Partha Chatterjee | |
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Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal | |
In office 10 May 2021 – 28 July 2022 | |
Governor | M.K. Narayanan Jagdeep Dhankhar La. Ganesan (additional charge) |
Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
Ministry and Departments | |
Preceded by | Nirupam Sen Amit Mitra Sailen Sarkar Dr. Debesh Das |
In office 20 May 2011 – 20 December 2012 | |
In office 20 May 2014 – 10 May 2021 | |
Governor | M.K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil (additional charge) Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
Ministry and Departments | Ministry of School Education |
Preceded by | Bratya Basu |
Succeeded by | Bratya Basu |
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2001 | |
Preceded by | Nirmal Mukherjee |
Constituency | Behala Paschim |
Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal | |
In office 21 September 2006 – 13 May 2011 | |
Deputy | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury |
Preceded by | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee |
Succeeded by | Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra |
Constituency | Behala Paschim |
Secretary-General of Trinamool Congress | |
In office 1998–2022 | |
Editor of Jago Bangla | |
In office 2015–2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | 6 October 1952
Citizenship | Indian |
Political party | Independent (2022–present) Trinamool Congress (1998–2022) Indian National Congress (Until 1998) |
Spouse | Late Babli (Jayasree) Chatterjee[1] |
Children | Sohini Chatterjee[2] |
Residence | Kolkata |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta (BA) IISWBM (MBA) Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur |
Partha Chatterjee (born 6 October 1952) is an Indian politician. He earlier served as the Minister of Commerce and Industries and formerly served as the Education Minister of Government of West Bengal.[3] He represented the Trinamool Congress. He also held the political office of Secretary General of the TMC. In 2022, he was suspended indefinitely from the party following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.