Rajinder Kaur Bhattal

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
14th Chief Minister of Punjab
In office 21 November 1996 – 11 February 1997
Preceded by	Harcharan Singh Brar
Succeeded by	Parkash Singh Badal
Constituency	Lehra
Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative assembly
In office 12 February 1997 – 10 October 1998
Preceded by	Satnam Singh Kainth
Succeeded by	Chaudhary Jagjit Singh
Constituency	Lehra
In office 1 March 2007 – 14 March 2012
Preceded by	Parkash Singh Badal
Succeeded by	Sunil Kumar Jakhar
Constituency	Lehra
2nd Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
In office 6 January 2004 – 1 March 2007
Chief Minister	Amarinder Singh
Preceded by	Herself
Succeeded by	Sukhbir Singh Badal
Constituency	Lehra
In office 6 August 1996 – 21 November 1996
Chief Minister	Harcharan Singh Brar
Preceded by	Balram Das Tandon
Succeeded by	Herself
Constituency	Lehra
Personal details
Born	(1945-09-30) 30 September 1945 (age 79) Lahore, Punjab, British India
Political party	Indian National Congress

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (born 30 September 1945) is an Indian politician and member of Congress who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1996 to 1997 and 2nd Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab from 2004 to 2007. She is the first and so far only female to hold the office of Chief Minister in Punjab.^[1] Overall she is 8th female Chief Minister and first female deputy chief minister in India. Since 1992 she has won from Lehra Assembly Constituency five terms consecutively.