Parkash Singh Badal, 5-Time Punjab Chief Minister, Dies At 95

Category : Obituaries Published on: April 27 2023

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Parkash Singh Badal, a five-time former chief minister of Punjab and Akali Dal patriarch, died at a private hospital in Mohali on 25 April 2023.
He was 95.
Parkash Singh Badal was the youngest Chief Minister to ever hold office in the state of Punjab. He was 43.
Parkash Singh Badal served as the Chief Minister of Punjab five times. He was the chief minister from 1970-1971, from 1977-1980, from 1997-2002, and from 2007-2017 (two consecutive terms).
In a career spanning over seven decades, he lost only two elections - one in 1967, and the latest in the 2022 Punjab assembly election.
Last year, Badal became the country's oldest candidate to fight a state election when he entered the electoral battle for the 13th time at the age of 94.
Sardar Badal was first elected to the Punjab state assembly in 1957. He was then elected MLA nine times.