Vijay Kumar Singh

General Vijay Kumar Singh(Retired), PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC (born 10 May 1951) is an Indian politician and a retired four star general in the Indian Army. In May 2014, he was appointed as the Minister of State of External Affairs and Minister of state (independent charge) for North East Region in the NDA-led Indian Government. On 10 November 2014, the Development of North Eastern Region ministry was passed to Jitendra Singh.During his military career, Singh served as the 24th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 2010 to 2012. He became the first serving Indian military chief to take the Government of India to court.In 2014, after his retirement from the military, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was elected as the Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha in the Indian general elections, 2014, from the Ghaziabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh.He has written his autobiographical book, Courage and Conviction.

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