Adaish Pratap Singh Kairon | |
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Political party | Akali Dal |
Spouse(s) | Parneet Kaur |
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.
He holds a BTech degree from Punjab Engineering College and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He has two sons.