Know your Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

KNOW YOUR PRIME MINISTER of India
Dr. Manmohan Singh

Born: Sept 26, 1932, in Gah, West Punjab (presently Pakistan)
Married: Sept 14, 1958. Has three daughters —Upender, Daman and Amrit.
Education: M.A., D.Phil (Oxford), D. Litt (Honoris Causa), Educated at Universities of Panjab, Cambridge and Oxford.

Positions Held:

1972-76: Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance.
1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India; director, Industrial Development Bank of India; alternate Governor for India, Board of Governors, Asian Development Bank, Manila; alternate Governor for India, Board of Governors, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
Nov 1976-April 1980: Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs): member, Finance, Atomic Energy Commission; member, Finance, Space Commission.
April 1980-Sep 1982: Member-Secretary, Planning Commission.
Sept 1982-Jan 1982: Governor, Reserve Bank of India.
1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Board of Governors, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
1983-84: Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.
Jan 1985-July 1987: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission.
Aug 1987-Nov 1990: Secretary General and Commissioner, South Commission, Geneva.
Dec 1990-March 1991: Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Economic Affairs.
March 1991-June 1991: Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC).
June 1991-May 1996: Union Finance Minister.
Oct 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha.
1991-95: Governor for India on the Board of Governors of the IMF and IBRD.
June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha.
1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance.
Aug 1996-Dec 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce.
March 1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha.
June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha.
May 2004: Appointed Prime Minister of India.
May 22, 2009: Sworn in as Prime Minister of India for the second time.
— IANS
(Courtesy: Saturday, May 23, 2009, Chandigarh, India)