Kiran Singh Deo

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Kiran Singh Deo (born 17 September 1962) is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh. He is a Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly representing Jagdalpur, elected in 2023 by defeating Jatin Jaiswal of the Congress by 29,834 votes. He serves as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh, taking office in December 2023, succeeding Arun Sao. Deo hails from Jagdalpur in Bastar district and is the son of Laxminarayan Deo. He earned an LLB degree from Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, in 1989 and works as an advocate. He is married to a government schoolteacher and resides in Jagdalpur. Earlier in his career, he led BJP Yuva Morcha in Jagdalpur (2002–2005) and served as Mayor of Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation from 2009 to 2014. He was also general secretary of the BJP in Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2022.