Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | |
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Chairman of English Bazar Municipality | |
Assumed office 30 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Nihar Ranjan Ghosh,Sumala Agarwala |
Cabinet Minister,Government of West Bengal | |
In office 2013-2016 | |
Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
Minister of | |
Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
Succeeded by | Bratya Basu |
Minister of Food processing and Horticulture | |
In office 2014-2016 | |
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2006-2016 | |
Preceded by | Samar Ray |
Succeeded by | Nihar Ranjan Ghosh |
Constituency | English Bazar |
State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress | |
Assumed office 16 August 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Malda | 17 August 1958
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress (present),Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Kakali Choudhury |
Residence(s) | Beltala house Village:Golapatty,PO:English Bazar Malda |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta (L.L.B) |
Profession | Lawyer |
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Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury (born 17 August 1957) is an Indian advocate and politician who is currently serving as the Chairman of English Bazar Municipality. He has served as the Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Minister of Food processing and Horticulture from West Bengal. He was former MLA from English Bazar and State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress.
Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury,son of Manindra Narayan Choudhury,was born in 1958 in a well known jamindar family of Malda District. He is BA and LLB from Calcutta University. [1]
He started his political journey in 1974 with Congress. After several years he left Congress in 1998 and joined Trinamool Congress,but returned to Congress in 2006. He subsequently rejoined Trinamool Congress in 2013. [2]
He had won the English Bazar seat in 2006 and 2011 as a Congress candidate. [3] [4] After switching over to Trinamool Congress the second time,he won a by-election in 2013 from the same constituency. [5]
He initially joined the Council of Ministers of West Bengal as tourism minister in 2013 and was shifted to food processing and horticulture department in 2014. [6]
He was also Chairman of English Bazar municipality for several years in subsequent terms in 1995,2000,2010 and 2015.
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