Back أميت ميترا Arabic اميت ميترا ARZ অমিত মিত্র Bengali/Bangla Amit Mitra IG Amit Mitra SIMPLE அமித் மித்ரா Tamil అమిత్ మిత్ర Tegulu
Amit Mitra | |
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 Mitra in 2011 | |
| Cabinet Minister Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 2011 - 2021 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
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| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
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| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2011–2021 | |
| Preceded by | Asim Dasgupta |
| Succeeded by | Kajal Sinha (posthumously) |
| Constituency | Khardaha |
| Principal Advisor(Cabinet Rank) Chief Minister of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 10 Nov 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1947 Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Spouse | Meera Balakrishnan |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Relatives | Bela Mitra (mother) Haridas Mitra (father) |
| Alma mater | Presidency College, Kolkata (B.A.) University of Delhi (M.A.) Duke University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Economist Politician |
Dr. Amit Mitra is an Indian economist and politician and the current Special Advisor to Chief Minister of West Bengal on Finance. Previously he was the Finance, Commerce & Industries Minister of the government of Indian state of West Bengal. He was the incumbent MLA in the West Bengal state assembly from the Khardaha state assembly constituency. Cited as a giant killer in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election defeating Asim Dasgupta, the former West Bengal Finance Minister.[1][2][3] Mitra previously served as the Secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
- ^ "Khardaha". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ "134 – Khardah Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.