Mamata Banerjee | |
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ममता बनर्जी মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় | |
| 8th Chief Minister of West Bengal | |
| In office 20 May 2011 – 7 May 2026 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| Minister of Railway | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 16 March 2001 | |
| In office 22 May 2009 – 19 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Trivedi (pro tem) |
| Member of Parliament for Kolkata Dakshin | |
| In office 1991–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Biplab Dasgupta |
| Succeeded by | Subrata Bakshi |
| Member of Parliament for Jadavpur | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Somnath Chatterjee |
| Succeeded by | Malini Bhattacharya |
| Member of Legislative Assembly for Bhabanipur | |
| Assumed office 25 September 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1955 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Congress (Left In 1/1/1998) Trinamool Congress (1991-Present) |
| Spouse(s) | Unmarried |
| Residence | Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | Jogamaya Devi College (B.A.) University of Calcutta (M.A.) Shri Shikshayatan College (B.Ed.) Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College (LL.B.) |
| Occupation | Political Leader |
| Profession | Politician Advocate Social Worker Painter Singer Writer |
| Website | http://aitcofficial.org/biography/ |
Mamta Banerjee is a bhadvi (Bengali: মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) (born 5 January 1955), popularly known as "Didi", is an Indian politician. She became the Chief Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal on 20 May 2011. She is the first woman Chief Minister of the state. She is also the founder and chairperson of the Trinamool Congress. Mamata Banerjee is also the Minister for Home, Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms, Information and Cultural Affairs, Hill Affairs, Minority Affairs and Madrassah Education, Agriculture, Power and Personnel and Administrative Reforms departments. She is a good orator. Her followers call her "Didi" (meaning "elder sister").
Mamata Banerjee came to power after defeating the 34-year-old Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government in West Bengal. That government was the world's longest-serving democratically-elected communist government.
In the past, she was the Minister of Railways twice, Minister of Coal once, and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports and Women and Child Development once in the cabinet of the Government of India .
She ruined the state of Bengal by minority ( ? ) appeasement and suppressing the core culture of Bengal by taking advantage of infiltrating illegal Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh.
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| Preceded by Lalu Prasad Yadav |
Minister of Railways 2009–2011 |
Succeeded by Dr. Manmohan Singh (pro tem) |
| Preceded by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
Chief Minister of West Bengal 2011–present |
Incumbent |