Partha Chatterjee (politician)

Partha Chatterjee
Minister for Education, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Science & Technology and Biotechnology
Assumed office
20 May 2014
Governor Kesri Nath Tripathi
Preceded by Bratya Basu
Minister for Industry
In office
20 May 2011 – 20 December 2012
Governor M.K.Narayanan
Preceded by Nirupam Sen
Succeeded by Amit Mitra
Minister for Information Technology
Assumed office
20 May 2011
Governor M. K. Narayanan
Preceded by Dr. Debesh Das
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
Assumed office
20 May 2011
Governor M.K. Narayanan
Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
21 September 2006 – 13 May 2011
Preceded by Pankaj Banerjee
Succeeded by Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra
Constituency Behala Paschim
MLA
Assumed office
2001
Governor M. K. Narayanan
Preceded by Nirmal Mukherjee
Constituency Behala Paschim
Personal details
Born (1952-10-06)6 October 1952
Political party All India Trinamool Congress
Alma mater University of Calcutta (B.A)
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (Master of Business Administration)

Partha Chatterjee (Bengali: পার্থ চ্যাটার্জী) is an Indian politician of West Bengal. He represents Trinamool Congress.

Early life

Partha Chatterjee was born in Calcutta. His alma mater is Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur[1] and then Asutosh College, where he studied economics. He holds a post-graduate degree in business administration.[2]

Career

Partha Chatterjee worked as a HR professional with Andrew Yule.

He was elected as an MLA from Behala Paschim in 2001, and subsequently re-elected from the same constituency in 2006. In 2011 he won by a margin of 59,021 votes.[3][4] He was Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011.[5]

He was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on 20 May 2011 and allotted the portfolios of Commerce and industry, public enterprises, information technology and Parliamentary affairs.[6]

He was nominated as deputy leader of the house in 2011.[7] After the Assembly election 2016, he became the Minister-in-Charge of Higher Education and School Education Department, West Bengal Government.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Partha focus on poor show in tech tests". The Telegraph. 15 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Partha Chatterjee". All India Trinamool Congress.
  3. ↑ "113 - Behala West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  4. ↑ "Behala Paschim". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  5. ↑ "Team Mamata". The Telegraph 9 April 2011. Calcutta, India. 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  6. ↑ "The Ministry". The Telegraph, 21 May 2011. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  7. ↑ Ganguly, Arnab (2011-05-16). "Mamata issues model code Dos and don'ts for Trinamul ranks". The Telegraph 16 May 2011. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  8. ↑ "West Bengal education minister calls teachers 'cows'". The New Indian Express. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "List of Ministers in Mamata's cabinet". thehindu.com. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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