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Virendra Singh

PEP · Politician

Virendra 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	Singh, Shri Virendra · Virendra Singh · वीरेन्द्र सिंह · বীরেন্দ্র সিং				[sources]
Alias	Virendra Singh · वीरेन्द्र सिंह · বীরেন্দ্র সিং · વીરેન્દ્ર સિંહ · ବୀରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସିଂହ · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1956-10-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Ballia · Dokati, Distt. Ballia (Uttar Pradesh)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	virendra.singh19@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Virendra				[sources]
Last name	Singh				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q17090493				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha · Member of the 17th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	B.A. Educated at Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U.), Varanasi · Banaras Hindu University				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	11, Windsor Place, · Vill. and P.O. Dokati,				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-03	Last processed	2026-04-03	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

As National President, B.J.P. Kisan Morcha, started `Kisan Samvad` for understanding problems faced by farmers and promting farmer welfare schemes. Also started Gaon Chalo Abhiyaan` to promote awareness among farmers and villagers especially in the field of agriculture; As State Co-coordinator for Swadeshi Jagran Manch, organized various programmes aimed at promoting of Swadeshi products; Being an R.S.S. member, taking initiatives for upliftment of Scheduled Tribes

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

Lok Sabha member for Bhadohi, India

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. Renu Singh Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the 16th Lok Sabha	-	-

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,816

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

India · Parliament of India

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,703

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,334

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata328,010

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-22b7c53e-2601-418d-9b67-e3ef937452a2 · in-sansad-ls-3608

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