Chandrima Bhattacharya | |
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) Government of West Bengal | |
Assumed office 2012 | |
Governor | M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar La. Ganesan C. V. Ananda Bose |
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Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Tanmoy Bhattacharya |
Constituency | Dum Dum Uttar |
In office 2017–2021 | |
Preceded by | Dibyendu Adhikari |
Succeeded by | Arup Kumar Das |
Constituency | Kanthi Dakshin |
In office 2011–2016 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Tanmoy Bhattacharya |
Constituency | Dum Dum Uttar |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 December 1955 |
Nationality | India |
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Residence(s) | 57E Garcha Road,Kolkata |
Profession | Politician |
Chandrima Bhattacharya [1] is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and the current Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge),Health and Family Welfare,Land and Land Reforms,Refugee and Rehabilitation [2] of the Government of West Bengal. Previously she acted as a minister in the first reshuffle of the ministry in January 2012 after Mamata Banerjee took over as Chief Minister. [3] She was also made the junior Law Minister in October 2012. [4] She was promoted as a cabinet minister and given independent charge of Law and Judicial Department,Government of West Bengal in November 2012. [5]
Bhattacharya holds an LL.B (1976) degree from the University of Calcutta. [6] She was also a practising advocate in Calcutta High Court till the 2011 elections. [4]
She had been elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly on an All India Trinamool Congress ticket from Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2011 and 2021 and from Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2017. [7]
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