Gurmukh Singh Bali (27 July 1954 – 30 October 2021) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from

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, Himachal Pradesh, India. He was born on 27 July 1954 at Kangra. He had a

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. He got married on 20 June 1977. He was the Transport, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Technical Education Minister in Himachal Pradesh Cabinet. He was founder president of Himachal Nagrik Sudhar Sabha. He was Vice Chairman and later Chairman of the Himachal Social Bodies Federation. He was the Convener of the Indian National Congress Vichar Manch from 1990 to 1997. He was the President of the Congress Seva Dal from 1995 to 1998. He was also the Joint Secretary of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee from 1993 to 1998. He got elected to

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in 1998 and was re-elected in 2003, 2007 and 2012. He was appointed the

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for Transport on 6 March 2003. He lost to Arun Kumar from BJP in 2017 Assembly elections. He died at AIIMS Delhi on 30 October 2021 at the age of 67. He died from post-operation complications of his kidney transplant.

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