Som Parkash | |
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| Union Minister of State, Commerce and Industry, Government of India | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Vijay Sampla |
| Succeeded by | Raj Kumar Chabbewal |
| Constituency | Hoshiarpur, Punjab |
| MLA, Punjab | |
| In office 2012-2019 | |
| Preceded by | Swarna Ram |
| Succeeded by | Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal |
| Constituency | Phagwara |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1949 Daulatpur, East Punjab, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Anita Som Parkash |
| Children | 2 |
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| Residence(s) | Phagwara, Kapurthala |
Som Parkash is a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Government of India. He was a Member of Parliament from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha Constituency and an Ex-MLA from Phagwara.[1] He is also a former Deputy Commissioner of Jalandhar and former IAS officer of 1988 batch in Punjab cadre.[2] Som Parkash, who was born on 3 April 1949,[3] received his MA (Economics) from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He began his career as a research officer in the Punjab State Planning Board in 1972. Thereafter, he became an excise and taxation officer in the Punjab Excise Department. Som Parkash has served as the deputy commissioner of Faridkot, Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar and has also held posts like the Labour Commissioner, Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) chief administrator, managing director of the Punjab Financial Corporation and director of the Social Security Department.
- ^ "Members of Legislative Assembly - BJP Punjab". Punjab BJP. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
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