Adesh Partap Singh Kairon

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]

Adaish Pratap Singh Kairon
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
1997–2017
Preceded bySakhwinder Singh
Succeeded byHarminder Singh Gill
ConstituencyPatti
Personal details
Born (1959-02-26) 26 February 1959[1]
Amritsar, Punjab
Political partyShiromani Akali Dal
Spouse(s)Parneet Kaur[2]
ParentsSurinder Singh Kairon and Kusum Kumari
Alma materPunjab Engineering College, Kellogg School of Management

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.

References
  1. page 4 of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium Archived 25 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 13 March 2020.
  2. Bajwa, Harpreet (3 March 2007). "In new Akali Cabinet, 3 ministers are CM's kin". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. "Badal family gainfully employed in public life!". Bombay News. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  4. "Punjab politics: It's all in the family". Times of India. 4 January 2007.


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