Babul Supriyo

Babul Supriyo
Supriyo in 2018
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 August 2022
Governor	La. Ganesan C. V. Ananda Bose
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Ministry and Department	Information Technology and Electronics Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction Tourism
Preceded by	Partha Chatterjee
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 April 2022
Preceded by	Subrata Mukherjee
Constituency	Ballygunge
Majority	20,030
Minister of State, Government of India
In office 31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Prakash Javadekar
MoS of	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Preceded by	Mahesh Sharma
In office 12 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
MoS of	Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Preceded by	G.M. Siddeshwara
Succeeded by	Arjun Ram Meghwal
In office 9 November 2014 – 12 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
MoS of	Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2014 – 22 October 2021
Preceded by	Bansa Gopal Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Shatrughan Sinha
Constituency	Asansol
Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
In office 1 September 2014 – 9 November 2014
Appointed by	Sumitra Mahajan Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Personal details
Born	Babul Supriyo Baral (1970-12-15) 15 December 1970 (age 53) Uttarpara, West Bengal, India
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress (2021–present)[1]
Other political affiliations	Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–2021)
Spouses	Riaa ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2015)​ Rachna Sharma ​ (m. 2016)​
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (B.Com)
Signature
Occupations	Politician actor playback singer
Awards	Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards: Best Male Playback for Tak Jhal Mishti Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Mayer Anchal Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for Subho Drishti Zee Gold Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Website	Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change

Babul Supriyo (born 15 December 1970)^[2][3] is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician who currently serves as Cabinet Minister of Information Technology and Electronics of the Government of West Bengal. He was elected Member of Parliament from Asansol in the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha and also served as the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in the Union Council of Ministers. He officially resigned as MP on 19 October 2021^[4] and was elected as a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on 16 April 2022 from Ballygunge Assembly seat.^[5]

He started his career as playback singer in Hindi cinema in the mid-nineties and has sung for many films since then. He primarily sings in Hindi, Bengali, and Odia languages. However, he has also done playback singing in 11 other languages during his musical career. He entered politics in 2014 and joined Narendra Modi's government. He previously served as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

Supriyo quit the Bharatiya Janata Party and joined the All India Trinamool Congress Party in September 2021.^[6]