Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer

Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 June 2024
Preceded bySimranjit Singh Mann
ConstituencySangrur
Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab
In office
19 March 2022 – 27 June 2024
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
CabinetMann ministry
Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann
Ministry and Departments
  • School Education
  • Higher Education & Languages
  • Sports & Youth Services
  • Printing & Stationary
  • Governance Reforms
  • Water Resources
  • Mines & Geology
  • Conservation of Soil & Water
  • Science, Technology & Environment
ConstituencyBarnala
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
11 March 2017 – 18 June 2024
Preceded byKewal Singh Dhillon
ConstituencyBarnala
Personal details
Born
Gurmeet Singh Hayer

(1989-04-21) 21 April 1989 (age 35)
Barnala, Punjab, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
OccupationPolitician

Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer is an Indian politician affiliated with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He is currently Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Sangrur constituency. He was also a two time member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Barnala constituency. He was also a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Punjab. He first won the Legislative Assembly elections from the Aam Aadmi Party in 2017 by defeating the Indian National Congress's candidate Kewal Singh Dhillon.[1] In the 2022 Legislative Assembly elections, he again won the Barnala constituency by a huge margin by securing almost 50% of the votes polled. He held various important portfolios in the Mann ministry, like the Minister of the Department of Higher Education & Languages, Governance Reforms, Sports & Youth Services, Science Technology & Environment and Printing & Stationery.[2][3] He is also the in-charge of the Youth Wing of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab.[4]

His fields of interest are Sports, Environment & Climate Change and he is a wildlife lover who roots for the cause of Animal Welfare.

  1. ^ "Kewal Dhillon defeated - AAP candidate Meet Hayer wins Barnala Assembly Poll". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Mann keeps Home, 26 others, gives Finance to Cheema; Mines to Bains". 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Akalis defaming farmers: AAP". Tribuneindia News Service. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.