Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Chowdhury in 2013
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 11 October 1999 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Promothes Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Yusuf Pathan
Constituency	Baharampur
Leader Of the Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha
In office 18 July 2021 – 4 June 2024
President	Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Deputy	Gaurav Gogoi
Speaker Lok Sabha	Om Birla
Preceded by	Ravneet Singh Bittu
In office 16 June 2019 – 11 March 2021
President	Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Speaker Lok Sabha	Om Birla
Preceded by	Mallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded by	Ravneet Singh Bittu
President of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 September 2020
President	Sonia Gandhi Mallikarjun Kharge
Preceded by	Somendra Nath Mitra
In office 11 February 2014 – 22 September 2018
President	Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi
Preceded by	Pradip Bhattacharya
Succeeded by	Somendra Nath Mitra
Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 July 2019
Appointed by	Om Birla (Lok Sabha Speaker)
Preceded by	Mallikarjun Kharge
Union Minister of State for Railways, Government of India
In office 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy
Succeeded by	Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1996–1999
Preceded by	Sisir Sarkar
Constituency	Nabagram
Personal details
Born	(1956-04-02) 2 April 1956 (age 68) Berhampore, West Bengal, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Atasi Chattopadhyaya Chowdhury ​ ​ (date missing)​
Children	2
Residence(s)	Baharampur, Murshidabad, West Bengal
Profession	Social worker, Politician
Source: [1]

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (born 2 April 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the leader of the Indian National Congress in the 17th Lok Sabha and from 2019 to 2024 and the Member of Parliament from Berhampore from 1999 to 2024^[1][2] He is also the current president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee following the demise of Somendra Nath Mitra since 2020 and from 2014 to 2018, Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee (India) since 2019, Minister of State of Railways from 2012 to 2014 and the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1999. ^[3]