Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Dasmunsi in 2007
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999–2009
Preceded by	Subrata Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Deepa Dasmunsi
Constituency	Raiganj
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Susanta Chakraborty
Succeeded by	Bikram Sarkar
Constituency	Howrah
In office 1984–1989
Preceded by	Samar Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Susanta Chakraborty
Constituency	Howrah
In office 1971–1977
Preceded by	Ganesh Ghosh
Succeeded by	Dilip Chakravarty
Constituency	Calcutta South
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 28 May 2004 – 12 October 2008
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Ghulam Nabi Azad
Succeeded by	Vayalar Ravi
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office 18 November 2005 – 11 November 2008
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	S. Jaipal Reddy
Succeeded by	Ambika Soni
9th President of All India Football Federation
In office 1988–2008
Preceded by	Khalifa Ziauddin
Succeeded by	Praful Patel
Personal details
Born	(1945-11-13)13 November 1945 Chirirbander, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Dinajpur, Bangladesh)
Died	20 November 2017(2017-11-20) (aged 72) AIIMS, New Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1967 - 1978) (1984 - 2017)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (U)/Indian Congress (Socialist) (1978 - 1984)
Spouse	Deepa Dasmunsi ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	1 (son)
Residence	Kolkata
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Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (Prio Rônjon Dashmunshi; 13 November 1945 – 20 November 2017) was an Indian National Congress politician, former Union Minister and a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Raiganj constituency of West Bengal. He died on 20 November 2017, aged 72, after nine years in a coma following a massive stroke.