Mahua Moitra

Mahua Moitra
Moitra in 2021
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byTapas Paul
ConstituencyKrishnanagar
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
28 May 2016 – 23 May 2019
Preceded bySamaredranath Ghosh
Succeeded byBimalendu Sinha Roy
ConstituencyKarimpur
In–charge of the All India Trinamool Congress, Goa
In office
13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) – 4 May 2022 (2022-05-04)
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byKirti Azad
Personal details
Born (1974-10-12) 12 October 1974 (age 50)[1][2]
Labac, Cachar, Assam, India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress (Since 2010)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Lars Wauvert Brorson
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(divorced)​
Alma materMount Holyoke College
Profession

Mahua Moitra (born 12 October 1974) is an Indian politician and former investment banker.[3] She won the 2019 Indian general election as an All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) party candidate from Krishnanagar[4] and served as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2023 until being expelled. She was re-elected to parliament in the 2024 Indian general election.[5] She was noticed nationally and internationally for her ‘Early signs of fasicism’ speech address to Indian Parliament.

Moitra served as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly representing Karimpur from 2016 to 2019,[6] and served as the general secretary and national spokesperson of the AITC. On 13 November 2023, Moitra was appointed as AITC District President of Krishnanagar (Nadia North). She was an investment banker at JPMorgan Chase before entering politics.[7] Moitra was disqualified and expelled from the Lok Sabha on 8 December 2023 following recommendation of Lok Sabha Ethics Committee for sharing her login and password of NIC portal.[8]

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  2. ^ De, Shobhaa (29 June 2019). "India is 'drunk' on Mahua: A political star is born". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Who is Mahua Moitra?". The Indian Express. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Election Results 2019: Privacy Warrior Mahua Moitra Wins West Bengal's Krishnanagar". HuffPost. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Economic Times. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  6. ^ "West Bengal 2016 Mahua Moitra (Winner) Karimpur". MyNeta. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Ex-investment banker Mahua Moitra has assets of over Rs 2.5 cr". India Today. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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