Jitender Singh Malik

Jitender Singh Malik
Member of Parliament
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Kishan Singh Sangwan
Succeeded by	Ramesh Chander Kaushik
Constituency	Sonepat
Member of Legislative Assembly of Haryana
In office 2000–2005
In office 2005–2009
Personal details
Born	(1970-02-12) 12 February 1970 (age 54)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Parent	Rajinder Singh Malik (Former Minister of Health, Food Supplies and Civil Aviation Haryana) (father)
Residence(s)	Sonipat, Haryana, India
Profession	Political and Social Worker

Jitender Singh Malik is a former Member of Parliament of India from Sonepat. Before elected to parliament, he was legislator from Kailana assembly (Gannur) constituency in Haryana. In 2009 general elections, He defeated three times sitting MP Chaudhary Kishan Singh Sangwan of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[1][2]

He is the third generation of his family to be in public service: His father, Rajender Singh Malik served as the Minister of Health, Food Supplies and Civil Aviation, Haryana. while his grandfather, Choudhary Lehri Singh Malik, was a freedom fighter, a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha (1962-67)from Rohtak, Choudhary Lehri Singh Malik, who was also a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 1946-61 and Irrigation and Power Minister in Punjab Government.

References

1. "Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013.
2. "Elections Results: Sonipat, Haryana". Archived from the original on 19 May 2009.