Purnendu Basu | |
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Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
In office 13 May 2011 –2 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Rabindranath Mondal |
Succeeded by | Aditi Munshi |
Constituency | Rajarhat Gopalpur |
Cabinet Minister Government of West Bengal | |
In office 2011–2021 | |
Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi D. Y. Patil M. K. Narayanan Jagdeep Dhankhar |
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Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
Preceded by | Moloy Ghatak (from Agriculture) |
Succeeded by |
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Personal details | |
Born | 26 September 1952 |
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Residence(s) | Kolkata,West Bengal,India |
Purnendu Basu is an Indian politician and the former Minister for Agriculture in the Government of West Bengal. [1] He was also an MLA,elected from the Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency in the 2011 and 2016 West Bengal state assembly election. He is currently Chairperson of West Bengal State Council of Technical and Vocational Education for Skill Development.
He served as the MLA,elected from the Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency in the 2011 and 2016 West Bengal state assembly election [2] [3] [4] and was succeeded by Aditi Munshi in 2021 election.
He served as the Agriculture Minister of West Bengal Government in the First Mamata Banerjee ministry from the years 2014 until 2017,when he was replaced by Asish Banerjee. [1]
He served as Minister of Labour of West Bengal Government in the First Mamata Banerjee ministry between the years 2011 –2014 and was replaced by Moloy Ghatak. [1]
He also served as Minister for Technical Education,Training &Skill Development of West Bengal Government from 2011-2016 and was replaced by Ashima Patra and again from 2017 –2021 and was succeeded by Humayun Kabir.
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