Adesh 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 (age 65)[1]
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Political partyShiromani Akali Dal
SpouseParneet Kaur[2]
Parent(s)Surinder Singh Kairon and Kusum Kumari
Alma materPunjab 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

  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. ^ a b 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". The Times of India. 4 January 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.


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