Adesh Partap Singh Kairon

Adaish Pratap Singh Kairon
Personal details
Political party Akali Dal
Spouse(s) Parneet Kaur[1]
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 is currently the longest serving 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.[2][3]

He holds a BTech degree from Punjab Engineering College and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.[1] He has two sons.

References

  1. 1 2 Bajwa, Harpreet (3 March 2007). "In new Akali Cabinet, 3 ministers are CM's kin". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Badal family gainfully employed in public life!". Bombay News.
  3. ↑ "Punjab politics: It's all in the family". Times of India. 4 January 2007.


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