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| image = Harsimrat Kaur Badal.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|7|25}}<br />
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| residence = [[Chandigarh]]<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| office = [[Ministry of Food Processing Industries|Minister for Food Processing Industries]]<br />
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
| term_start = 26 May 2014<br />
| term_end = 17 September 2020 <br />
| predecessor = [[Krishna Tirath]]<br />
| successor = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bathinda]]<br />
| term_start2 = 13 May 2009<br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| predecessor2 = [[Paramjit Kaur Gulshan]]<br />
| successor2 = <br />
| party = [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]<br />
| profession = [[Politician]]<br />
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Sukhbir Singh Badal]]|21 November 1991}}<br />
| children = 3<br />
| relatives = [[Parkash Singh Badal]] (father-in-law) <br/> [[Bikram Singh Majithia]] (brother)<br />
| website = {{URL|https://harsimratkaurbadal.online}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Harsimrat Kaur Badal''' (born 25 July 1966) is an Indian politician and a former Union Cabinet [[Minister of Food Processing Industries]] in the [[Government of India]]<ref name=HTstaff2014>{{cite news |author1=HT Correspondent |title=Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal sworn in as food processing minister |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/bathinda-mp-harsimrat-kaur-badal-sworn-in-as-food-processing-minister/article1-1223069.aspx |url-status=dead |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=26 May 2014 |location=New Delhi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527200014/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/bathinda-mp-harsimrat-kaur-badal-sworn-in-as-food-processing-minister/article1-1223069.aspx |archive-date=27 May 2014 }}</ref> and [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]] in the Lok Sabha from [[Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bathinda]]. She is a member of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] Party.<ref name=ECI>"[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf Constituency Wise Detailed Results (2009)]." [[Election Commission of India|Electoral Commission of India]], 2009. Page 112. Retrieved 30 October 2011.{{Dead link|date=May 2019}}</ref> Her husband [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]] is former deputy chief minister of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and the president of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/politically-famous-better-halves-poonam-sinha-dimple-yadav-harsimrat-kaur/lady-power/slideshow/69058111.cms | title=Politically Famous Better Halves: Sonia Gandhi, Poonam Sinha & Dimple Yadav | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=14 May 2019 | access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref> She resigned from the cabinet on 17 September 2020 to protest against few [[Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020|farmer related ordinances]] and legislation.<ref name="resignation2020"/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Badal was born on 25 July 1966 to Satyajit and Sukhmanjus Majithia in [[Delhi]]. She is a matriculate and holds a diploma in textile design.<ref>{{cite news |last=Layak |first=Suman |date=10 July 2016 |title=Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised? |url=http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-modi-governments-got-talent-but-is-it-being-fully-utilised/articleshow/53132757.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> She married [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]] on 21 November 1991,.<ref name="lssbio" /> The couple have two daughters and a son. Her brother [[Bikram Singh Majithia]] is an [[Shiromani Akali Dal|Akali]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Majitha]]<ref name="lssbio">"[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4433 15th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520071159/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4433 |date=20 May 2015 }}" [[Government of India]], 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2011.<!--present in archive.org--></ref> and an ex minister in the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state government led by her father-in-law [[Parkash Singh Badal]].<br />
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===Early life and education===<br />
Badal is born into a family that traces its roots to Attar Singh Majithia, a prominent general in [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]’s army. Born and brought up in New Delhi, Badal did her schooling from [[Loreto Convent School, Delhi|Loreto Convent School]], New Delhi. She later entered into the field of textile designing and pursued a three-year course in textile design.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Badal started her political career with the [[2009 Indian general election]]. She was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from the [[Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bathinda constituency]] after defeating [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Raninder Singh]] by 120,960 votes.<ref name=ECI/> Her first speech was on 3 December 2009, where she expressed her concern about the victims and survivors of the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]. She was part of a project named "Nanhi Chhan" to save girl child and trees.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harsimrat Badal launches fifth phase of Nanhi Jaan project |date=9 March 2009 |work=Punjab Newsline |location=Punjab, India |access-date=30 October 2011 |url=http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/harsimrat-badal-launches-fifth-phase-nanhi-chhan-project |archive-date=3 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703235650/http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/harsimrat-badal-launches-fifth-phase-nanhi-chhan-project }}</ref> Badal has been re-elected as an MP from [[Bathinda]] in 2014 having defeated [[Indian National Congress]]-[[People's Party of Punjab]] joint candidate, [[Manpreet Singh Badal]]. For this, she has been appointed in the Modi government as State Minister for Food Processing. She got elected for 3rd time in a row from Bathinda in 2019 Lok Sabha election. She defeated the Congress candidate [[Amrinder Singh Raja Warring]] in a close fight with around 21,000 votes.<br />
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In May 2019, she continued her [[Ministry of Food Processing Industries]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |access-date=14 January 2021 |work=Mint |date=31 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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She resigned from the cabinet on 17 September 2020 to protest against the new [[2020 Indian agriculture acts|farm bills]] passed by the government.<ref name="resignation2020">{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Harsimrat Kaur Badal quits Modi govt to protest farm bills |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/harsimrat-kaur-badal-will-quit-modi-govt-to-protest-farm-bills-sad-chief/amp_articleshow/78170723.cms |access-date=17 September 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=18 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
* [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]<br />
* [[Bathinda]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
Official website of [https://web.archive.org/web/20190624145114/http://harsimratkaurbadal.online/ Harsimrat Badal]<br />
{{Second Narendra Modi Cabinet}}<br />
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