Manoj Sinha
Manoj Sinha | |
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Sinha in 2024 | |
| 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| Assumed office 7 August 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Chief Minister | Vacant (till 2024) Omar Abdullah (from 2024) |
| Preceded by | G. C. Murmu |
| Union Minister of State | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 24 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Ministry | Term |
| Railways (MoS) | 26 May 2014 – 30 May 2019 |
| Communications (MoS I/C) | 5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019 |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Radhe Mohan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Afzal Ansari |
| Constituency | Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 6 October 1999 – 16 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Omprakash Singh |
| Succeeded by | Afzal Ansari |
| Constituency | Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Vishwanath Shastri |
| Succeeded by | Omprakash Singh |
| Constituency | Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1959 Mohanpura, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse |
Neelam Sinha (m. 1977) |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi |
| Profession | Civil engineer |
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Manoj Sinha (born 1 July 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and the current lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He served as the minister of state for Communications (independent charge) and minister of state for Railways in the government of India. Sinha was elected to the Lok Sabha, representing Ghazipur parliamentary constituency for three terms from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sinha was in the race for the post of Uttar Pradesh chief minister after the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.