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Place of Birth: Imphal East district, Manipur, India
About N. Biren Singh
- Nongthombam Biren Singh (born 1 January 1961) is an Indian politician and former footballer and journalist.
- He is the current Chief Minister of Manipur.He began his career as a footballer and got recruited in the Border Security Force (BSF) playing for its team in domestic competitions.
- He resigned from the BSF and turned to journalism.
- Despite having had no formal training and experience, he began the vernacular daily Naharolgi Thoudang in 1992 and worked as the editor till 2001.Turning to politics in 2002, Singh joined the Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party and won the assembly elections from Heingang.
- He retained the seat in 2007 contesting with an Indian National Congress ticket after joining the party in 2003.
- Serving as the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, he quit the party in 2016 before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- In 2017, he retained his seat from Heingang again and was named the Chief Minister after his party gained Coalition and formed the government.N.
- Biren Singh was awarded Champions of Change in 2018 for his exceptional work to the nation.
- The award was conferred by the Vice-President of India Sri.
- Venkaiah Naidu at Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi.
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