Vishwanath Pratap Singh

**Vishwanath Pratap Singh** (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), was an Indian politician. He was the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990. He was born in Allahabad, United Provinces, British India.

Singh died of multiple myeloma in New Delhi on 27 November 2008 at the age of 77.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Vishwanath Pratap Singh
- **image**: File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg
- **alt**: V. P. Singh
- **caption**: Singh,
- **office**: Prime Minister of India
- **president**: Ramaswamy Venkataraman
- **vicepresident**: Shankar Dayal Sharma
- **term start**: 2 December 1989
- **term end**: 10 November 1990
- **deputy**: Devi Lal (until 1 August 1990)
- **predecessor**: Rajiv Gandhi
- **successor**: Chandra Shekhar
- **office2**: Minister of Defence (India), Union Minister of Defence
- **term start2**: 2 December 1989
- **term end2**: 10 November 1990
- **predecessor2**: K. C. Pant
- **successor2**: Chandra Shekhar
- **primeminister3**: Rajiv Gandhi
- **term start3**: 24 January 1987
- **term end3**: 12 April 1987
- **predecessor3**: Rajiv Gandhi
- **successor3**: K. C. Pant
- **office4**: Minister of Finance (India), Union Minister of Finance
- **primeminister4**: Rajiv Gandhi
- **term start4**: 31 December 1984
- **term end4**: 23 January 1987
- **predecessor4**: Pranab Mukherjee
- **successor4**: Rajiv Gandhi
- **office6**: List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- **governor6**: Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
- **term start6**: 9 June 1980
- **term end6**: 19 July 1982
- **predecessor6**: Banarsi Das
- **successor6**: Sripati Mishra
- **office5**: Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha), Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
- **term start5**: December 1984
- **term end5**: April 1987
- **predecessor5**: Pranab Mukherjee
- **successor5**: Narayan Datt Tiwari
- **office7**: Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
- **term start7**: 1983
- **term end7**: 1988
- **constituency7**: List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
- **office9**: Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
- **term start9**: 1989
- **term end9**: 1996
- **constituency9**: Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency), Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
- **predecessor9**: Hari Krishna Shastri
- **successor9**: Vishambhar Prasad Nishad
- **term start10**: 1980
- **term end10**: 1980
- **predecessor10**: Janeshwar Mishra
- **successor10**: Krishna Prakash Tiwari
- **constituency10**: Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
- **predecessor11**: Amitabh Bachchan
- **successor11**: Janeshwar Mishra
- **term start11**: 1988
- **term end11**: 1989
- **constituency11**: Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
- **constituency12**: Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency), Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh
- **predecessor12**: Janeshwar Mishra
- **successor12**: Kamala Bahuguna
- **term start12**: 1971
- **term end12**: 1977
- **office13**: President of Jan Morcha
- **term13**: 1988
- **predecessor13**: _Position established_
- **successor13**: Raj Babbar
- **office15**: President of Janata Dal
- **term15**: 1988  1997
- **predecessor15**: _Position established_
- **successor15**: Sharad Yadav
- **office1**: Minister of External Affairs (India), Union Minister of External Affairs
- **term start1**: 2 December 1989
- **term end1**: 5 December 1989
- **predecessor1**: P. V. Narasimha Rao
- **successor1**: Inder Kumar Gujral
- **title**: Raja Bahadur of Manda (zamindari), Manda
- **throne**: Manda (zamindari), Manda
- **pretend from**: 1971–2008
- **year**: **Sovereign Monarchy**
1947 (Instrument of Accession)
**Titular Monarchy**
1971 (Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India, 26th Amendment of the Indian Constitution)
- **native name**: विश्वनाथ प्रताप सिंह