Som Parkash
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Som Parkash is a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha Constituency and an Ex-MLA from Phagwara.[1] He is also a former Deputy Commissioner of Jalandhar and former IAS officer of 1988 batch in Punjab cadre.[2] Som Parkash, who was born on 3 April 1949,[3] is an MA (Economics) from the Punjab University, Chandigarh. He had started his career as a research officer in the Punjab State Planning Board in 1972. Thereafter, he became an excise and taxation officer in the Punjab Excise Department. Som Parkash has served as the deputy commissioner of Faridkot, Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar and has also held posts like the Labour Commissioner, Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) chief administrator, managing director of the Punjab Financial Corporation and director of the Social Security Department.
Som Parkash | |
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Union Minister of State, Commerce and Industry, Government of India | |
Assumed office 30 May 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Vijay Sampla |
Constituency | Hoshiarpur, Punjab |
MLA, Punjab | |
In office 2012-2019 | |
Preceded by | Swarna Ram |
Constituency | Phagwara |
Personal details | |
Born | (1949-04-03) 3 April 1949 (age 75) Daulatpur, East Punjab, India |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Anita Som Parkash |
Children | 2 |
Parents |
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Residence(s) | Phagwara, Kapurthala |