Adesh Partap Singh Kairon
Adesh 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 | [1] Amritsar, Punjab, India | 26 February 1959
Political party | Shiromani Akali Dal |
Spouse | 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 26 February 1959) is a politician from Punjab, India. 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]
Kairon 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 and brother-in-law of Sukhbir Singh Badal. He is also a nephew (by marriage) of Harcharan Singh Brar.
Kairon 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
- ^ page 4 of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium Archived 25 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 13 March 2020.
- ^ a b 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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