Manpreet Singh Badal

Manpreet Singh Badal
Minister for Finance & Planning
Government of Punjab
In office
16 March 2017 – 10 March 2022
Chief Minister
Preceded byParminder Singh Dhindsa
Succeeded byHarpal Singh Cheema
In office
2007–2010
Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal
Deputy Chief MinisterSukhbir Singh Badal
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
11 March 2017 – 10 March 2022
SpeakerRana K.P. Singh
Deputy SpeakerAjaib Singh Bhatti
Preceded bySarup Chand Singla
Succeeded byJagroop Singh Gill
ConstituencyBathinda Urban
In office
1995–2012
Preceded byRaghubir Singh
Succeeded byAmrinder Singh Raja Warring
ConstituencyGidderbaha
Personal details
Born (1962-07-26) 26 July 1962 (age 62)
Badal, Punjab, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations
SpouseVinu Badal[1]
Children2
Parent
RelativesBadal family

Manpreet Singh Badal (born 26 July 1962) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the former Finance Minister of Punjab. He resigned from Indian National Congress on 18 January 2023 and joined the BJP the same day.

He has been member of Punjab Legislative Assembly five times (1995, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2017), and has been finance minister twice. His first stint as Finance Minister was in the government led by Parkash Singh Badal from 2007 to 2010.[2][3] This was his second stint as Finance Minister. He has presented the Punjab budget a record nine times — the maximum for any minister in Punjab.