Sovan Chatterjee | |
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শোভন চট্টোপাধ্যায় | |
37th Mayor of Kolkata | |
In office 16 June 2010 – 22 November 2018 | |
Deputy | Farzana Alam (2010-15) Atin Ghosh (2015-18) |
Preceded by | Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya[1] |
Succeeded by | Firhad Hakim |
Minister of Fire & Engineering Government of West Bengal | |
In office 2011–2021 | |
Preceded by | Kumkum Chakraborti |
Succeeded by | Sujit Bose |
Constituency | Behala Purba |
Councillor, Kolkata Municipal Corporation | |
In office 2010–2022 | |
Preceded by | Sova Ghosh |
Succeeded by | Ratna Chatterjee |
Constituency | Ward No. 131 |
Personal details | |
Born | [2] Kolkata, West Bengal, India | 7 July 1964
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2019–2021) Trinamool Congress (1998–2019) Indian National Congress (1985–1998) |
Sovan Chatterjee (born 7 July 1964) is an Indian politician. He is a former member of Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress, and the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has also served as the Mayor of Kolkata. Chatterjee served as a Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) councilor since 1985. In 2019, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party, and left in 2021.