Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon (born 1959) is a politician from

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, 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. Kairon belongs to the

Kairon Kairon, is a small historical Indian village of the historical places like Gurudwara Jhar Sahib . this village in the district of Tarn-Taran, located in the north-west of Punjab. The village is home to a majority of Dhillon Jatt Sikhs. The vi ...

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 Parkash Singh Badal ( pa, ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ; born 8 December 1927) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab state from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017. He i ...

and brother-in-law of

Sukhbir Singh Badal Sukhbir Singh Badal (born 9 July 1962) is an Indian politician and the president of Shiromani Akali Dal, and is currently a member of Parliament from the Firozpur. He served as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab from 2009 to 2017. He is the son of ...

. He is also a nephew (by marriage) of

Harcharan Singh Brar Harcharan Singh Brar (21 January 1922 – 6 September 2009) was an Indian politician belonging to the Punjab unit of Indian National Congress. He was the 13th Chief Minister of Punjab and held this position from 31 August 1995 to 21 Novembe ...

. Kairon holds a BE degree from Punjab Engineering College and an MBA from

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. He has two sons.

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1959 births Living people Shiromani Akali Dal politicians State cabinet ministers of Punjab, India {{PunjabIN-SAD-politician-stub