Soumen Mahapatra Explained

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
2Namedata:
  • Water Resources Investigation & Development (2011-2021)
  • Irrigation and Waterways (2021)

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  2. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/All+the+didi's+men/1/43364.html All the Didi's men
  3. Web site: Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet. 22 May 2011. Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213008/http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view. 5 October 2011.