Rajnath Singh (born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician. He is the current Defence Minister since 2019. He is the former Home Minister of India in 2014-2019. He was the President of Bharatiya Janata Party twice from 2005 to 2009 and 2013 to 2014. He was also Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2000 to 2002. He was a cabinet minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Government.