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Giriraj Singh

PEP · Politician

Giriraj Singh is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Giriraj Singh · Singh, Shri Giriraj · گری راج سنگھ · गिरिराज सिंह · গিরিরাজ সিং · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Giriraj Singh · गिरिराज सिंह · গিরিরাজ সিং · ગિરિરાજ સિંહ · ରିରିରାଜ ସିଂହ · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	基里拉吉·辛格				[sources]
Birth date	1952-09-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Barahiya · Barahiya, Distt. Lakhisarai, Bihar				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	giriraj.singh@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Giriraj				[sources]
Last name	Singh				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Website	girirajsingh.in				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16736894				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2019) · Member of the 17th Lok Sabha (2019-) · Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (2019-2021) · Minister of Panchayati Raj (2021-) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Graduate Educated at Magadh University · Magadh University				[sources]
Status	Sitting				[sources]
Address	27, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi -110 003 · Village Post Barahiya District Lakhisarai Lakhisarai Bihar				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-20	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Indian politician (born 1952)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-21

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Uma Sinha Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Lok Sabha	2019-06-17	2024-02-10

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,955

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,969

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

India · Parliament of India

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,615

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,738

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,324

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,351

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-india-giriraj-singh-minister-of-textiles · evpo-efb72284-962a-4d56-be94-8dad09f0ed9e · in-sansad-ls-4641

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