Subrata Bakshi

Subrata Bakshi (born 23 July 1950) is an Indian politician currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal.He is the General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress and State President of West Bengal Trinamool Congress. He was the Minister for Public Works and the Minister for Transport in the Government of West Bengal in 2011. He was also an MLA, elected from the Bhabanipur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[1][2]

Subrata Bakshi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
3 April 2020
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
4 December 2011 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byMamata Banerjee
Succeeded byMala Roy
ConstituencyKolkata Dakshin
Minister for Public Works
In office
20 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byKshiti Ghoswami
Succeeded bySudarsan Ghosh Dastidar
ConstituencyBhabanipur
Minister for Transport
In office
20 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byRanjit Kundu
Succeeded byMadan Mitra
ConstituencyBhabanipur
MLA, 15th Vidhan Sabha
In office
13 May 2011 – 10 December 2011
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Succeeded byMamata Banerjee
ConstituencyBhabanipur
MLA, 14th Vidhan Sabha
In office
2006–2011
Preceded bySubrata Mukherjee
Succeeded bySikha Mitra
ConstituencyChowranghee
MLA, 13th Vidhan Sabha
In office
2001–2006
Preceded bySankar Saran Sarkar
Succeeded byRathin Sarkar
ConstituencyBishnupur West
General Secretary, All India Trinamool Congress
Preceded byMukul Roy
Personal details
Born (1950-07-23) 23 July 1950
Political partyIndian National Congress All India Trinamool Congress
ResidenceKolkata, Delhi
Alma materCalcutta University - (B.Sc., LL.B.)

He was elected to parliament from South Kolkata constituency after Mamata Banerjee resigned to become a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was elected on 10 December 2011 with a margin of 2,30,999 votes, and re-elected in 2014.

References
  1. Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  2. All the Didi's men


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