Mamata Banerjee
| Mamata Banerjee | |
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| মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় | |
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| 8th Chief Minister of West Bengal | |
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Assumed office 20 May 2011 |
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| Governor |
M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil (Acting) Keshari Nath Tripathi |
| Preceded by | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| Minister of Railways | |
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In office 22 May 2009 – 19 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Trivedi |
| Member of Parliament for Kolkata Dakshin |
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In office 1991–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Biplab Dasgupta |
| Succeeded by | Subrata Bakshi |
| Member of Parliament for Jadavpur |
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In office 1984–1989 |
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| Preceded by | Somnath Chatterjee |
| Succeeded by | Malini Bhattacharya |
| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for Bhabanipur | |
| Preceded by | Subrata Bakshi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 January 1955 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress (1997–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Indian National Congress (Before 1997) |
| Residence | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | Government website |
Mamata Banerjee ([mɔmɔt̪a bɔnd̪d̪oˈpad̪ʱˈae̯];(Bengali - মমতা বন্দপাধ্যায়) also known as Didi was born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office. Banerjee founded the party All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC or TMC) in 1997 and became its chairperson, after separating from the Indian National Congress. She is often referred to as Didi (meaning elder sister in Hindi and Bengali).
Banerjee previously served as the Minister of Railways twice and is also the first woman Railway Minister of India,Minister of Coal, and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports and Women and Child Development in the cabinet of the Indian government. She rose to prominence after opposing the erstwhile land acquisition policies for industrialisation by the Communist government in West Bengal for Special Economic Zones at the cost of agriculturalists and farmers. In 2011 Banerjee pulled off a landslide victory for the TMC Congress alliance in West Bengal, defeating the 34-year-old Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government, the world's longest-serving democratically elected communist government in the process.
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