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{{Infobox officeholder <br />
|name = Kirpal Singh Badungar <br />
|image =<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|01|14|df=y}}<ref>[http://www.singhbrothers.com/en/kirpal-singh-badungar Kirpal Singh Badungar] ''www.singhbrothers.com''. Retrieved 28 March 2020.</ref><br />
|birth_place = Badungar Village, [[Patiala State]] {{small|(now in [[Patiala District]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]])}}<br />
|party = [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]<br />
|office = [[President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee]]<br />
|term_start = 27 November 2001<br />
|term_end = 27 July 2003<br />
|predecessor = [[Jagdev Singh Talwandi]]<br />
|successor = [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]]<br />
|term_start1 = 5 November 2016<br />
|term_end1 = 28 November 2017<br />
|predecessor1 = [[Avtar Singh Makkar]]<br />
|successor1 = [[Gobind Singh Longowal]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kirpal Singh Badungar''' is a politician from [[Punjab, India]]. He is the former president of [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee]].<ref>[http://sgpc.net/honble-presidents-of-sgpc/ Former President of SGPC] ''sgpc.net''. Retrieved 28 March 2020.</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He is from the Badungar village of [[Patiala District|Patiala]]. He did [[Gyani]] from [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]] and then [[Postgraduate Education|post graduation]] in [[English Literature]]. He taught in a school for few years before joining [[Shiromani Akali Dal]],<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/why-kirpal-singh-badungar-was-chosen-as-new-sgpc-chief/story-lLH4Gi1HLpdGXMK3duHIDL.html Why Kirpal Singh Badungar chosen as new SGPC chief] ''Hindustan Times.'' Retrieved 28 March 2020.</ref> and served as the secretary of Shiromani Akali Dal for five years between 1996 and 2001. He worked as the president of the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee]] from 2001 to 2003 and then from 2016 to 2017.<ref>[https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2016/nov/05/kirpal-singh-badungar-is-new-president-of-sgpc-1535302.html Kirpal Singh Badungar is new President of SGPC.] ''Indian Express.'' Retrieved 28 March 2020.</ref><br />
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