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Surjya Kanta Mishra

Surjya Kanta Mishra
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Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1 June 2011 – 19 May 2016
Preceded by Partha Chatterjee
Succeeded by Abdul Mannan
MLA
In office
1982–2016
Preceded by Bibhuti Bhusan De
Succeeded by Pradyot Kumar Ghosh
Constituency Narayangarh
Minister for Health, Biotechnology, Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development
In office
16 May 1996 – 13 May 2011
Governor K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Shyamal Kumar Sen
Viren J. Shah
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Devanand Konwar
M.K. Narayanan
Preceded by Prasanta Chandra Sur
Succeeded by Subrata Mukherjee
Personal details
Born (1949-04-18) 18 April 1949 (age 68)
Narayangarh, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Political party CPI(M)
Spouse(s) Smt. Usha Mishra
Residence Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal
Alma mater

SCB Medical College (MBBS)

Midnapore College (B.Sc.)
Profession Politician, social worker, Doctor

SCB Medical College (MBBS)

Surjya Kanta Mishra is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as Minister of Health and Minister in-charge of Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development in the Left Front governments of West Bengal and is the secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal State Committee. After the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in May 2011. He was inducted into the politburo of the CPI(M) following the death of veteran leader M.K. Pandhe in 2011. In 2015, he was elected as the state secretary of CPI(M) in West Bengal, succeeding Biman Bose.



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