Manmohan Singh 13th Prime Minister of India Incumbent Assumed office 22 May 2004 President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee Preceded by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Minister of Finance In office 26 June 2012 – 31 July 2012 Preceded by Pranab Mukherjee Succeeded by P. Chidambaram In office 30 November 2008 – 24 January 2009 Preceded by P. Chidambaram Succeeded by Pranab Mukherjee In office 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao Preceded by Yashwant Sinha Succeeded by Jaswant Singh Minister of Railways In office 19 May 2011 – 13 July 2011 Preceded by Mamata Banerjee Succeeded by Dinesh Trivedi Minister of External Affairs In office 6 November 2005 – 24 October 2006 Preceded by K. Natwar Singh Succeeded by Pranab Mukherjee Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission In office 15 January 1985 – 31 August 1987 Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Preceded by P. V. Narasimha Rao Succeeded by P. Shiv Shankar Governor of the Reserve Bank of India In office 15 September 1982 – 15 January 1985 Preceded by I. G. Patel Succeeded by Amitav Ghosh Personal details Born 26 September 1932 (age 80) Gah, British India (now Pakistan)[1] Political party Indian National Congress (1991–present) Other political affiliations United Front (1996–2004) United Progressive Alliance (2004–present) Spouse(s) Gursharan Kaur (1958–present) Children Upinder Daman Amrit Residence Panchavati Alma mater Panjab University, Chandigarh St John's College, Cambridge Nuffield College, Oxford Religion Sikhism Signature Website Prime Minister's Office Sorry for a belated wishes sir