Amit Mitra

Amit Mitra
Mitra in 2011
Cabinet Minister
Government of West Bengal
In office
2011 - 2021
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Department
  • Finance
  • Planning and Statistics and Programme Monitoring
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Department
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2011–2021
Preceded byAsim Dasgupta
Succeeded byKajal Sinha (posthumously)
ConstituencyKhardaha
Principal Advisor(Cabinet Rank)
Chief Minister of West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 Nov 2021
Personal details
Born (1947-12-20) 20 December 1947 (age 76)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
SpouseMeera Balakrishnan
Children1 daughter
RelativesBela Mitra (mother)
Haridas Mitra (father)
Alma mater Presidency College, Kolkata (B.A.)
University of Delhi (M.A.)
Duke University (Ph.D.)
OccupationEconomist
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).

  1. ^ "Khardaha". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. ^ "134 – Khardah Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  3. ^ "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.