Office: | Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 1997 |
Term End: | 2017 |
Predecessor: | Sakhwinder Singh |
Successor: | Harminder Singh Gill |
Constituency: | Patti |
Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon | |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1959[1] |
Birth Place: | Amritsar, Punjab, India |
Party: | Shiromani Akali Dal |
Spouse: | Parneet Kaur |
Alma Mater: | Punjab Engineering College, Kellogg School of Management |
Parents: | Surinder Singh Kairon and Kusum Kumari |
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.[2] [3]
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.[4] He has two sons.
Kairon was expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal on May 25, 2024 due to participating in anti-party actions. The decision was taken after Virsa Singh Valtoha made a complaint against Kairon. [5]