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Adesh Partap Singh Kairon
Adaish Pratap Singh Kairon | |
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| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1997–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sakhwinder Singh |
| Succeeded by | Harminder Singh Gill |
| Constituency | Patti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 February 1959[1] Amritsar, Punjab |
| Political party | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| Spouse(s) | Parneet Kaur[2] |
| Parent(s) | Surinder Singh Kairon and Kusum Kumari |
| Alma mater | Punjab Engineering College, Kellogg School of Management |
Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon (born 1959) is a politician from Punjab, India. He belongs to the Kairon political family and was the longest served minister in the state of Punjab. He is the great-grandson of Nihal Singh Kairon, grandson of Pratap Singh Kairon, son of Surinder Singh Kairon, son-in-law of Parkash Singh Badal, nephew of Harcharan Singh Brar and brother-in-law of Sukhbir Singh Badal. He is a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly in the Punjab Legislative Assembly from the Patti Constituency. He has served thrice as a minister. He has held the portfolios of Excise and Taxation, Food and IT.[3][4]
He holds a BE degree from Punjab Engineering College and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.[2] He has two sons.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ page 4 of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium Archived 25 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 13 March 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bajwa, Harpreet (3 March 2007). "In new Akali Cabinet, 3 ministers are CM's kin". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ↑ "Badal family gainfully employed in public life!". Bombay News. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ↑ "Punjab politics: It's all in the family". The Times of India. 4 January 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
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