Manmohan Singh (born September 26, 1932 in Gah, West Punjab -- now in Pakistan) is the fourteenth Prime Minister of India. He is from the Indian National Congress party. A member of the Sikh faith, Singh was sworn in on May 22, 2004 as India's first non-Hindu Prime Minister.

Singh is widely regarded as the architect of India's economic reform programme. His policies of economic liberalizations and reforms as finance minister under the Narasimha Rao government in the 1990s, including reduction of several redundant socialist policies, brought the country back from a looming economic bankruptcy. He is an economist, formerly connected with the International Monetary Fund and was educated at Nuffield College, Oxford, St John's College, Cambridge and Punjab University.

Although his economic policies were widely popular, especially among the middle class, he lost his election to the Lok Sabha from South Delhi in 1999. He has been the member of the Rajya Sabha from Assam since 1991 and the Leader of the Opposition (1998 - 2004).

A rather low-key politician, Manmohan Singh has had a "squeaky clean" image and was advisor to Sonia Gandhi throughout the election campaign in 2004. He was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2002.

Singh has been married since 1958, and has three daughters. His appointment is also notable as it comes 20 years after India witnessed significant trouble between the Indian Government and the Sikh community, which ultimately led to the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

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