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N. Biren Singh

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Nongthombam Biren Singh (Meitei pronunciation: /nōng-thōm-bam bī-ren sīng/; born 1 January 1961) is an Indian politician, former footballer and journalist who served as the 12th Chief Minister of Manipur from 2017 to 2025 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has represented the Heingang Assembly constituency in the Manipur Legislative Assembly since 2002. Besides being the chairman of Shree Govindaji Temple Board, he is the first incumbent Chief Minister who serves as the president of the Lainingthou Sanamahi Temple Board (LSTB), the temple development board of Lainingthou Sanamahi of the Sanamahi religion since 2021. Joining politics in 2002, Biren joined the Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party and won the assembly elections from Heingang. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). N. Biren Singh is the 17,847th most popular politician (up from 18,620th in 2024), the 1,018th most popular biography from India (up from 1,224th in 2019) and the 255th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, N. Biren Singh ranks 17,846 out of 19,576. Before him are Irakli Okruashvili, James Abourezk, Arlen Specter, Russell Carpenter, and Wade Hampton III. After him are Audronius Ažubalis, Eugen Bejinariu, Radiy Khabirov, Gideon Welles, Eduardo Paes, Cristina Cifuentes, and Chris Van Hollen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, N. Biren Singh ranks 661. Before him are Frank Dikötter, Leif Garrett, Oksen Mirzoyan, André Hoffmann, Dale Dickey, and Larysa Berezhna. After him are Michie Tomizawa, Frank Bruno, Mary Kay Bergman, Jos Lansink, Mahamat Kamoun, and Michael Schulz.

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In India

Among people born in India, N. Biren Singh ranks 1,018 out of 1,861. Before him are Manohar Lal Khattar (1954), Virat Kohli (1988), Jamuna (1936), George Koovakad (1973), Nitin Gadkari (1957), and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1944). After him are B. Saroja Devi (1938), Raja Ramanna (1925), Mahendra Kapoor (1934), Mani Ratnam (1956), Shreya Ghoshal (1984), and Anu Aggarwal (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, N. Biren Singh ranks 255. Before him are Margaret Alva (1942), Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (1959), Manohar Lal Khattar (1954), Nitin Gadkari (1957), and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1944). After him are Asaf Ali (1888), Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1916), Arun Shourie (1941), Nandini Satpathy (1931), Aruna Roy (1946), and Rabri Devi (1956).

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