| Balbir Singh | |
| Birth Date: | 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Patiala, India |
| Party: | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Father: | Piyara Singh |
| Office: | Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency: | Patiala Rural |
| Predecessor: | Brahm Mohindra |
| Term Start: | 16 March 2022 |
| Office1: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab |
| Subterm1: | Cabinet |
| Suboffice1: | Mann ministry |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Bhagwant Mann |
| 2Blankname1: | Departments |
| Predecessor1: | Chetan Singh Jauramajra |
| Term Start1: | 07 January 2023 |
| Office2: | Convener of Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab |
| Term Start2: | 21 March 2018 |
| Term End2: | 31 January 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Bhagwant Mann |
| Successor2: | Bhagwant Mann |
| Office3: | Co-convener of Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab |
| Predecessor3: | Aman Arora |
| Successor3: | Aman Arora |
| Term Start3: | 21 March 2018 |
| Term End3: | 31 January 2019 |
| Alma Mater: | Panjab University, Chandigarh |
Balbir Singh is an Indian politician from Punjab, who belongs to Aam Aadmi Party.[1] He has taken the oath of cabinet minister of Punjab and given the portfolio of Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education and Research and Elections on 7th January 2023.[2]
Before entering politics, he retired as Associate Professor and is presently working as an Eye Surgeon at Patiala. He did his MBBS from Punjab University, Chandigarh in the year of 1979.[1]
He also participated, at the young age, in JP Movement in 1974 and in 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. Before 2014 Indian general election he joined Aam Aadmi Party.[3]
He served as the caretaker Convener of Aam Aadmi Party of Punjab[4] after Party’s National Convener Arvind Kejriwal's apology from Bikram Singh Majithia. After the apology, both the Convener and Co-Convener of Party, Bhagwant Mann and Aman Arora respectively, resigned from their posts. Upon this, Balbir Singh was appointed the Co-convener and caretaker Convener of Party’s Punjab unit.[5]
In 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Party announced him as candidate against Amarinder Singh from Patiala Rural Assembly constituency but he lost and stood at second place with more than 20,000 votes.[6]
He represents the Patiala Rural Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[7]