Minister of State (Independent Charge) Government of West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office 2012
Governor
M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil
Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar La. Ganesan C. V. Ananda Bose
Department
Finance(I/C)
Health and Family Welfare
Land and Land Reforms
Refugee and Rehabilitation
Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2021
Preceded by
Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Constituency
Dum Dum Uttar
In office 2017–2021
Preceded by
Dibyendu Adhikari
Succeeded by
Arup Kumar Das
Constituency
Kanthi Dakshin
In office 2011–2016
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Constituency
Dum Dum Uttar
Personal details
Born
(1955-12-05) 5 December 1955 (age 68)
Nationality
India
Political party
All India Trinamool Congress
Residence(s)
57E Garcha Road, Kolkata
Profession
Politician
Chandrima Bhattacharya[1] is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and the current Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge), Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms, Refugee and Rehabilitation[2] of the Government of West Bengal. Previously she acted as a minister in the first reshuffle of the ministry in January 2012 after Mamata Banerjee took over as Chief Minister.[3] She was also made the junior Law Minister in October 2012.[4] She was promoted as a cabinet minister and given independent charge of Law and Judicial Department, Government of West Bengal in November 2012.[5]
Bhattacharya holds an LL.B (1976) degree from the University of Calcutta.[6] She was also a practising advocate in Calcutta High Court till the 2011 elections.[4]
She had been elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly on an All India Trinamool Congress ticket from Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2011 and 2021 and from Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2017.[7]
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