Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 15 September 1947)[1] is an Indian National Congress politician, who has served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2005 to 2014.

[2][3] When he began a second term in October 2009 after leading the Congress to an election victory, it was the first time since 1972 that a Haryana electorate returned a ruling party back to power.

Chaudhry Bhupinder Singh Hooda was elected as a member of parliament from Rohtak Lok Sabha segment for four terms in 1991, 1996, 1998, 2004.

Devi Lal in electoral battles fought in the Jat heartland of Rohtak in Haryana.

Hooda was a vocal supporter for structural reforms within the Congress party and a part of the G23 rebel leaders group.

To encourage youngsters to pick up Olympic sports, Hooda announced a cash award of Rs 25 million for the state athletes who would win gold medal in any discipline at the London Games.

[10] In 2019, CBI's preliminary inquiry (PE) has revealed that Hooda and TC Gupta, a 1987 batch IAS officer and the then head of the town and planning department, allegedly hatched a criminal conspiracy with private builders to deliberately notify huge chunks of land in various sectors of Gurgaon for acquisition for public purpose.