Gobind Singh Longowal was born on 18 September 1959 in a Jat Sikh family in Longowal, District Sangrur, Punjab India. He was elected as President of SGPC on November 29. He worked as assistant with Harchand Singh Longowal from the age of seven years. In the year 1985 he was elected as MLA from halka Dhanaula. In 1986 he became Chairman of Markfed. From Wikipedia