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Sukhbir Singh Badal

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  • Born 09 July 1962
  • Age 62
  • Birth Place Faridkot, Punjab, India
  • Profession Politician
  • Political Party Shiromani Akali Dal
  • In Office Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 23 May 2019 - 4 June 2024, Deputy Chief Minister Of Punjab 10 August 2009 - 11 March 2017, Union Minister Of State For Industry 19 March 1998 - 12 October 1999, Member Of Punjab Legislative Assembly August 2009 - May 2019
  • Residence Chandigarh

Sukhbir Singh Badal BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 08 Feb 2025
Sukhbir Singh Badal, a name synonymous with power and controversy in Punjab, has dominated the state's political landscape for decades. The former member of Parliament from the Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency is the president of Siromani Akali Dal (SAD). Born in 1962, Badal inherited political li...

Sukhbir Singh Badal PERSONAL LIFE

Father Parkash Singh Badal
Spouse Harsimrat Kaur Badal

POSITIONS HELD BY Sukhbir Singh Badal

Position Tenure
Member of Rajya Sabha N/A
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly N/A
Member of the 11th Lok Sabha N/A
Member of the 12th Lok Sabha N/A
Member of the 17th Lok Sabha N/A
Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab (India) 21 January 2009 - 1 July 2009
Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab (India) 10 August 2009 - 14 March 2012
Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab (India) 14 March 2012 - 16 March 2017
Member of the 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly 12 March 2017 - 22 May 2019
Member of the 14th Punjab Legislative Assembly 19 March 2012 - 11 March 2017

SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL NEWS

In Jalandhar, SAD chief meets Hamdard amid party infighting

June 30, 2024 7:23 am

This is the first meeting between Badal and Hamdard since the rebel faction’s meeting in Hamdard’s farmhouse in Jalandhar on June 21 and in another location in Jalandhar on June 25. 

As Sukhbir Badal-led Akali faction faces heat, eyes on editor of an influential Punjabi daily

June 30, 2024 4:06 am

Barjinder Singh Hamdard, owner-editor of Ajit, former Rajya Sabha MP and Padma Bhushan awardee, has an association with the party going back to Parkash Badal

Why Punjab needs the Akali Dal

June 28, 2024 11:35 pm

The Akalis must return to their roots and regain their lost ground. With the revival of Akali Dal in Punjab, there emerges the prospect of keeping away the hardliners from entering the fray

On thanksgiving tour, Sukhbir Singh Badal: have no greed for power, will continue to serve

June 08, 2024 10:56 am

The tour came amid rumblings of leadership change due to poor Lok Sabha results in which 10 out of 13 Lok Sabha candidates of Shiromani Akali Dal lost their security deposits.

‘What is dynastic politics? These are elected leaders. But BJP wants to be in power forever. So is dictatorship ok?... It is shunning own retirement age’: Sukhbir Badal

May 24, 2024 1:39 am

“BJP scheduled seats in Punjab in the last phase because it thought parties would break. But we are intact. Mark my words, Bhagwant Mann will split AAP after the elections and join BJP,” says the Akali Dal president

Hours after expulsion from Akali Dal, ex-Punjab speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon’s son joins BJP

May 16, 2024 6:33 pm

Ravi Karan Singh Kahlon had lost the Dera Baba Nanak Assembly seat to Congress’s Sukhjinder Randhawa, now the party’s Gurdaspur Lok Sabha election candidate.

Badals and Chautalas: More than an alliance, connection of hearts

May 05, 2024 8:41 am

Their families continue to nurture the ties that SAD patron Parkash Badal and INLD founder Chaudhary Devi Lal shared

The evolution of Sukhbir Singh Badal: Year since father’s death, how Akali Dal chief is going about filling his shoes

March 18, 2024 9:36 am

The former Punjab Deputy CM has assiduously worked to unite SAD, invoking his father Parkash Singh Badal’s legacy as he tries to reverse the party’s shrinking footprint

Dhindsa makes gharwapsi, merges party with Badals

March 06, 2024 8:05 am

Sukhbir says ‘a historic day’, appeals to Bibi Jagir Kaur to return to SAD fold

Who was Master Tara Singh for whom the SAD sought Bharat Ratna

February 14, 2024 7:54 am

A founding member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the Shiromani Akali Dal, Master Tara Singh is said to have played a crucial role in guiding Sikhs during the freedom struggle, Partition and the Punjabi Suba movement.

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