Adesh Partap Singh Kairon

Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon (born 26 February 1959)born in Dhillon jatt sikh family. He 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.^[3][4]

Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office 1997–2017
Preceded by	Sakhwinder Singh
Succeeded by	Harminder Singh Gill
Constituency	Patti
Personal details
Born	(1959-02-26) 26 February 1959 (age 66)[1] Amritsar, Punjab, India
Political party	Shiromani Akali Dal
Spouse	Parneet Kaur[2]
Parent(s)	Surinder Singh Kairon and Kusum Kumari
Alma mater	Punjab Engineering College, Kellogg School of Management

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.^[2] He has two sons, Dilsher and Jayant Singh.^{[citation needed]}

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]