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General Vijay Kumar Singh, (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. Most of his military career was spent in special forces roles, including service in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and U.S. Army Ranger training; he was the first commando to be promoted to the rank of General. 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 ''Courage and Conviction: An Autobiography''. ==Early life and education== Vijay Kumar Singh was born in a Rajput family at Bapora village, Bhiwani district, Haryana. His father was a colonel in the Indian Army and grandfather a Junior Commissioned Officer. Singh was educated at Birla Public School, Pilani, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vijay Kumar Singh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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