Surjit Kumar Jyani
OfficeMLA, Punjab
ConstituencyFazilka
Term1997 - 2002
PredecessorMohinder Kumar
SuccessorMohinder Kumar
Constituency 2Fazilka
Predecessor 2Mohinder Kumar
Successor 2Davinder Singh Ghubaya
Term 22007 - 2017
Office 3Minister of Forest & Wildlife and Labour
Predecessor 3Tikshan Sud
Successor 3Incumbent
Term 32007-2012
1blankname 3Chief Minister
1namedata 3Parkash Singh Badal
Office 4Health Minister
Predecessor 4Tikshan Sud
Successor 4Incumbent
Term 42012-2017
1blankname 4Chief Minister
1namedata 4Parkash Singh Badal
PartyBharatiya Janta Party

Surjit Kumar Jyani is an Indian politician who served as health minister in the Punjab Government. He has also served as Minister for Forest & Wildlife & Labour.[1] He is member of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).[2]

Early life

Jyani comes from a Hindu Jat family and his mother tongue is Bagri. His grandfather migrated from Rajasthan during British Raj .

Political career

He first became a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Fazilka in 1997.[3] In 2007 and 2012, he was re-elected from Fazilka.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Punjab Cabinet Ministers Portfolios 2012
  2. ^ Cabinet Ministers - BJP Punjab Archived 15 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1997 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB
  4. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB
  5. ^ Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012 Archived 6 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine