{{short description|Indian politician}} {{other people|Narendra Singh}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Narendra Singh Tomar addressing a press conference after launching the Swachh Sarvekshan (Gramin)- 2017, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Tomar addressing the media in New Delhi, 2017 | office = 15th Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | term_start = 20 December 2023 | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = Mohan Yadav | predecessor = Girish Gautam | office3 = Union Cabinet Minister | term3 = 26 May 2014 – 7 December 2023 | suboffice3 = Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare | prime_minister3 = Narendra Modi | subterm3 = 30 May 2019 – 7 December 2023 | suboffice4 = Rural Development and Panchayati Raj | subterm4 = 5 July 2016 – 7 July 2021 | suboffice5 = Food Processing Industries | subterm5 = 18 September 2020 – 7 July 2021 | suboffice6 = Parliamentary Affairs | subterm6 = 13 November 2018 – 30 May 2019 | suboffice7 = Mines | subterm7 = 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019 | suboffice8 = Housing and Urban Affairs | subterm8 = 18 July 2017 – 3 September 2017 | suboffice9 = Steel and Mines | subterm9 = 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 | suboffice10 = Labour and Employment | subterm10 = 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014 | office12 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | constituency12 = Morena, Madhya Pradesh | term_start12 = 23 May 2019 | term_end12 = 3 December 2023 | predecessor12 = Anoop Mishra | successor12 = Shivmangal Singh Tomar | constituency13 = Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | term_start13 = 16 May 2014 | term_end13 = 23 May 2019 | predecessor13 = Yashodhara Raje Scindia | successor13 = Vivek Shejwalkar | constituency14 = Morena, Madhya Pradesh | term_start14 = 31 May 2009 | term_end14 = 16 May 2014 | predecessor14 = Ashok Chhaviram Argal | successor14 = Anoop Mishra | office15 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | term_start15 = 20 January 2009 | term_end15 = 16 May 2009 | predecessor15 = Laxminarayan Sharma | constituency15 = Madhya Pradesh | office16 = President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh | term_start16 = 16 December 2012 | term_end16 = 16 August 2014 | successor16 = Nandkumar Singh Chauhan | predecessor16 = Prabhat Jha | office17 = Cabinet Minister in Madhya Pradesh | term_start17 = 8 December 2003 | term_end17 = 25 August 2007 | suboffice17 = Rural Development & Panchayat Raj | subterm17 = 8 December 2003 – 25 August 2007 | suboffice18 = Public Relations | subterm18 = 4 December 2005 – 25 August 2007 | suboffice19 = Fisheries | subterm19 = 8 December 2003 – 1 July 2004 | suboffice20 = Animal Husbandry | subterm20 = 8 December 2003 – 30 January 2004 | office1 = Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = 3 December 2023 | term_end1 = | constituency1 = Dimani | predecessor1 = Ravindra Singh Tomar Bhidosa | successor1 = | term_start2 = 1998 | term_end2 = 2008 | constituency2 = Gwalior | predecessor2 = Raghuvir Singh | successor2 = Pradhuman Singh Tomar | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|06|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Morar, Madhya Pradesh, India | party = Bharatiya Janata Party | spouse = {{marriage|Kiran Tomar|1979}} | children = 3 | alma_mater = Jiwaji University }} '''Narendra Singh Tomar''' (born 12 June 1957; {{IPA|hi|n̪əɾeːn̪d̪ɾə sɪŋgʱ t̪oːməɾ}}) is an Indian politician and the speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly since 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Narendra Singh Tomar Election Results 2023: News, Votes, Results of Madhya-pradesh Assembly |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/madhya-pradesh-assembly-election-candidates-list-2023/narendra-singh-tomar-12007-1 |work=NDTV |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref> He is the former Minister of Agriculture and 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; Sixteenth Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019 from Gwalior and 17th Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2023 from Morena.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=Detailed Profile |url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4507 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903162813/http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4507 |archive-date=3 September 2017 |access-date=15 March 2020 |website=Government of India}}</ref> 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 Morar village in Gwalior district (of Madhya Pradesh) in a Rajput family 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.<ref name="Profile"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Hamari Sansad Sammelan: Narendra Singh Tomar -- Speaker's Profile- News Nation |url=https://www.newsnation.in/specials/news/hamari-sansad-sammelan-narendra-singh-tomar-speakers-profile-article-227819.html |access-date=18 June 2019 |work=News Nation |date=18 June 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618112550/https://www.newsnation.in/specials/news/hamari-sansad-sammelan-narendra-singh-tomar-speakers-profile-article-227819.html |archive-date=18 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile |url=http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4507 |publisher=Lok Sabha |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231005240/http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4507 |archive-date=31 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Bharat Bandh shooter admits to firing at Dalits, says union minister Narendra Singh Tomar protected him |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/caste/raja-chauhan-shooter-dalit-protest-narendra-singh-tomar |access-date=2 March 2022 |magazine=The Caravan |date=28 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He was nicknamed as ''Munna Bhaiya'' by Babulal Gaur.<ref>{{cite web |title=BJP leaders exhort Tomar: ?Lage Raho Munna Bhaiya? |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm19/bjp-leaders-exhort-tomar-lage-raho-munna-bhaiya/article1-176048.aspx |publisher=HT |access-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105044107/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm19/bjp-leaders-exhort-tomar-lage-raho-munna-bhaiya/article1-176048.aspx |archive-date=5 January 2014 }}</ref>
==Political career== Tomar was appointed 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.<ref name=reshuffle>{{cite news|title=No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/no-more-a-people-ministry-for-birender-singh-now-the-steel-minister-116070700006_1.html|access-date=8 July 2016|publisher=Business Standard|date=6 July 2016}}</ref> Piyush Goyal replaced Narendra Singh Tomar as the Minister of Mines (Minister of State with Independent charge).<ref name=reshuffle />
In May 2019, he continued with Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and was given charge of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=Live Mint |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=President accepts Harsimrat Kaur Badal's resignation, Narendra Singh Tomar assigned her portfolio |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/president-accepts-harsimrat-kaur-badal-s-resignation-narendra-singh-tomar-assigned-her-portfolio/story-BuNoXjg5Jk8yxLHYGE7VYP.html |access-date=18 September 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=18 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Tomar contesting for Dimani defeated Bahujan Samaj Party's Balveer Singh Dandotiya by a margin of 24,000.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dimani MP constituency assembly election result 2023: BJP's Narendra Singh Tomar wins with margin of over 24,000 votes against BSP's Balveer Singh Dandotiya |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/dimani-mp-constituency-assembly-election-result-2023-bjp-narendra-singh-tomar-congress-ravindra-singh-tomar/articleshow/105694405.cms |work=The Times of India |date=3 December 2023 |access-date=5 December 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Arjun Munda succeeded Tomar as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in December 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mishra |first=Himangshu |date=7 December 2023 |title=Arjun Munda to become Union Agriculture Minister after Narendra Tomar's resignation |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/arjun-munda-union-agriculture-minister-narendra-tomar-resigns-mp-2473353-2023-12-07 |magazine=India Today |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
<gallery widths="240"> File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.jpg|Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, in New Delhi on 27 May 2014 File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Mines, in New Delhi on May 30, 2014. The Minister of State for Mines, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai is also seen.jpg|Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Mines, in New Delhi on 30 May 2014 File:Shri Narendra Singh 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.jpg|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 </gallery>
== Offices held == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Ministerial roles ! colspan="2" |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 |- |Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare |30 May 2019 |7 December 2023 |- |Minister of Food Processing Industries |18 September 2020 |7 July 2021 |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ ! !Constituency ! colspan="2" |Tenure |- |Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |Gwalior |1998 |2008 |- |Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |Madhya Pradesh |20 January 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 |6 December 2023<ref name="10 of 12 BJP MPs who won state elections resign from Lok Sabha">{{cite magazine |last1=Saha |first1=Poulomi |last2=Mishra |first2=Himanshu |date=6 December 2023 |title=10 of 12 BJP MPs who won state elections resign from Lok Sabha |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/assembly-election-results-2023-bjp-mps-who-won-polls-resign-from-lok-sabha-2472653-2023-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210092905/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/assembly-election-results-2023-bjp-mps-who-won-polls-resign-from-lok-sabha-2472653-2023-12-06 |archive-date=10 December 2023 |magazine=India Today |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref> |- |Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |Dimani |2023 |Present |}
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