Pinaki Misra | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 16 May 2009 | |
Preceded by | Braja Kishore Tripathy |
Constituency | Puri |
Personal details | |
Born | Puri,Odisha,India | 23 October 1959
Political party | Biju Janata Dal |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Sangita Misra |
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;he is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Puri. [1] In 1996 he contested as the Congress candidate for Puri Lok Sabha seat and won over Braja Kishore Tripathy,the then Puri MP and Union Minister. [2] During the 2019 General Election,Pinaki Misra defeated BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra from the Puri Constituency in a closely contested fight. He is a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India and has fought cases in nearly all High Courts in India and major Tribunals in India. [3]
Misra holds B.A.(Hons) History from St. Stephen's College,Delhi and LL.B. from Faculty of Law,University of Delhi. He is married to Sangita Misra and has one daughter and one son. [4]
The list of positions held chronologically listed is as follows. [5]
Tenure | Position Held |
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1996 | Elected to 11th Lok Sabha |
1996–97 | Member,Standing Committee on External Affairs |
2009 | Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
31 August 2009 –2011 | Member,Standing Committee on External Affairs |
23 September 2009 | Member,Committee on Subordinate Legislation |
2009 –May 2014 | Member,Standing Committee on Civil Aviation |
2009 –May 2014 | Member,Consultative Committee,Ministry of Law &Justice |
2011 –May 2014 | Member,Standing Committee on Personnel,Public Grievances,Law and Justice |
May 2014 | Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
1 September 2014 –25 May 2019 | Chairperson,Standing Committee on Urban Development Member,Consultative Committee,Ministry of Defence |
29 January 2015 –25 May 2019 | Member,General Purposes Committee |
May 2019 | Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
20 June 2019 onwards | Member,Business Advisory Committee |
13 September 2019 onwards | Member,Standing Committee on Finance |
9 October 2019 onwards | Member,Committee on Subordinate Legislation |
15 October 2019 onwards | Leader,Biju Janata Dal Legislature Party in Lok Sabha |
21 November 2019 onwards | Member,General Purposes Committee,Lok Sabha Member,Consultative Committee,Ministry of Electronics and Information &Technology,Ministry of Communications |
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