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Surjya Kanta Mishra
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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.
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 | (1949-04-18) 18 April 1949 (age 75) 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 |
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.