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Mamata Banerjee

Hon'ble Chief Minister, West Bengal

Father's Name

Late Promileswar Banerjee

Mother's Name

Late Gayatri Banerjee

Date of Birth

05 January 1955

Place of Birth

Kolkata (West Bengal)

Educational Qualifications

M.A., B.Ed., LL.B., Trained in Work Education, Educated at Calcutta University, West Bengal

Profession

Fulltime political activist and Social Worker

Permanent Address

30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street,
Kolkata-700 026
West Bengal
Tels. (033) 24753000
Fax. (033) 24540880

Positions Held
1977-83Member, West Bengal Youth Congress Working Committee
1979-80General-Secretary, Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal
1978-81Secretary, District Congress Committee (Indira)[D.C.C. (I)], Calcutta South
1984Elected to 8th Lok Sabha General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress (I)
1985-87Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
1987-88Member, National Council, All India Youth Congress (I) Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
1988Member, Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party [C.P.P. (I)]
1989Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C. (I)], West Bengal
1990President, Youth Congress, West Bengal
1991Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1991-93Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Women and Child Development
1993-96Member, Committee on Home Affairs
1995-96Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1996Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1996-97Member, Committee on Home Affairs Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
1997Founded All India Trinamool Congress and elected Chairperson, All India Trinamool Congress
1998Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1998-99Chairman, Committee on Railways Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
1999Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term) Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha Member, General Purposes Committee
13 Oct. 1999 - 16 Mar. 2001Union Cabinet Minister, Railways
2001-2003Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industries
8 Sep. 2003 - 8 Jan. 2004Union Cabinet Minister (without any portfolio)
9 Jan. 2004- May 2004Union Cabinet Minister, Coal and Mines 2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term) Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice
5 Aug. 2006Member, Committee on Home Affairs
5 Aug. 2007Member, Committee on Home Affairs
2009Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)
31 May 2009Union Cabinet Minister
20 May 2011 Sworn-in as the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal.
27 May 2016Sworn-in for the second time as Chief Minister of West Bengal.
05 May 2021Sworn-in for the third time as Chief Minister of West Bengal.
 
BOOKS PUBLISHED

Total Number of books published 129

In Bengali : (i) Upalabdhi; (ii) Janatar Darbare; (iii) Maa; (iv)Pallabi; (v) Manavik; (vi) Crocodile Island; (vii) Trinamool; (viii) Sishu Sathi; (ix) Anubhuti; (x)Abishasya; (xi) Janmaini; (xii) Ekantee; (xiii) Ashubho Shanket;(xiv) Jago Banglaa; (xv) Ganotantre Lajja; (xvi) Anoson Keno; (xvii) Soroni; (xviii) Langol; (xix) Andolaner Katha; (xx) Maa-Mati-Manush; (xxi) Ajab Chora; (xxii) Nandi-Maa; (xxiii) Netai; (xxiv) Cholo-Jai ; (xxv) Note Kotha; (xxvi) Singur Joyee; (xxvii) Manusher Joy 2016; (xxviii) Byaktityo; (xxix) Namanjoli Dwitiyo; (xxx) Mojar Chora; (xxxi) Kabita; (xxxii) Pariborton; (xxxiii) Pochonder Kabita; (xxxiv) Se Nei; (xxxv) Ek Poloke Ek Jholoke; (xxxvi) Rituraj; (xxxvii) Nagarik; (xxxviii) Nagarikatwa Atonko; (xxxix) Manusher Pokkhe Unnoyoner Lokkhe; (xl) Poschimbanga Bidhansabhaye Nirbachito Boktritamala; (xli) Kabitabitan; (xlii) Lohopranam Choray Choray -1; (xliii) Sabuj Bangla; (xliv) Jagoroner Bangla ;( xlv) Aami; (xlvi) Biponno Bharat; (xlvii) Alokbortika; (xlviii) Asahishnuta; (xlix)Rudrakkha; (l) Amar Naba Prajonmo; (li) Banglar Kanyashree Ajj Biswajoyee; (lii) Sishukotha; (liii) Sishubela; (liv) Sishudola; (lv) Kothanjali; (lvi) Namanjoli Prothom; (lvii) Namanjoli Samagra; (lviii) Sahishnuta; (lix) Biswabangla; (lx) Amar Pahaar; (lxi) Amar Jangal; (lxii) Kanyar Chokhe Kanyasree; (lxiii) Tumi; (lxiv) Kotha; (lxv) Bikelta Hariye Geche; (lxvi) Jibansangram; (lxvii) kutsapokkho; (lxviii) Bidhansabhaye Mamata Banerjee; (lxix) Sera Mamata Ek; (lxx) Sera Mamata Dui; (lxxi) Soja Sapta; (lxxii) Pather Sathi; (lxxiii) Kothaye Kothaye; (lxxiv) Chokher Tara; (lxxv) Bhabnar Sathi; (lxxvi) Sishumon; (lxxvii) Covider Dinlipi; (lxxviii) Godyo Samagra-1; (lxxix) Bidhansabhaye mukhyomantri; (lxxx) Khela Hobe; (lxxxi) Duare Sarkar; (lxxxii) Kolom; (lxxxiii) lohopranam Mahiyashi Choray Choray -1; (lxxxiv) Kolkatar Durgatsob; (lxxxv) Amader Durgatsob; (lxxxvi) lohopranam Mahiyashi Choray Choray -2; (lxxxvii) Amader Sangbidhan O Kichu Katha; (lxxxviii) Duare Sarkar Apnar Amar;(lxxxix) Utsab Shobar; (xc) Trinomool Store Trinomooler Joy; (xci) Lohopranam Choray Choray -2; (xcii) Trinomool

In English : (i) Struggle for Existence; (ii) Smile; (iii) Dark Horizon; (iv) Slaughter of Democracy; (v) Motherland; (vi) My Unforgettable Memories, (vii) Earth Song (viii) A Dreamer’s Creation; (ix) Best of Mamata; (x) Kathanjali : Simple Quotations; (xi) My Journey, Myself: A Collection of Poetry ; (xii) India in Distress ; (xiii) Poems for You ; (xiv) No NPR ; (xv) Bloom ; (xvi) Bengal Can ; (xvii) Brief Introduction on Bengal Heritage ; (xviii) A World Without Water; (xix) She ; (xx)The Game is On ; (xxi) Kobitabitan ; (xxii) Built Heritage of Bengal ; (xxiii) Festivals for All ; (xxiv) Why we are saying NO to NRC CAA ; (xxv) Duare Sarkar; (xxv) Salute ; (xxvi) Humble Regards ; (xxvii) Bengal Heritage

Others : (i) Himmat (Urdu Shayeri) ; (ii) Inasaf (Urdu Shayeri); (iii) Savera (Urdu Shayeri); (iv) Khusboo (Urdu Shayeri) ; (v) Tamanna (Urdu Shayeri); (vi) Roshni (Urdu Shayeri) ; (vii) Guldasta-e-shayeri (Urdu Shayeri) ; (viii) Maa-Mati-Manush (Hindi) ; (ix) Ayo Asha Ar Mounami (Santhal) ; (x) Ek Sangrami Jeevankatha (Punjabi)

LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Given music and written lyrics for Bengali songs and received 4 Golden Disc

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Connected with different social and human rights organisations to promote the welfare of poor, children and women; providing free legal aid to the poor and working for the protection of human rights; organised various health camps for mothers and children

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Protecting human rights

FAVOURITE PASTIME AND RECREATION

Writing books and songs; painting and music

COUNTRIES VISITED

Widely travelled

OTHER INFORMATION

Represented the country in (i) in U.N. General Assembly; (ii) as a woman parliamentarian at World Women Round Table Conference, Russia; and (iii) World Youth Conference, Vietnam; attended the Working Women Conference of ILO and ICFTU at Kuala Lumpur; observed Dharna in 1995 for 21 days to restore Human Rights; protested against atrocities on women and lock up deaths in the country, specially in West Bengal.