Biman Banerjee

Indian politician

M. K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil (additional charge)
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
La. Ganesan (additional charge)
C. V. Ananda Bose

Sonali Guha (2011–2016)
Haider Aziz Safwi (23 June 2016 – 12 Dec 2018)
Sukumar Hansda (28 Dec 2018–29 Oct 2020)
Asish Banerjee (2021–Present)

Chief MinisterMamata BanerjeePreceded byHashim Abdul HalimMember of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

Incumbent

Assumed office
13 May 2011Preceded byRahul GhoshConstituencyBaruipur PaschimCouncillor of Kolkata Municipal CorporationIn office
1985–1990 Personal detailsBorn (1948-12-28) 28 December 1948 (age 75)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India^[1]Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress(from 1998)
Indian National Congress(until 1998)ResidenceKolkata

Biman Banerjee (Bengali: বিমান বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়া; born 28 December 1948) is an Indian politician who has been Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since May 30, 2011. Being a member of All India Trinamool Congress, he is a sitting member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Baruipur Paschim.

Life and career

Born and brought up in Garden Reach, Biman Banerjee graduated from the Goenka college and completed his master's degree in commerce and simultaneously in law from the University of Calcutta.^[1] His grandfather, Satish Chandra Banerjee, and his father, Pranotosh Banerjee, were reputed lawyers. He was employed in the Bank of India but subsequently left the job and joined the legal profession. He also served as a part-time lecturer in commercial & industrial law in Hari Mohan Ghosh College and was an examiner in the Calcutta University. He was elected as Councilor of Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1985 from ward no. 136. He was also elected as a member of the West Bengal Bar Council.^[2]

Political career

In May 2011, the Trinamool MLA from Baruipur Paschim and practicing lawyer was elected as Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly unopposed, as the Opposition did not nominate a candidate for the post.^[3] After the election, he took a decision to give more importance to the sensitivities of the opposition and promised to give them more time to speak, on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's advice, a decision which was welcomed by the Leader of the Opposition, Suryakanta Mishra. After Biman Banerjee was elected, he was taken to the Speaker's Chair by Mishra, Prabodh Chandra Sinha and Subhas Naskar, where he engaged in the protocol of exchanging courtesies with the outgoing speaker, Hashim Abdul Halim.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Shri Biman Banerjee". Lok Sabha TV. Date & Place of Birth: 28 Dec 1948, Metiaburuj, Kolkata, South 24 Parganas
^ Biman Banerjee. "Biman Banerjee — Home Page". Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
^ PTI (21 May 2011). "West Bengal: Biman Banerjee nominated for Speaker, Sonali Guha for Dy Speaker". Dainik Bhaskar. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
^ HT Correspondent (30 May 2011). "Biman Banerjee elected West Bengal assembly speaker". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
^ Pallab Ghosh (30 May 2011). "Biman Bandopadhyay become new speaker in West Bengal Assembly". InstaBlogs. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.