Partha Chatterjee (politician)

Partha Chatterjee
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
In office 10 May 2021 – 28 July 2022
Governor	M.K. Narayanan Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Ministry and Departments	Ministry for Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Ministry for Information Technology and Electronics Ministry for Parliamentary Affairs
Preceded by	Nirupam Sen Amit Mitra Sailen Sarkar Dr. Debesh Das
In office 20 May 2011 – 20 December 2012
In office 20 May 2014 – 10 May 2021
Governor	M.K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Ministry and Departments	Ministry of School Education
Preceded by	Bratya Basu
Succeeded by	Bratya Basu
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2001
Preceded by	Nirmal Mukherjee
Constituency	Behala Paschim
Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal
In office 21 September 2006 – 13 May 2011
Deputy	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
Preceded by	Pankaj Kumar Banerjee
Succeeded by	Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra
Constituency	Behala Paschim
Secretary-General of All India Trinamool Congress
In office 1998–2022
Editor of Jago Bangla
In office 1998–2022
Personal details
Born	(1952-10-06) 6 October 1952 (age 71) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Independent (2022–present) All India Trinamool Congress (1998–2022) Indian National Congress (Until 1998)
Spouse	Late Babli (Jayasree) Chatterjee[1]
Children	Sohini Chatterjee[2]
Residence	Kolkata
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (BA) IISWBM (MBA)

Partha Chatterjee (born 6 October 1952) is an Indian politician. He earlier served as the Minister of Commerce and Industries and formerly served as the Education Minister of Government of West Bengal.^[3] He represented the Trinamool Congress. He also held the political office of Secretary General of the All India Trinamool Congress. In 2022, he was suspended indefinitely from the party following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.