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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gulzar Singh Ranike
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|01|14}}
| birth_place = Ranike, [[Amritsar]], [[India]]
| residence =
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
| constituency = Attari
| term = 1997 - 2017
| predecessor = [[Sukhdev Singh Shehbazpuri]]
| successor = Incumbent
| term2 = 2007 - 2012
| predecessor2 = [[Capt. Amarinder Singh]]
| successor2 = [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]]
| office2 = Minister for Sports & Youth Services
|1blankname2 = Chief Minister
|1namedata2 = [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
| term3 = 2007 - 2017
| predecessor3 = [[Gurkanwal Kaur]]
| successor3 = Incumbent
| office3 = Minister for Welfare of [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SCs]] and [[Other Backward Class|BCs]]
|1blankname3 = Chief Minister
|1namedata3 = Parkash Singh Badal
| term4 = 2007 - 2017
| predecessor4 = [[Jagmohan Singh Kang]]
| successor4 = Incumbent
| office4 = Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries
|1blankname4 = Chief Minister
|1namedata4 = Parkash Singh Badal
| party =[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
| spouse =
| children = 2 living and Ruhaniyat Jot Kaur (died 2006)
| website = http://gulzarsinghranike.in
}}

'''Gulzar Singh Ranike''' was a cabinet minister in the previous [[Government of Punjab, India|Punjab government]] and he belongs to the ruling [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. He was Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries in that Government.<ref name="dayandnightnews.com">[http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2012/03/punjab-cabinet-ministers-portfolios-2012/ Punjab Cabinet Ministers Portfolios 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203023829/http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2012/03/punjab-cabinet-ministers-portfolios-2012/ |date=2014-02-03 }}</ref> He had been holding this post from 2012 to 2017. He is also President of Shiromani Akali Dal SC Wing.

==Personal life==
He was born into [[Mazhabi Sikh]] family and his father was also a leader in Akali Dal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pioneer|first=The|title=SAD fields Gulzar Singh Ranike from Faridkot|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/sad-fields-gulzar-singh-ranike-from-faridkot.html|access-date=2020-06-04|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
He started his political career in 1983 as a Sarpanch (Village chief) of Ranike. He was first elected for the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in 1997 as an [[Akali Dal]] candidate from Attari.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1997/StatiscialReport-PU97.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1992 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB]</ref>
He was again re-elected in 2002, 2007 and 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/punjab/results/2002.aspx |title=Punjab Assembly Election 2002 Results |access-date=11 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805112727/http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/punjab/results/2002.aspx |archive-date=5 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020227/punjab-mlas.htm Punjab Assembly Elections-2002 winners]</ref><ref>[http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/punjab/election-result-07.html Punjab Assembly Election 2007 Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508085551/http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/punjab/election-result-07.html |date=2013-05-08 }}</ref><ref name='a'>[http://electionaffairs.com/punjab/state_assembly_elections_2012/winning_candidates_results_punjab_assembly_elections_2012.html Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506042537/http://electionaffairs.com/punjab/state_assembly_elections_2012/winning_candidates_results_punjab_assembly_elections_2012.html |date=2013-05-06 }}</ref> In 2007 he was made Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries, Welfare of [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SCs]] and [[Other Backward Class|BCs]], Sports & Youth Services.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/badal-allocates-portfolios/article1807528.ece Badal allocates portfolios]</ref> After 2012, he continued to be minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries, Welfare of SC & BC, whereas portfolio of Sports & Youth Services was transferred to deputy Chief Minister [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]].<ref name="dayandnightnews.com"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian Sikhs]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 1997–2002]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Politicians from Amritsar]]

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