Suryakanta Mishra
| Surjya Kanta Misra | |
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| Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1 June 2011 – 19 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Partha Chatterjee |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Mannan |
| MLA | |
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In office 1982–2016 |
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| Preceded by | Bibhuti Bhusan De |
| Succeeded by | Pradyot Kumar Ghosh |
| Constituency | Narayangarh |
| Minister for Health, Biotechnology, Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development | |
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In office 16 May 1996 – 13 May 2011 |
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| 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 |
18 April 1949 Narayangarh, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | CPI(M) |
| Spouse(s) | Smt. Usha Misra |
| Residence | Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal |
| Alma mater | Midnapore College (B.Sc.) |
| Profession | Politician, social worker, Doctor |
Surjya Kanta Misra 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.
Surjya Kanta Misra became a member of CPI(M) in 1973. He unsuccessfully contested the 1977 assembly election from the Narayangarh. He was elected as the Chairperson of the Medinipur Zila Parishad in 1978 and served untll 1991. In 1982 he was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. In 1991, he was inducted into the state cabinet as a cabinet minister. Within his capacity as a cabinet minister he served in the Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development departments. He has also served as Minister-In-Charge of Health and Family Welfare, Biotechnology. He remained in the state cabinet till 2011. After the defeat of the CPI(M) in the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in May 2011. He became a state committee member in 1988 and a state secretariat member in 1995. He was elected to the Central committee of the party in 2002. He was elevated to the Politburo of the party in 2012. In 2015 he succeeded Biman Bose as the secretary of the West Bengal state committee. He is also a member of the all India working committee of All India Kisan Sabha. He was defeated in the 2016 assembly election as a candidate in Narayangarh.
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