Rajinder Kaur Bhattal

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
14th Chief Minister of Punjab
In office
21 November 1996 – 11 February 1997
Preceded byHarcharan Singh Brar
Succeeded byParkash Singh Badal
Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative assembly
In office
12 February 1997 – 10 October 1998
Preceded bySatnam Singh Kainth
Succeeded byChaudhary Jagjit Singh
In office
1 March 2007 – 14 March 2012
Preceded byParkash Singh Badal
Succeeded bySunil Kumar Jakhar
2nd Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
In office
6 January 2004 – 1 March 2007
Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh
Preceded byBalram Das Tandon
Succeeded bySukhbir Singh Badal
Personal details
Born (1945-09-30) 30 September 1945 (age 79)
Lahore, Punjab, British India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (born 30 September 1945) is an Indian politician and member of Congress who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1996 to 1997 and 2nd Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab from 2004 to 2007. She is the first and so far only female to hold the office of Chief Minister in Punjab.[1] Overall she is 8th female Chief Minister and 3rd female deputy chief minister in India. Since 1992 she has won from Lehra Assembly Constituency five terms consecutively.

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