Mohammed Salim (politician)

Mohammed Salim
State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal
Assumed office
16 March 2022
Preceded bySurjya Kanta Mishra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byDeepa Dasmunsi
Succeeded byDebasree Chaudhuri
ConstituencyRaiganj
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byAjit Kumar Panja
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyCalcutta North East
Minister for Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment, Government of West Bengal
In office
16 May 2001 – 17 May 2004
Preceded bySatyasadhan Chakraborty
Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal
In office
2001–2004
Preceded bySultan Ahmed
Succeeded byMd. Abu Sufayen
ConstituencyEntally
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 1990 – 16 May 2001
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Assumed office
19 April 2015
Preceded byBuddhadeb Bhattacharya
Personal details
Born (1957-06-05) 5 June 1957 (age 67)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party Communist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseDr. Rosina Khatun
Children2
ResidenceKolkata
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
Jadavpur University
Websitemdsalim.org
As of 17 September, 2006
Source: [[1]]
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Mohammed Salim (born 5 June 1957) is an Indian politician, who is the incumbent State Secretary in West Bengal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was inducted in the politburo of CPI(M) in the 21st party congress organised at Visakhapatnam in 2015. He was a Member of the 16th Lok Sabha, representing Raiganj constituency.[2] Earlier, he was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal.[1] After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency, and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress.[3][4] Mohammed Salim is contesting the 2024 Indian general election as the Left Front candidate from the Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency). [5]

  1. ^ a b "Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch". Archived from the original on 5 September 2004.
  2. ^ "General Elections to Lok Sabha 2014 Constituency Wise Trends & Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Selim drowns in Mamata wave". The Statesman, 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Left Front fields Md. Salim from Murshidabad". West Bengal. The Hindu. Retrieved 24 March 2024.