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{{for|the Deoli MLA|Arvinder Singh Lovely (Deoli MLA)}}
{{short description|Indian Congress politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Arvinder Singh Lovely
| image         =
| caption       = Lovely in Gandhinagar
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1968|12|11}}
| birth_place   = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| residence     = [[Krishna Nagar, Delhi]]
| death_place   = 
| office        = Minister for Education, Urban Development & Revenue, Transport, Languages, Tourism, Gurudwara Election, Local Bodies & Gurudwara Administration
| term          = 2008-2013
| office1       = Member [[Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
| constituency1 = [[Gandhi Nagar, Delhi|Gandhi Nagar]] [[Legislative Assembly of Delhi|constituency]]
| term1         = 1998-2013
| office2       = Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President
| term2         = 2013-2015
| predecessor   = 
| successor     = 
| party         = [[Indian National Congress]]<br>(1998–2017)<ref>{{cite news |title=Arvinder Singh Lovely rejoins Congress |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arvinder-singh-lovely-rejoins-congress/article22782625.ece |work=The Hindu |date=17 February 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
[[Bhartiya Janata Party]] <br>(2017–2018)<br /> 
[[Indian National Congress]] <br>(2018– )
| father        = Balwinder Singh
| spouse        = Gurveen Kaur
| children      = {{ubl|Navjot Singh|Parminder Singh}}
| website       = 
| footnotes     = 
| date          = 
| year          = 
| source        = <ref name="DA_Profile">[http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VthAssembly/ArvinderSinghLovely.htm Profile on Delhi Assembly website]</ref>
}}
'''Arvinder Singh Lovely''' (born 11 December 1968) is an Indian politician and a member of [[Indian National Congress]] contesting from his home turf, Gandhi Nagar, for the 2020 Delhi elections. He is a former president of the [[Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee]] (Delhi PCC). In 1998, he was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly as the youngest MLA. He was again elected in 2003, 2008 & 2013. He has also been the ''Minister for Urban Development & Revenue, Education, Transport, Tourism, Languages, Gurudwara Election, Local Bodies & Gurudwara Administration'' in the Sheila Dikshit government of Delhi.
In April 2017, he joined BJP before the Municipality polls in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arvinder Singh Lovely, former Delhi Congress chief, joins BJP ahead of MCD polls |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/former-state-congress-chief-arvinder-singh-joins-bjp-ahead-of-mcd-elections/story-eli7yIYrDrIU2BhKXaPT6M.html |accessdate=11 February 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=18 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref> In February 2018, he returned and rejoined Congress party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arvinder Singh Lovely returns to Congress |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/arvinder-singh-lovely-returns-to-congress/articleshow/62958755.cms |accessdate=11 February 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=17 February 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/min_of_edu.htm Profile on the Delhi Legislatively Assembly website]
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-DEL98.pdf 1998 Election Commission of India] 
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_DEL_Nov2003.pdf 2003 Election Commission of India] 
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2008/stats_DL_2008.pdf 2008 Election Commission of India] 
*[http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/statewiseU05.htm?st=U05 2013 Election Commission of India] 
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[[Category:People from East Delhi district]]