Surjit Singh Barnala

Surjit Singh Barnala
8th Governor of Tamil Nadu
In office
3 November 2004 – 31 August 2011
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
M. Karunanidhi
Preceded byP. S. Ramamohan Rao
Succeeded byKonijeti Rosaiah
In office
24 May 1990 – 15 February 1991
Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi
Preceded byP. C. Alexander
Succeeded byBhishma Narain Singh
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
Additional Charge[a]
In office
9 April 2009 – 27 July 2009
Chief MinisterV. Vaithilingam
Preceded byGovind Singh Gurjar
Succeeded byIqbal Singh
17th Governor of Andhra Pradesh
In office
3 January 2003 – 4 November 2004
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Preceded byC. Rangarajan
Succeeded bySushilkumar Shinde
1st Governor of Uttarakhand
In office
9 November 2000 – 7 January 2003
Chief MinisterNityanand Swami
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
N. D. Tiwari
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded bySudarshan Agarwal
5th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office
19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byM. Arunachalam
Succeeded bySuresh Prabhu
5th Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
In office
14 December 1990 – 18 March 1993
Preceded byRanjit Singh Dyal
Succeeded byVakkom Purushothaman
11th Chief Minister of Punjab
In office
29 September 1985 – 11 June 1987
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byPresident's rule
12th Minister of Agriculture
In office
18 June 1977 – 28 July 1979
Prime MinisterMorarji Desai
Preceded byParkash Singh Badal
Succeeded byBrahm Prakash
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office
1996–1999
Preceded byGurcharan Singh Dadhahoor
Succeeded bySimranjit Singh Mann
ConstituencySangrur
Personal details
Born(1925-10-21)21 October 1925
Ateli, Punjab, British India
(present-day Haryana, India)
Died14 January 2017(2017-01-14) (aged 91)
Chandigarh, India
Political partyShiromani Akali Dal
SpouseSurjit Kaur Barnala
Children4

Surjit Singh Barnala (21 October 1925 – 14 January 2017) was an Indian politician who served as the 11th chief minister of Punjab state from 1985 to 1987. Following that he served as the governor of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, lieutenant governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and a Union Minister on handling various portfolios.[1]


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