Preneet Kaur

Preneet Kaur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byDharamvir Gandhi
Succeeded byDharamvir Gandhi
ConstituencyPatiala
In office
10 October 1999 – 18 May 2014
Preceded byPrem Singh Chandumajra
Succeeded byDharamvir Gandhi
ConstituencyPatiala
Minister of State for External Affairs
In office
28 May 2009 – October 2012[1]
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byAnand Sharma
Succeeded byV. K. Singh
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
August 2014 – March 2017
Preceded byAmarinder Singh
Succeeded byAmarinder Singh
ConstituencyPatiala Urban
Personal details
Born (1944-10-03) 3 October 1944 (age 80)
Shimla, Punjab Province, British India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (since 14 March 2024)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (February 2023 - 14 March 2024) Indian National Congress (till February 2023)
Spouse
(m. 1964)
ChildrenJai Inder Kaur, Raninder Singh
Residence of Preneet Kaur, New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala.

Preneet Kaur (born 3 October 1944) is an Indian politician who served in the Government of India as a Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2014.[2] She is married to Amarinder Singh, who was the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. She joined the Congress party, to which her husband also belonged once, and contested parliamentary elections repeatedly from the Patiala constituency. In February 2023, she was suspended from the party for supporting BJP leader and her husband Amarinder Singh and campaigning for candidates of the BJP or BJP-allied parties.[3][4] She won the elections of 1999, 2004 and 2009, but lost her seat in the elections of 2014 and made a comeback by winning again in 2019.

  1. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Detailed Profile – Smt. Preneet Kaur – Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India". archive.india.gov.in. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  3. ^ Bureau, ABP News (3 February 2023). "Congress Suspends Captain Amarinder Singh's Wife And Patiala MP Preneet Kaur From Party". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 3 February 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Waje, Hemant. "Congress suspends Amarinder Singh's wife and Patiala MP Preneet Kaur". Rediff. Retrieved 3 February 2023.