Chandrima Bhattacharya | |
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| Minister of State (Independent Charge),Government of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil(additional charge) Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar La. Ganesan(additional charge) C. V. Ananda Bose |
| Department |
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| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Member of theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tanmoy Bhattacharya |
| Constituency | Dum Dum Uttar |
| In office 20 May 2016 – 2 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Dibyendu Adhikari |
| Succeeded by | Arup Kumar Das |
| Constituency | Kanthi Dakshin |
| In office 14 May 2011 – 20 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Tanmoy Bhattacharya |
| Constituency | Dum Dum Uttar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-12-05)5 December 1955 (age 70) |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Residence(s) | 57E Garcha Road, Kolkata |
| Profession | Politician |
Chandrima Bhattacharya[1] is anTrinamool Congress politician in India and the currentMinister of State forFinance(Independent Charge),Health and Family Welfare,Land and Land Reforms, Refugee and Rehabilitation[2] of theGovernment of West Bengal. Previously, she acted as a minister in the first reshuffle of the ministry in January 2012 afterMamata Banerjee took over as Chief Minister.[3] She was also made the junior Law Minister in October 2012.[4] She was promoted as a cabinet minister and given independent charge ofLaw and Judicial Department,Government of West Bengal in November 2012.[5]
Bhattacharya holds anLL.B (1976) degree from theUniversity of Calcutta.[6] She was also a practising advocate inCalcutta High Court till the 2011 elections.[4]
She had been elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly on anTrinamool Congress ticket fromDum Dum Uttar in2011 and2021 and fromKanthi Dakshin in 2017.[7]
| West Bengal Legislative Assembly | ||
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| New seat | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly fromDum Dum Uttar Assembly constituency 2011 – 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly fromKanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency 2017 – 2021 | Succeeded by Arup Kumar Das |
| Preceded by | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly fromDum Dum Uttar Assembly constituency 2017 - | Incumbent |
| Preceded by Vacant | Minister of State (Independent Charge) Government of West Bengal 2012 - | Succeeded by Incumbent |
