Preneet Kaur
Preneet Kaur | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dharamvir Gandhi |
| Succeeded by | Dharamvir Gandhi |
| Constituency | Patiala |
| In office 10 October 1999 – 18 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Prem Singh Chandumajra |
| Succeeded by | Dharamvir Gandhi |
| Constituency | Patiala |
| Minister of State for External Affairs | |
| In office 28 May 2009 – October 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Anand Sharma |
| Succeeded by | V. K. Singh |
| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| In office August 2014 – March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Amarinder Singh |
| Succeeded by | Amarinder Singh |
| Constituency | Patiala Urban |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1944 Shimla, Punjab Province, British India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 14 March 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (February 2023 - 14 March 2024) Indian National Congress (till February 2023) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Jai Inder Kaur, Raninder Singh |
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. 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. 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, only to lose again in 2024, finishing in third place.