Harpal Singh Cheema

Harpal Singh Cheema
Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2022
Governor	Banwarilal Purohit
Cabinet	Mann ministry
Chief Minister	Bhagwant Mann
Ministry and Departments	Finance Planning Programme Implementation Excise & Taxation[1]
Preceded by	Manpreet Singh Badal
Punjab Cabinet minister for Dept. of Cooperation
In office 21 March 2022 – 4 July 2022
Preceded by	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
Succeeded by	Bhagwant Mann
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly[2]
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2017
Preceded by	Balvir Singh
Constituency	Dirba
Leader of the Opposition in Punjab Legislative assembly
In office 27 July 2018 – 10 March 2022
Governor	V. P. Singh Badnore Banwarilal Purohit
Preceded by	Sukhpal Singh Khaira
Succeeded by	Pratap Singh Bajwa
Personal details
Born	(1974-02-10) 10 February 1974 (age 50) Nabha, Punjab, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Residence	Dirba
Alma mater	Punjabi University, Patiala
Occupation	Politician

Harpal Singh Cheema (born 10 February 1974) is an Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Dirba Assembly constituency located in Sangrur District, Punjab.^[3] In March 2022, he became first BobA to be a finance minister of Punjab.^[4] He joined the Aam Aadmi Party just before the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He contested and won the election from Dirba Assembly constituency against a popular Punjabi Kabbadi player Gulzar Singh Moonak from Shiromani Akali Dal and Ajaib Singh Ratolan from Indian National Congress.^[5] In July 2018 he was appointed leader of opposition of Punjab Legislative Assembly.^[6]