Rustam Singh (politician)

Rustam Singh
Rustam Singh in 2016
Cabinet Minister, Madhya Pradesh
In office
30 June 2016 – December 2018
Ministry and Departments Health and Family Welfare
Succeeded by Tulsi Silawat
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2013 – December 2018
Succeeded by Raghuraj Singh Kansana
Constituency Morena South
Personal details
Born 9 July 1945
Nationality Indian
Political party Bahujan Samaj Party
Other political
affiliations
Bhartiya Janata Party (2003-2023)
Residence Madhya Pradesh
Profession Politician

Rustam Singh (born July 9, 1945 in village Girgao Gwalior, (Madhya Pradesh) is an Indian politician and member of the Bahujan Samaj Party. He is a former member of Madhya Pradesh Assembly from South constituency of Morena. He lost in 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election from Morena against the Indian National Congress leader.

He is a former IPS officer and served as Inspector General of Raipur.

Political career

He was Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare, Food and Civil Supplies, Public Health and Family Welfare, Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare, Biodiversity and Biotechnology and Panchayat and Rural Development in 2003. He was re-inducted in Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet as Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare.