V. K. Singh

General Vijay Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC (born 10 May 1951)^[a] is an Indian military official and politician who has been the 46th and current Governor of Mizoram since 2025.^[3] He is a former four-star general in the Indian Army. He was the Minister of State for External Affairs, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of the North-Eastern Region and Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation during the Narendra Modi government.

General V. K. Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC
46th Governor of Mizoram
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 January 2025
Chief Minister	Lalduhoma
Preceded by	Kambhampati Hari Babu
Minister of State for Civil Aviation
In office 7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Jyotiraditya Scindia
Preceded by	Hardeep Singh Puri (MoS Independent charge)
Succeeded by	Murlidhar Mohol
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways
In office 30 May 2019 – 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Nitin Gadkari
Preceded by	Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Succeeded by	Ajay Tamta
Minister of State for External Affairs
In office 27 May 2014 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Sushma Swaraj
Preceded by	E. Ahamed
Succeeded by	V. Muraleedharan
Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent charge)
In office 9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Rao Inderjit Singh
Succeeded by	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (Independent charge)
In office 27 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Paban Singh Ghatowar
Succeeded by	Jitendra Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 11 June 2024
Preceded by	Rajnath Singh
Succeeded by	Atul Garg
Constituency	Ghaziabad
23rd Chief of the Army Staff
In office 31 March 2010 – 31 May 2012
President	Pratibha Patil
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Deepak Kapoor
Succeeded by	Bikram Singh
Personal details
Born	(1951-05-10) 10 May 1951 (age 74)[1] Pune, Bombay State, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Bharti Singh
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
Alma mater	National Defence Academy (BSc) Indian Military Academy Defence Services Staff College (MPhil) United States Army War College
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	14 June 1970 – 31 May 2012
Rank	General
Unit	Rajput Regiment[2]
Commands	Chief of Army Staff Eastern Command II Corps Victor Force, Rashtriya Rifles 168th Infantry Brigade 2 Rajput (Kali Chindi)
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Pawan Kargil War
Service number	IC-24173W

Notes

1. A subset of the official records of the Army misstated the year in which Singh was born (as 1950).