Surjya Kanta Mishra | |
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 Misra at a meeting to assess implementation of safe drinking water, rural sanitation and NREGA schemes, in Kolkata, 1 June 2007. | |
| Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Assumed office April 2012 | |
| State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal | |
| In office 2015–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Biman Bose |
| Succeeded by | Md. Salim |
| Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 16 May 1991 – 13 May 2011 | |
| Chief Minister | Jyoti Basu Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| Ministry | Health & Family Welfare, Biotechnology, Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development |
| Preceded by | Prasanta Chandra Sur |
| Succeeded by | Subrata Mukherjee |
| Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal | |
| In office 1 June 2011 – 19 May 2016 | |
| Deputy | Subhas Naskar |
| Preceded by | Partha Chatterjee |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Mannan |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal | |
| In office 1991–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Bibhuti Bhusan De |
| Succeeded by | Pradyot Kumar Ghosh |
| Constituency | Narayangarh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1949 Narayangarh, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | CPI(M) |
| Spouse | Usha Misra |
| Residence(s) | Narayangarh, West Midnapore, West Bengal |
| Alma mater | SCB Medical College (MBBS) Midnapore College (BSc) |
| Profession | Politician, Social worker, Doctor |
Surjya Kanta Mishra (born 18 April 1949) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as Minister of Health and Minister in-charge of Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development in the Left Front governments of West Bengal[1][2] and was the Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal State Committee between 2015 and 2022.
After the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in May 2011.[1] He was inducted into the politburo of the CPI(M) following the death of veteran leader M.K. Pandhe in 2011.[3][4] In 2015, he was elected as the state secretary of CPI(M) in West Bengal, succeeding Biman Bose.
- ^ a b "Surjya Kanta Mishra: A profile". The Hindu. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Chaturvedi, Pradeep. Food Security and Panchayati Raj. New Delhi: Published for Indian Association for the Advancement of Science and Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations by Concept Pub. Co, 1997. p. 289
- ^ Sengupta, Anindya (20 January 2012). "Rising sun in CPM's cloudy sky". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ tripurainfo.com. Surja Kanta predicts 7th Left Front government
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