Mamata Banerjee

Also known as Mamata Bandyopadhyay

Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the chief minister of West Bengal since 20 May 2011; she is the first woman to hold the office. The founder and president of the All India Trinamool Congress, she previously served as a Union Cabinet Minister and is also the current leader of the house in West Bengal's Legislative Assembly.

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Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician, painter, and poet born in Kolkata in 1955. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and the All India Trinamool Congress. Her native language is Bangla, which she also uses for writing, and she speaks English. She practices Hinduism and resides in Kolkata.

Banerjee has held the position of Minister of Railways. She was educated at the University of Calcutta. Her name in her native language is মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়. She received the Time 100 award, a recognition included in the Time 100 collection.

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Governor: List M. K. Narayanan , D. Y. Patil (additional charge) , Keshari Nath Tripathi , Jagdeep Dhankhar , La. Ganesan (additional charge) , C. V. Ananda Bose , R. N. Ravi
Cabinet: Banerjee I , Banerjee II , Banerjee III
Preceded by: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Succeeded by: Suvendu Adhikari
Ministry and departments: Home & Hill Affairs Personnel & Administrative Reforms Finance & Excise Planning Statistics Program Implementation Health and Family Welfare Land and Land Reforms Refugee and Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs Minority Affairs & Madrassah Education Sports & Youth Affairs

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Instance of: human
Family name: Banerjee
Gender: female
Citizenship: India
Place of birth: Kolkata
Occupation: poet
Political party: Indian National Congress
Languages spoken: Bangla
Native language: Bangla
Religion: Hinduism
Award: Time 100
Image: Mamata Banerjee - Kolkata 2011-12-08 7531 (cropped).JPG
Residence: Kolkata

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Commons category: Mamata Banerjee
date of birth: 1955-01-05
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name in native language: মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
social media followers: 7129089
P10632: Mamata Banerjee
writing language: Bangla

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Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly In office 3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) – 4 May 2026 (2026-05-04) Preceded bySovandeb Chattopadhyay Succeeded bySuvendu Adhikari ConstituencyBhabanipur In office 16 November 2011 (2011-11-16) – 2 May 2021 (2021-05-02) Preceded bySubrata Bakshi Succeeded bySovandeb Chattopadhyay ConstituencyBhabanipur President of the All India Trinamool Congress Incumbent

Assumed office 2001 (2001) Preceded byAjit Kumar Panja

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