Ashoke Kumar Sen

Ashoke Kumar Sen
Lok Sabha portrait
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 1990 – 2 April 1996
Constituency	West Bengal
Minister of Law and Justice
In office 1957–1966
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Charu Chandra Biswas
Succeeded by	Gopal Swarup Pathak
In office 1984–1987
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	Jagannath Kaushal
Succeeded by	P. Shiv Shankar
Minister of Electronics & Communications Technology
In office 1 September 1963 – 13 June 1964
Preceded by	Jagjivan Ram
Succeeded by	Satya Narayan Sinha
Minister of Steel and Mines
President of Supreme Court Bar Association of India
President of Indian Football Association
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1957–1977
Preceded by	Meghnad Saha
Succeeded by	Bijoy Singh Nahar
Constituency	Calcutta North West
In office 1980–1989
Preceded by	Bijoy Singh Nahar
Succeeded by	Debi Prasad Pal
Constituency	Calcutta North West
Personal details
Born	(1913-10-10)10 October 1913 Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	21 September 1996(1996-09-21) (aged 82) New Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress Janata Dal, Independent
Spouse	Anjana Sen
Children	2 daughters 2 sons
Relatives	Sukumar Sen (brother) Amartya Sen (nephew)
Alma mater	Presidency College, Kolkata London School of Economics
Profession	Lawyer

Ashoke Kumar Sen (10 October 1913 – 21 September 1996) was an Indian barrister, a former Cabinet minister of India, and an Indian parliamentarian.

He also holds the record for winning a Lok Sabha seat the most times and also the record for being not only an MP for the most years, but also a cabinet minister – serving more than 7 prime ministers. For decades, he was the inevitable Union Law Minister.