Soumen Kumar Mahapatra | |
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Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal | |
In office 20 May 2011 –10 May 2021 | |
Governor | M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil (additional charge) Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar La Ganesan (additional charge) C. V. Ananda Bose |
Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
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Preceded by | Nandagopal Bhattacharjee (Water Resources Investigation &Development) Mamata Banerjee (Irrigation and Waterways) |
Succeeded by | Manas Bhunia (Water Resources Investigation &Development) |
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2 May 2021 (13 May 2011–19 May 2016) | |
Preceded by | Jagannath Mitra (2016) Ashok Kumar Dinda (2021) |
Succeeded by | Ashok Kumar Dinda (2016) |
Constituency | Tamluk |
In office 19 May 2016 –2 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Prabodh Chandra Sinha |
Succeeded by | Ajit Maity |
Constituency | Pingla |
In office 2001–2006 | |
Preceded by | Chhaya Bera |
Succeeded by | Bula Choudhury |
Constituency | Nandanpur |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 December 1958 |
Political party | Trinamool Congress |
Spouse | Sumana Mahapatra |
Children | Two |
Residence | Kolkata |
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