Randeep Surjewala

Randeep Surjewala

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Randeep Surjewala Profile

  • Name:
  • Randeep Surjewala
  • Born:
  • May 3, 1967
  • Spouse:
  • Gayatri Surjewala

Randeep Surjewala Biography

Randeep Surjewala is a congress politician and MLA from Haryana state. In 2014 state assembly elections, he got elected. One of the young and dynamic leaders of the party, he is best known for defeating Om Prakash Chautala, sitting chief minister in two occasions - 1996 and 2005. Randeep has also served as a cabinet minister several times, handling the portfolios, the current water supply and sanitation, parliamentary affairs, electronics and information technology, science and technology and public works etc. In 2005 when he was chosen as the transport minister and Parliamentary Affairs of Haryana, he became the youngest Minister in Haryana. 


Surjewala was born in Chandigarh in 1967 to noted politician Shamsher Singh Surjewala, and Vidya. Shamsher Singh has been a former MLA of 5 terms as well as parliamentarian. Randeep is the youngest of 4 siblings. He has three elder sisters. He completed graduation in 1985 and LLB in 1988. He took Master’s degree in Political Science in 1995. Randeep Surjewala started his practice as an advocate at the age of 21. He has served in High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh.


His political career began during his teens. He is the youngest General Secretary of Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress. He was only 17 when he got this position. He has also been the youngest Senator of  the Punjab University, Member of the Faculty Consultative Committee in the Law Faculty and youngest member to the syndicate of Punjab University. He served as the Chairman of the Haryana Lawyers’ Forum from 1990 to 1995. Later he was involved in the reconstruction of congress party aside his father. He contested 5 state assembly elections - 1993 bye election, 1996, 2000, 2005 and 2014 and he won in all these occasions. He was the youngest Cabinet Minister in Haryana Cabinet in 2005.

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Updated: October 24, 2014

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