M. S. Gill is an Indian politician, of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 party,has served as the of Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)

The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports is the head of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. KPS Gill has taken Indian hockey to the dogs....

. He represents Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

 in the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha

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, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

Dr. Gill was formerly a member of the Indian Administrative Services and served as the Chief Election Commissioner of India

Chief Election Commissioner of India

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 from 1996 to 2001 succeeding T. N. Seshan

T. N. Seshan

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. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan

Padma Vibhushan

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 for his work in this post. He also served as the Agriculture Secretary of Punjab under Capt. Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh

Captain Amarinder Singh . He served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 and presently serves as the President of Punjab PCC. He currently resides in New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala.-Personal life:...

 who was then the Agriculture Minister.

Dr. M. S. Gill attended St. George's College

St. George's College, Mussoorie

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 in Mussoorie

Mussoorie

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, India.

On April 6, 2008, Dr. Gill was inducted as the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, as a replacement for Mani Shankar Aiyar

Mani Shankar Aiyar

Mani Shankar Aiyar is a former Indian diplomat who resigned from foreign service and became a politician working for Rajiv Gandhi in 1989-1991. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party and was the Minister of Panchayati Raj until he lost his seat in the 2009 Election...

. After the Congress Party won the 2009 Indian election

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, he was re-inducted to the same position.