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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Orphan|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
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| name = Raj Lali Gill
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| office = Chairperson of [[Punjab State Commission For Women]]
| term_start = 15 March 2024
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| office1 = President Punjab Women’s Wing
| term_start1 = 7 July 2018
| term_end1 = 2021
| predecessor1 = [[Baljinder Kaur (politician)|Baljinder Kaur]]
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| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| predecessor = Smt. Manisha Gulati
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| birth_date = 17 September
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| occupation = Politician, Venture Capitalist
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| spouse = Lalinderjit Singh Gill
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'''Raj Lali Gill''' is an Indian politician and [[venture capitalist]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Raj Lali is new Pb women panel chief |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/raj-lali-gill-appointed-as-punjab-state-women-commission-chairperson/articleshow/108507347.cms |website=The Times of India |date=15 March 2024}}</ref> She is the serving chairperson of the [[Punjab State Commission For Women]] (PSCW) and a member of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=AAP leaders accuse Bains brothers of 'breaking' party |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/aap-leaders-accuse-bains-brothers-of-breaking-party-118072800620_1.html |website=Business Standard}}</ref><ref name="B1">{{cite web |title=Raj Lali Gill: A Prominent Figure in Punjab Politics and Women's Advocacy |url=https://www.brutimes.com/news/politics/raj-lali-gill-a-prominent-figure-in-punjab-politics-and-womens-advocacy |website=Bru Times News |language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Raj Lali Gill joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] in 2014 after being inspired by the work of [[Anna Hazare]] and [[Arvind Kejriwal]]. Since then, she has worked on issues affecting women in the state of [[Punjab]] and has been a strong advocate of women's rights. On 7 July 2018, Gill became the president of the Punjab Women's Wing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sack Punjab Ministers for harassing woman officer |url=https://www.uniindia.com/~/sack-punjab-minister-for-harassing-woman-officer-aap-women-wing/States/news/1387679.html |website=UNI India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Matter resolved to woman official's satisfaction: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/matter-resolved-to-woman-officials-satisfaction-punjab-chief-minister-amarinder-singh-5417071/ |website=The Indian Express |language=en |date=25 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kumari |first1=Neha |title=Punjab News: Former AAP Women's Wing Head, Raj Lali Gill, Appointed as Chairperson of Punjab State Women Commission |url=https://www.dnpindia.in/states/punjab/punjab-news-former-aap-womens-wing-head-raj-lali-gill-appointed-as-chairperson-of-punjab-state-women-commission/375298/ |website=DNP INDIA |date=18 March 2024}}</ref>

On 15 March 2024, Raj Lali Gill was elected as the chairperson of the [[Punjab State Commission For Women]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Press Trust Of India |url=https://www.ptinews.com/story/national/punjab-appoints-raj-lali-gill-as-chairperson-of-state-women-commission/1358666 |website=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref> a statutory body of the government which is generally concerned with advising the government on all policy matters affecting women. In her present role, Gill has quasi-judicial powers to protect women rights and crimes against them.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jail inmates' kids not getting basic facilities: Punjab Women Commission chairperson Raj Lali Gill |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/jail-inmates-kids-not-getting-basic-facilities-gill-641444/ |publisher=[[The Tribune (India)]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Punjab women panel asks DGP to probe Channi touching Bibi Jagir Kaur's chin |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjab-women-panel-asks-dgp-to-probe-channi-touching-bibi-jagir-kaurs-chin/articleshow/110098384.cms |website=The Times of India |date=14 May 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Before she went back to India, Raj Lali Gill lived in Washington, DC, for many years and grew up there. She is married to Lalinderjit Singh Gill and has a daughter named Gurpreet (Blu) Gill Maag. Gurpreet is a famous venture capitalist and former model and now lives in Singapore.<ref name="B1"/>

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