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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Harpal Singh Cheema
| image = Harpal Singh Cheema Official portrait 2017.jpg
| imagesize =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|02|10}}
| birth_place = [[Nabha, Punjab]], [[India]]
| nationality =
| alma_mater = [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = [[List of Leader of Opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition in Punjab]]
| term_start1 = 27 July 2018
| term_end =
| predecessor1 = [[Sukhpal Singh Khaira]]
| successor =
| office2 = Member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<ref>[http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/72 Members detail ''punjabassembly.nic.in'']</ref>
| constituency2 = [[Dirba Assembly Constituency|Dirba]]
| term_start2 = March 2017
| predecessor2 = Balvir Singh
| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| alias =
| spouse = Smt. Manjeet Kaur
| parents = S. Mehar Singh and Smt. Dilawar Kaur
| children = 1 Daughter
| footnotes =
}}

'''Harpal Singh Cheema''' (born 10 February 1974) is an [[Aam Aadmi Party]] MLA from [[Dirba Assembly Constituency]] located in [[Sangrur District]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punjab.gov.in/mlas|title=Government of Punjab, India|website=punjab.gov.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-26}}</ref> He joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] just before the [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]. He contested from [[Dirba Assembly Constituency]] against a popular Punjabi Kabbadi player Gulzar Singh Moonak from [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] and Ajaib Singh Ratolan from [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2017 Dirba - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates|url=https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/punjab/dirba/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=India.com|language=en}}</ref>

In July 2018 he was appointed leader of opposition of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/city/chandigarh/aap-replaces-its-punjab-leader-of-opposition-sukhpal-khaira/articleshow/65151328.cms|title=AAP replaces Punjab leader of opposition Sukhpal Khaira with Harpal Singh Cheema - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-07-26}}</ref>

==Career==
A graduate from Government Ranbir College, [[Sangrur]], and having done his LLB from [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]], he also participated in student politics as a member of some Left-leaning student outfits while studying law. He led the Sangrur Bar Association in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=From Bar politics to leader of oppn in Punjab assembly, AAP’s Cheema emerges as Dalit leader |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/from-bar-politics-to-leader-of-oppn-in-punjab-assembly-aap-s-cheema-emerges-as-dalit-leader/story-fGms0I8JDGtn6iCXdFivQM.html |accessdate=22 June 2020 |publisher=The Hindustan Times |date=27 July 2018}}</ref>

In a triangular fight from Dirba, he defeated Congress candidate Ajaib Singh Ratol and [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]’s Gulzar Singh. As a lawyer, he is also fighting AAP’s Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav’s case in the district courts over accusations of Quran desecration in Malerkotla in 2016.

==Family==
Son of Mehar Singh and Manjeet Kaur, he was born in Cheema village in Dhuri subdivision, he has five siblings, two brothers and three sisters. Now he lives in Sangrur with his wife and a three-year-old daughter.

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022]]

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Srivatsan: fixed layout and improved wording

2405:201:6007:4A42:E51E:BB4A:B41D:772E at 06:49, 1 October 2021