Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist, scholar and politician who served as the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. As the first Sikh in office, Singh was also Prime Minister. The first since Jawaharlal Nehru was reelected after the completion of the five - year term. Born in Gah, West Punjab, present-day Pakistan, Singh's family emigrated to India during zoning in 1947. After earning a doctorate in economics at Oxford, Singh worked for the United Nations from 1966 to 1969. He then began his bureaucratic career when Lalit Narayan Mishra hired him as an advisor to the Ministry of Commerce. and Industry. During the 1970s and 1980s, Singh held a number of key positions in the Indian government such as Chief Economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank and Head of Planning.
Prime Minister of India for the thirteenth time, and a member of the Indian National Congress, the United Front, and the United Progressive Alliance coalitions. He became Prime Minister in 2004 and holds the distinction of being the first Sikh Prime Minister.
