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Capt. Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh
Captain Amarinder Singh.jpg
26th Chief Minister of Punjab
Assumed office
16 March 2017
Governor V. P. Singh Badnore
Preceded by Parkash Singh Badal
In office
26 February 2002 – 1 March 2007
Preceded by Parkash Singh Badal
Succeeded by Parkash Singh Badal
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
11 March 2017
Preceded by Preneet Kaur
Constituency Patiala Urban
In office
2002–2014
Preceded by Surjit Singh Kohli
Succeeded by Preneet Kaur
Constituency Patiala Town
In office
1992–1997
Preceded by Hardial Singh Rajla
Succeeded by Jagtar Singh Rajla
Constituency Samana
In office
1985–1992
Preceded by Avtar Singh
Succeeded by Harminder Singh
Constituency Talwandi Sabo
Member of Parliament
In office
2014 – 23 November 2016
Preceded by Navjot Singh Sidhu
Succeeded by Gurjit Singh Aujla
Constituency Amritsar
In office
1980–1984
Preceded by Gurcharan Singh Tohra
Succeeded by Charanjit Singh Walia
Constituency Patiala
Personal details
Born (1942-03-11) 11 March 1942 (age 75)
Patiala, Punjab Province, British India
Political party Indian National Congress (1980–84; 1998–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s) Preneet Kaur (m. 1964)
Children 2, including Raninder Singh
Parents
Website Official website
Military service
Allegiance  India
Service/branch Indian Army
Years of service 1963–1965
Rank Captain
Unit Sikh Regiment

Captain Amarinder Singh (born 11 March 1942) is an Indian politician, who is currently the 26th Chief Minister of Punjab. An elected Member of the Legislative Assembly from Patiala, he is also the president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, the state division of the Indian National Congress. He has also previously served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002-2007. His father was the last king of the erstwhile state of Patiala. He also worked for the Indian Army from 1963 to 1966. In 1980, he won a seat in the Lok Sabha for the first time.

Singh is the son of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh and Maharani Mohinder Kaur of Patiala belonging to the Phulkian dynasty of Sidhu Brar descent. He attended the Welham Boys' School and Lawrence School Sanawar before going to The Doon School,Dehradun. He has one son, Raninder Singh, and one daughter, Jai Inder Kaur, who is married to a Delhi-based businessman, Gurpal Singh. His wife, Preneet Kaur, served as an MP and was Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2014.

His elder sister Heminder Kaur is married to former foreign minister K. Natwar Singh. He is also related to Shiromani Akali Dal (A) supremo and former IPS Officer Simranjit Singh Mann. Mann's wife and Amarinder Singh's wife, Preneet Kaur, are sisters.


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