Shivraj Singh Chouhan (born 5 March 1959)
is the current chief minister

Chief Minister

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 of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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. He replaced Babulal Gaur

Babulal Gaur

Babulal Gaur is a current cabinet minister in BJP ministry of Madhya Pradesh and a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, India. He was born in a Yadav family in a village in Uttar Pradesh. He served as chief minister from August 23 2004 following the resignation of Uma Bharti...

 as the chief minister on 29 November 2005. He served as General Secretary of the BJP and State President, Madhya Pradesh BJP. He joined the RSS

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

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 in 1972. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

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 and has been the president of its Madhya Pradesh state party unit in the recent past. He has been a five-time Member of Parliament

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, representing Vidisha

Vidisha (Lok Sabha constituency)

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 in the Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

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 since 1991.