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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Geeta Bhukkal
| native name =
| image = The Education Minister, Haryana, Smt. Geeta Bhukkal inaugurating the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, at Matanhail, Jhajjar on September 20, 2011.jpg
| caption = Bhukkal inaugurating the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, at Matanhail, Jhajjar on September 20, 2011
| constituency = [[Kalayat]] (2005); [[Jhajjar]] (2009, 2014 and 2019)
| office1 = Member of the [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 2005
| term_end1 = Incumbent
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of Haryana]]
| term_start2 = 2009
| term_end2 = 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Matanhail, [[Jhajjar, Haryana]], India
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| residence = [[Jhajjar]]
| education = [[M.A.]], [[LL.B.]], P.G. [[Diploma]] in Personnel Management and Industrial Relation, [[B.Ed.]]
| spouse = Dr. D. S. Bhukkal
| children = Sukriti, Siddharth and Utkarsh
}}

'''Smt. Geeta Bhukkal''' (born 16 August 1968) is an [[Indian National Congress]] politician representing the [[Jhajjar]] [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency in [[Haryana]], India.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/MLADetails.aspx?MLAID=774 | title=Haryana Vidhan Sabha MLA | publisher=haryanaassembly.gov.in | accessdate=2017-04-23}}</ref>
She held Education, Health, Women & Child Development, Social Justice & Empowerment, Welfare of SCs & BCs, Industrial Training and Printing & Stationery as a [[Minister (government)|Minister]] in the [[Haryana]] Cabinet.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/haryana-news/502-haryana-council-of-ministers.html | title=Council of Ministers, Government of Haryana (2009) | accessdate=2017-04-24}}</ref>

==Early life==
Bhukkal was born to Sh. Rattan Singh Punia at [[Matanhail]] village in [[Jhajjar]] district of [[Haryana]].

After completing her B.A. from [[Panjab University]], [[Chandigarh]], she did her post-graduate diploma in personnel management and industrial relations from D.A.V Management College, [[Chandigarh]]. Bhukkal also completed her bachelor of law degree from the [[University of Delhi]] and her bachelor in education from [[Maharishi Dayanand University]], [[Rohtak]] and after that she went for an M.A. in political science.

==Political career==
Bhukkal was elected as a [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] for the first time from [[Kalayat]] Assembly Segment in 2005. She won this seat for the [[Indian National Congress]] for the first time in 37 years.

Following delimitation before the 2009 Assembly elections, she contested from the [[Jhajjar]] Assembly Segment in 2009, winning the election with a margin of over 28,000 votes. She was made the [[Cabinet Minister]] for Education & Languages, Social Justice & Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes/Backward Classes, Women & Child Development, Industrial Training, Archaeology & Museums, Archives, Health & Medical Education, and Printing & Stationary.

She won the 2014 Assembly election from the [[Jhajjar]] Assembly Segment with a margin of over 26,000 votes becoming the first M.L.A. from [[Jhajjar]] to have won a consecutive term and she even became first Education Minister to have won an election, creating a record of sorts.

She won the 2019 Assembly election from the [[Jhajjar]] Assembly Segment with a margin of over 15,000 votes becoming the first M.L.A. from [[Jhajjar]] to have won the seat three times in a row and making it a hat-trick of her winning in the [[Jhajjar]] Assembly Segment and also creating a streak of wins in the State Assembly elections by winning Fourth time in a row since 2005.

Smt. Bhukkal is also member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/haryana/assembly-constituencies/jhajjar.html | title=Sitting and Previous MLAs from Jhajjar Assembly Constituency | publisher=elections.in | accessdate=2017-04-23}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bhukkal is married to Dr. D. S. Bhukkal, and they have 3 children.

==Positions held==
* Ex-Member, Executive Committee, [[Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee]]
* Ex-General Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (Legal Cell)
* Ex-Organizing Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
* Nominated Member of [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] (India Branch) 24.10.2008
* Member, State Vigilance & Monitoring Committee, Haryana; Member, State Environment & Pollution Control Committee, Haryana (07.06.2006 to 06.06.2008)
* Member, Manifesto Committee, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
* Chairperson, Sub-Committee (National Level), Central Advisory Board of Education ([[Central Advisory Board of Education|CABE]]) for Extension of [[Right to Education Act]] to 10th & 10+2
* Chairperson, Sub-Committee (National Level), Central Advisory Board of Education ([[Central Advisory Board of Education|CABE]]) for Assessment & Implementation of [[Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation]] (CCE) in the Context of the No Detention Provision in the [[Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/document-reports/AssmntCCE.pdf |title=Geeta Bhukkal Committee Report |publisher=CABE Sub-Committee |accessdate=2017-02-17}}</ref>
* Ex-Chairperson, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (Scheduled Castes Department)
* Member, [[All India Congress Committee]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana]]
[[Category:Haryana MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Haryana MLAs 2014–2019]]

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