# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/surjit-singh-barnala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:53:23.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/surjit-singh-barnala"
name: "Surjit Singh Barnala"
slug: "surjit-singh-barnala"
description: "Surjit Singh Barnala was an Indian politician who served as the 11th chief minister of Punjab state from 1985 to 1987. Following that he served as the governor of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, lieutenant governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and a Union Minister on handling various portfolios."
tagline: "Indian politician, chief minister of Punjab from 1985 to 1987"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H_E_Shri_Surjit_Singh_Barnala.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1925-10-21"
deathDate: "2017-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump