Captain Amarinder Singh (born March 11, 1942) is a former Chief Minister of Punjab. He served on this post from 26 February 2002 to 1 March 2007.He is a member of Indian National Congress and was president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee till 6 March and was replaced by Partap Singh Bajwa. He is the titular Maharaja of Patiala.Presently he is MLA of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Patiala constituency. He is also a Jat mahasabha chief and demanded reservation for Jats in jobs under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota.