Ashok Mitra | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for West Bengal | |
| In office 19 August 1993 – 18 August 1999 | |
| Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India | |
| In office 1970–1972 | |
| Preceded by | VK Ramaswamy |
| Succeeded by | Manmohan Singh |
| Finance Minister of West Bengal | |
| In office 1977–1982, 1984–1987 | |
| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1983–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Dinesh Chandra Majumdar |
| Succeeded by | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| Constituency | Jadavpur |
| In office 1977–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Lakshmi Kanta Bose |
| Succeeded by | Hoimi Basu |
| Constituency | Rashbehari Avenue |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1928 Dacca, East Bengal, British Raj |
| Died | 1 May 2018 (aged 90) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Dacca Benaras Hindu University Delhi School of Economics Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (1996) |
Ashok Mitra (10 April 1928[1] – 1 May 2018) was an Indian economist and Marxist politician. He was a chief economic adviser to the Government of India and later became finance minister of West Bengal and a member of the Rajya Sabha.