Satyabrata Mookherjee

Satyabrata Mookherjee (Bengali: সত্যব্রত মুখার্জী; 8 May 1932 – 3 March 2023) was an Indian Union minister of state and the president of BJP's West Bengal state unit from 2008 before being replaced by Rahul Sinha in October 2009. He was minister of state for Chemicals and Fertilizers (September 2000 – June 2002) and later for Commerce and Industry (July 2002 – October 2003) in Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry.^[1]

Satyabrata Mookherjee
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Ajoy Mukhopadhyay
Succeeded by	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Constituency	Krishnanagar
Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry
In office 1 July 2002 – 13 May 2004
Union Minister of State For Chemicals & Fertilizers
In office 1 September 2000 – 3 June 2002
7th President of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
In office 2008–2009
Preceded by	Sukumar Banerjee
Succeeded by	Rahul Sinha
Personal details
Born	(1932-05-08)8 May 1932 Sylhet, Assam Province, British India
Died	3 March 2023(2023-03-03) (aged 90) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	New Delhi, India
Alma mater	Calcutta University
Profession	Advocate
Nickname	Jolu

Career

Mookherjee was born on 8 May 1932 in Sylhet in Assam (now Bangladesh), he was educated at Calcutta University. He did his Bar-at-law from The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn^[2] and also pursued further studies at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London.

Mookherjee being a Senior Advocate, was an additional solicitor general of India before being elected,^[3] in 1999, to the 13th Lok Sabha from Krishnagar (Lok Sabha constituency) in West Bengal as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2][4]

Personal life and death

Mookherjee was the nephew of Sankar Das Banerji, Speaker of West Bengal.

Mookherjee died on 3 March 2023, at age 90 in Kolkata.^[5][6]

References

1. "Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Profile of Satyabrata Mookherjee". Archived from the original on 1 December 2006.
2. "Profile of Satyabrata Mookherjee on parliamentofindia.nic.in". Retrieved 25 February 2011.
3. "Satyabrata Mookherjee, former ASG and Union minister, dies at 90". The Indian Express. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
4. সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "Satyabrata Mookherjee died | প্রয়াত জলুবাবু, রাজ্য বিজেপির প্রাক্তন সভাপতি সত্যব্রত মুখোপাধ্যায় ছিলেন কেন্দ্রীয় মন্ত্রীও". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
5. "Former ASG and Union Minister Satyabrata Mookherjee passes away". Bar and Bench. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
6. "Former Union minister Satyabrata Mookherjee passes away at 90". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.