Soumen Kumar Mahapatra | |
Birth Date: | 6 December 1958 |
Residence: | Kolkata |
Office: | Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal |
Term Start: | 20 May 2011 |
Term End: | 10 May 2021 |
Predecessor: | Nandagopal Bhattacharjee (Water Resources Investigation & Development) Mamata Banerjee (Irrigation and Waterways) |
Successor: | Manas Bhunia (Water Resources Investigation & Development) |
Office1: | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 2 May 2021 (13 May 2011–19 May 2016) |
Constituency1: | Tamluk |
Predecessor1: | Jagannath Mitra (2016) Ashok Kumar Dinda (2021) |
Successor1: | Ashok Kumar Dinda (2016) |
Term Start2: | 19 May 2016 |
Term End2: | 2 May 2021 |
Constituency2: | Pingla |
Predecessor2: | Prabodh Chandra Sinha |
Successor2: | Ajit Maity |
Term Start3: | 2001 |
Term End3: | 2006 |
Constituency3: | Nandanpur |
Predecessor3: | Chhaya Bera |
Successor3: | Bula Choudhury |
Party: | Trinamool Congress |
Spouse: | Sumana Mahapatra |
Children: | Two |
Governor: | M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil (additional charge) Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar La Ganesan (additional charge) C. V. Ananda Bose |
1Namedata: | Mamata Banerjee |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
2Blankname: | Department |
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Soumen Mahapatra is an Indian politician and the current Minister for Irrigation and Waterways and previously served as the Minister for Water Resources Investigation & Development in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Tamluk constituency in 2011 and 2021, Pingla constituency in 2016 and Nandanpur constituency in 2006 West Bengal assembly election.[1] [2] [3]