Pinaki Misra

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Sangita Misra
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(m. 1984,divorced)​
Mahua Moitra
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(m. 2025)​
[1]
Pinaki Misra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 –4 June 2024
Children2
Education Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
Occupation Politician
Profession Lawyer

Pinaki Misra (born 23 October 1959) is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal party who served as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing the Puri constituency. [2] In 1996, he contested the Puri Lok Sabha seat as a Congress candidate and won against Braja Kishore Tripathy, who was then the sitting MP and Union Minister from Puri. [3] He is a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India and has argued cases in nearly all High Courts and major tribunals across India. [4]

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Early life and education

Pinaki Misra was born in Cuttack, Odisha, in an Odia Brahmin family. [5] [6] His father, Lokanath Misra, was a member of the Rajya Sabha and the Governor of Assam. [7]

Misra studied at St. Xavier's School, Delhi. He holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and an LL.B. degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. [8]

Personal life

In January 1984, Misra married Sangita Misra, but they later got divorced, and they had two children together. [9] In May 2025, he married Mahua Moitra, a Trinamool Congress member of parliament from West Bengal, India, in Germany. [10] [11] [12]

Political career

His positions are chronologically listed as follows. [13]

TenurePosition Held
1996Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996–97Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
2009Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
31 August 2009 – 2011Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
23 September 2009Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
2009 – May 2014Member, Standing Committee on Civil Aviation
2009 – May 2014Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Law & Justice
2011 – May 2014Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
May 2014Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1 September 2014 – 25 May 2019Chairperson, Standing Committee on Urban Development

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

29 January 2015 – 25 May 2019Member, General Purposes Committee
May 2019Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)
20 June 2019 onwardsMember, Business Advisory Committee
13 September 2019 onwardsMember, Standing Committee on Finance
9 October 2019 onwardsMember, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
15 October 2019 onwardsLeader, Biju Janata Dal Legislature Party in Lok Sabha
21 November 2019 onwardsMember, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Electronics and Information & Technology, Ministry of Communications

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.indiatvnews.com/amp/news/india/mahua-moitra-50-marries-bjd-mp-pinaki-mishra-aged-65-2025-06-05-993413
  2. ↑ "Profile of Members". Government of India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Mishra, Bibhuti. "I am disgusted with politics". Sify . Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pinaki Mishra: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "In line of BJP fire over Mahua row, Pinaki Misra: BJD's Delhi face, four-term Puri MP". The Indian Express. 24 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Centre, National Informatics. "Digital Sansad". Digital Sansad.
  7. ↑ "Mahua Moitra marriage: TMC MP Mahua Moitra ties the knot in Germany, husband Odisha politician". The Indian Express. 5 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Centre, National Informatics. "Digital Sansad". Digital Sansad.
  9. ↑ "Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress MP, marries BJD leader Pinaki Misra, photo of newlywed goes viral | India News – India TV". www.indiatvnews.com. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Rajpurohit, Shivnarayan (18 October 2023). "Mahua Moitra's 'jilted ex', former ToI columnist, lawyer: Who is Jai Anant Dehadrai?". Newslaundry. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Political Buzz Mahua Moitra Wedding: TMC's Mahua Moitra Marries BJD's Pinaki Mishra in Private Ceremony". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra marries former BJD MP Pinaki Misra in ceremony abroad". India Today. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Members : Lok Sabha".


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