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The Government of Punjab, also known as the State Government of Punjab or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Punjab and its 23 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Punjab, a judiciary and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of ...
The government includes the cabinet, selected from members the Punjab Provincial Assembly, and the non-political civil staff within each department. The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister .
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years ...
Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties – Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). [1] [2] Since 1967, Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jat Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population.
Since 1947, Punjab has had fifteen chief ministers. The first was Gopi Chand Bhargava of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British. He was succeeded by fellow Congressman Bhim Sen Sachar, who was then subsequently replaced after 188 days by former Chief Minister Gopi ...
Local Government Mann ministry: Bhagwant Mann: 16 March 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party: Mines & Geology Mann ministry: Harjot Singh Bains: 21 March 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party: Medical Education and Research Mann ministry: Chetan Singh Jauramajra: 5 July 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party: New & Renewable Energy Sources Mann ministry: Bhagwant ...
Governor of Punjab (1950–Present) 1. Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi. 26 January 1950. 11 March 1953. 3 years, 44 days. Rajendra Prasad. 2. Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh.
Punjab, Pakistan. Punjab (/ pʌnˈdʒɑːb /; Punjabi, Urdu: پنجاب, pronounced [pənˈd͡ʒɑːb] ⓘ; abbr. PB) is a province of Pakistan. Located in the central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest by population. Lahore is the capital and the largest city of the ...