Shyamal Chakraborty

Shyamal Chakraborty
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2008–2014
Preceded bySheikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed
Succeeded byRitabrata Banerjee
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Minister of Transport, Government of West Bengal
In office
1982–1996
Preceded byMohammed Amin
Succeeded bySubhas Chakraborty
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1981–1996
Preceded bySuhrid Mullick Chowdhury
Succeeded byParesh Paul
ConstituencyManiktala
Personal details
Born(1944-02-05)5 February 1944
Khulna, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died6 August 2020(2020-08-06) (aged 76)[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party Communist Party of India (Marxist) (from 1964)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of India (till 1964)
ChildrenUshasie Chakraborty
Residence(s)Maniktala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
ProfessionPolitician, columnist

Shyamal Chakraborty (5 February 1944 – 6 August 2020) was an Indian politician and trade unionist, who was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from West Bengal. He was also a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly and a minister in the government of West Bengal.

  1. ^ "Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952-2019" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 6 June 2021.