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] under Chief Minister [[Kamal Nath]] between December 2018 and March 2020.

He has served as a minister in the state government of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and as a senior [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) party leader. Singh has held various ministerial posts since his first such appointment in December 1998. He is a member of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for [[Lahar, India|Lahar]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Department of Public Relation, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://www.mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/council/cabinetmin/Dr-Govind-Singh.asp }}</ref> since 1990 having been returned to the Assembly seven consecutive times,<ref>{{cite news |title= About 15th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=http://www.mpvidhansabha.nic.in/vsxvanalysis.pdf }}</ref> and is both a vice-president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee and member of the [[All India Congress Committee]].{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Dr. Govind Singh was elected for the seventh consecutive time to the 15th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh in 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Detail of 15th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh (Page-21) |url=http://www.mpvidhansabha.nic.in/vsxvanalysis.pdf}}</ref> and taken charge of Cabinet Minister of Department of General Administration, Parliamentary Affairs and Cooperatives in Government of Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news |title= Government of Madhya Pradesh |url=http://www.mp.gov.in | publisher=Official Website of Govt. of Madhya Pradesh | accessdate=20 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= List of Members of 15th Legislative Assembly |url=http://www.mpvidhansabha.nic.in/15vsmlalist.pdf}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Dr. Singh<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Govind Singh, Department of Public Relations, Govt. of M.P. |url=https://www.mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/council/cabinetmin/Dr-Govind-Singh.asp}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Biography |url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/14thvs/2014_11.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=hi:डॉ.गोविन्द सिंह का जीवन परिचय |language=hi |trans-title=Biography of Dr. Govind Singh |publisher=Dailyhunt |url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/nepal/hindi/pushpanjali+today-epaper-pushpato/do+govind+sinh+ka+jivan+parichay-newsid-104758742| date=25 December 2018 | accessdate=25 December 2018}}</ref> was elected Magazine Secretary in the year 1971–72 and President of Students Union of Government Ayurveda College in the year 1974–75 and member of Jabalpur University Students Union Executive Council. Dr. Singh was elected president of the Sahakari Vipanan Sanstha, Maryadit, Lahar from 1979 to 1982 and in 1984–85.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

Dr. Govind Singh was Director of District Cooperative Land Development Bank, Bhind from 1984 to 1986 and Chairman of Nagar Palika Parishad, Lahar from 1985 to 1987.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

Dr. Govind Singh was elected member of the [[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|9th Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1990]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 1990 | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Stat_Rept_MP_90.pdf | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate=20 September 2019 |url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425080859/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Stat_Rept_MP_90.pdf | archivedate=25 April 2015}}</ref> After this, he was elected as a [[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|member of the 10th Assembly in the year 1993]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 1993 | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/Stat_rep_93_MP.pdf | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate=20 September 2019 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509005216/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/Stat_rep_93_MP.pdf | archivedate=9 May 2015}}</ref>[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|11th Assembly in 1998]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 1998 | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-MP98.pdf | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate=20 September 2019 |url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424130408/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-MP98.pdf | archivedate=24 April 2015}}</ref>[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|12th Assembly in the year 2003]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 2003 | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_MP_Nov2003.pdf | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate=20 September 2019 |url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424194233/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_MP_Nov2003.pdf | archivedate=24 April 2015}}</ref>[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|13th Assembly in the year 2008]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 2008 | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2008/MPAE_2008_stat_report.pdf | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate=20 September 2019 |url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501085349/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2008/MPAE_2008_stat_report.pdf | archivedate=1 May 2015}}</ref>[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|14th Assembly in the year 2013]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 2013 | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MPAE_2013_stat_report.pdf | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate=20 September 2019 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424144129/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MPAE_2013_stat_report.pdf | archivedate=24 April 2015}}</ref> and [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|15th Assembly in 2018]].{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

In addition to this, Dr. Singh has been a member of the Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University's Board of Directors, from June 1994 to June 1997 and member of the Assembly’s Committee on Petitions in 1996–97, 1997–98 till 31 December 1998, besides being the Director of M.P. State Cooperative Land Development Bank from April 1997.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

After being elected a member of the 11th Assembly in the year 1998, he was Minister of State for Home from 6 December 1998, Minister of State for Cooperatives (Independent Charge) from 26 April 2000 and Minister of Cooperatives Department from 12 August 2002.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Dr. Singh was Director of Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sahakari Vipanan Sangh Maryadit from 10 January 2001, to 9 February 2002, Director of Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank from 10 December 2001 to 2 January 2002, President of State Co-operative Housing Association from 28 March 2002, Director of Indian National Cooperative Housing Association, New Delhi from 5 August 2002, and in October 2002 he went to China and Hong Kong to participate in the 7th General Assembly of Singapore and Parliament on Population and Development and I.C.A Regional Assembly. From 1995 to date he has been the member of the Pradesh Congress Committee and of the All India Congress Committee from year 2005 and was vice president of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee from 24 March 2008 to date. Dr. Singh was elected member of the 12th Legislative Assembly in 2003 and has been the Chief Whip of the Congress Legislature Party. On being elected member of the 13th Assembly in 2008, he was the Chairman, Public Accounts Committee from 2009 to 2011. Dr. Singh was elected as the member of the Assembly for the 6th time in the year 2013.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

== [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] ==
{|class ="wikitable"
|-
!SI No.
!Year
!Legislative Assembly
!Constituency
!Margin
!Party
!Post
|-
|1.
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|9th
|[[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
|14,617
|bgcolor=#138808|[[Janata Dal]]
|
|-
|2.
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|10th
|[[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
|7,822
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|-
|3.
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|11th
|[[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
|6,086
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''[[Digvijaya Singh|Minister of State]]'''
|-
|4.
|[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|12th
|[[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
|4,085
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee|Chief Whip of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP)]]
|-
|5.
|[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|13th
|[[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
|4,878
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Chairmen of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)]]
|-
|6.
|[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|14th
|[[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
|6,273
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|-
|7.
|[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|15th
|[[Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahar]]
|9,073
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''[[Kamal Nath ministry|Cabinet Minister]]'''
|-
|}

==Awards and recognition==
Dr.Govind Singh awarded as best MLA by Jagran Group in December 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Naiduniya, Bhopal |url=https://www.jagran.com/news/national-bhopal-best-legislator-will-be-honored-in-nai-dunia-parliamentary-honor-17149448.html }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* https://www.mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/council/cabinetmin/Dr-Govind-Singh.asp

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