Partha Chatterjee (politician)
| Partha Chatterjee | |
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| Minister for Education | |
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Assumed office May 20, 2014 |
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| Governor | Kesri Nath Tripathi |
| Preceded by | Bratya Basu |
| Minister for Industry | |
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In office May 20, 2011 – December 20,2012 |
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| Governor | M.K.Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Nirupam Sen |
| Succeeded by | Amit Mitra |
| Minister for Information Technology | |
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Assumed office May 20, 2011 |
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| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Dr. Debesh Das |
| Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | |
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Assumed office May 20, 2011 |
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| Governor | M.K. Narayanan |
| Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 21 September 2006 – 13 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Pankaj Banerjee |
| Succeeded by | Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra |
| Constituency | Behala Paschim |
| MLA | |
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Assumed office 2001 |
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| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Nirmal Mukherjee |
| Constituency | Behala Paschim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1956 |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater |
University of Calcutta (B.A) Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (Master of Business Administration) |
| Religion | Hindu |
Partha Chatterjee (Bengali: পার্থ চ্যাটার্জী) is an Indian politician of West Bengal. He represents Trinamool Congress.
Partha Chatterjee was born in Calcutta. His alma mater is Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur and then Asutosh College, where he studied economics. He holds a post-graduate degree in business administration.
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. He was Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011.
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.
He was nominated as deputy leader of the house in 2011. After the Assembly election 2016, he became the Minister-in-Charge of Higher Education and School Education Department, Government of West Bengal.
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