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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charging member that is extremely excellent in the effect of preventing contamination of an object to be charged and excellent in surface contamination resistance. A charging member including a conductive elastic body layer containing a cross-linked rubber component, which is disposed in an electrophotographic apparatus and charges a surface of an object to be charged in a state where a voltage is applied. A reaction product of a siloxane having an isocyanate group at the terminal and a hydrolyzable compound having a structure represented by the following general formula (1) and the rubber on one or both of the surface and the surface of the charging member Charging member with mixed components: General formula (1) (R 4) xM (R 5 ) n-x (In the above formula, R 4 represents a hydrolyzable group, M represents an element having a valence of p, p and x each independently represents an integer of 3 or more, and R 5 represents a monovalent organic group. Show). [Selection] Figure 1 |