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{{short description|Pakistani politician and social worker|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Ramesh Singh Kushwaha]], [[Member of legislative Assembly, Ziradei, india]]}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ramesh Singh Arora
| image = File:Ramesh Singh Arora.jpg|
| office1 = [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| constituency1 = NM-368
| term_start1 = May 2013
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| birthname = Ramesh Singh Arora
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|10|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Nankana Sahib]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| nationality = [[Pakistan]]i
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| spouse =
| children =
| alma_mater = [[University of the Punjab]]
| profession = Social worker<br/>Politician
}}
'''Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora''' (born 10 November 1974) is a Pakistani politician and social worker.<ref name="Welcome to Provincial Assembly of Punjab 1974">{{cite web | title=Punjab Assembly | website=Welcome to Provincial Assembly of Punjab | date=11 October 1974 | url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1194 | accessdate=3 December 2015}}</ref>

==Biography==
Arora was born in 1974 to [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] family in [[Nankana Sahib]]. His family left [[Lyallpur]] to settle in Nankana Sahib in 1965. He received a [[Master's degree]] from the [[University of the Punjab]] in 1997 and thereafter began work with the [[World Bank]] as a microfinance and institutional development specialist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ramesh Singh Arora|url=https://www.pakpedia.pk/ramesh-singh-arora/|access-date=2021-08-30|language=en-US}}</ref> He graduated with an MBA in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1194|title = Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory}}</ref>

In 2013, he became the first [[Sikh]] in 63 years to be elected as a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ramesh Arora: The other Singh Saab|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ramesh-Arora-The-other-Singh-Saab/articleshow/28696633.cms}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora became the first Sikh in close to 67 years who entered into Pakistan's biggest provincial assembly|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/564418/first-sikh-parliamentarian-in-67-years-makes-history/}}</ref> He served as a Member of the National Commission for Minorities between 2011-2013, General Secretary of the [[Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]] during 2009-13 and as Chief Executive of the Mojaz Foundation between 2008-13. He currently acts as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Commerce & Investment, is Patron-in-chief of the [[Pakistan Sikh Council]], and a member of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan Sikh Council Chairman Sardar Ramesh Singh|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/09/the-killing-of-the-sikhs/}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Pakistani Sikhs]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Nankana Sahib District]]
[[Category:University of the Punjab alumni]]
[[Category:Pakistani social workers]]
[[Category:1974 births]]

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