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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Aroop Biswas
| native_name = {{lang|bn|অরূপ বিশ্বাস}}
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = AROOP BISWAS .jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|05|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| residence = [[Rashbehari Avenue]]
| death_date =
| death_place =

| office2 = Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs [[Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start2 = 18 November 2015
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Madan Mitra]]
| governor2 = [[Keshari Nath Tripathi]] [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| 1blankname2 = [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]

| office3 = [[Ministry of Power (West Bengal)|Minister for Power & Non Conventional Energy]] [[Government of West Bengal]]
| constituency3 =
| term_start3 = 10 May 2021
| term_end3 =
| governor3 = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| 1blankname3 = [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| predecessor3 = [[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]

| office4 =
| term_start4 =
| term_end4 =
| constituency4 =
| predecessor4 =

| office5 = [[Ministry of Public Works (West Bengal)|Minister for Public Works Department]] [[Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start5 = 20 May 2011
| term_end5 = 9 May 2021
| predecessor5 = [[Kshiti Goswami]]
| succeeded5 = [[Moloy Ghatak]]
| governor5 = [[Keshari Nath Tripathi]] [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]

| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| children =
| alma_mater = [[New Alipore College]] ([[B.Com]])
| website =
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]]
| predecessor = [[Pankaj Kumar Banerjee]]
| termstart = 2006
| constituency = [[Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tollyganj]]
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Aroop Biswas''' is an Indian politician and the present Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Power in the [[Government of West Bengal]]. He is also an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], elected from the [[Tollygunge|Tollyganj]] in the [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]], [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]], [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]] and [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]] [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html | title=Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries | date=21 May 2011 | publisher=IBN Live | agency=Press Trust of India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html | archive-date=25 May 2011 | url-status=dead | access-date=17 May 2018 }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2016}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 22, 2009|first=Abhijit|last=Dasgupta|title=All the didi's men|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/election-news/story/20090601-all-the-didis-men-739813-2009-05-22|access-date=2021-05-17|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2016}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|title=Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet|access-date=22 May 2011|publisher=[[Government of West Bengal]]|date=21 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213008/http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|archive-date=5 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2016}}

== References ==
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{{West Bengal Legislative Assembly}}

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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Bengali politicians]]
[[Category:Bengali people]]
[[Category:Bengali Hindus]]
[[Category:Politicians from Kolkata]]
[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]]

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Aroop Biswas - Revision history

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