Vishwanath Pratap Singh

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), was an Indian politician. He was the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990.^[1] He was born in Allahabad, United Provinces, British India.

Vishwanath Pratap Singh
विश्वनाथ प्रताप सिंह
Singh, c. 1983
Prime Minister of India
Raja Bahadur of Manda
In office 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
President	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Vice President	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Deputy	Devi Lal (until 1 August 1990)
Preceded by	Rajiv Gandhi
Succeeded by	Chandra Shekhar
Union Minister of External Affairs
In office 2 December 1989 – 5 December 1989
Preceded by	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Succeeded by	Inder Kumar Gujral
Union Minister of Defence
In office 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
Preceded by	K. C. Pant
Succeeded by	Chandra Shekhar
In office 24 January 1987 – 12 April 1987
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	Rajiv Gandhi
Succeeded by	K. C. Pant
Union Minister of Finance
In office 31 December 1984 – 23 January 1987
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	Pranab Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Rajiv Gandhi
Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
In office December 1984 – April 1987
Preceded by	Pranab Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Narayan Datt Tiwari
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office 9 June 1980 – 19 July 1982
Governor	Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
Preceded by	Banarsi Das
Succeeded by	Sripati Mishra
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 1983–1988
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1989–1996
Preceded by	Hari Krishna Shastri
Succeeded by	Vishambhar Prasad Nishad
Constituency	Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
In office 1980–1980
Preceded by	Janeshwar Mishra
Succeeded by	Krishna Prakash Tiwari
Constituency	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
In office 1988–1989
Preceded by	Amitabh Bachchan
Succeeded by	Janeshwar Mishra
Constituency	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
In office 1971–1977
Preceded by	Janeshwar Mishra
Succeeded by	Kamala Bahuguna
Constituency	Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh
President of Jan Morcha
In office 1988
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Raj Babbar
President of Janata Dal
In office 1988 – 1997
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Sharad Yadav

Singh died of multiple myeloma in New Delhi on 27 November 2008 at the age of 77.