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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
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| name = Dr. Asish Banerjee
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| office2 = [[Department of Agriculture (West Bengal)|Minister for Agriculture]]<br>[[Government of West Bengal]]
| predecessor2 = [[Purnendo Bose]]
| successor2 = [[Sovandeb Chatterjee]]
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| term_start2 = 2017
| term_end2 = 2021
| office3 = [[Minister of State|Minister of State(Independent Charge)]] for<br>Planning, Statistics & Programme Monitoring<br>[[Government of West Bengal]]
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| successor3 = [[Amit Mitra]]
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| term_start3 = 2017
| term_end3 = 2021
| office4 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency4 = [[Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
| term_start4 = 2001
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| predecessor4 = Mahammad Hannan
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| office1 = Deputy Speaker of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 2 July 2021
| predecessor1 = [[Sukumar Hansda]]
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| 1namedata1 = [[Biman Banerjee]]
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'''Asish Banerjee''' is an Indian [[politician]] representing [[All India Trinamool Congress]], who was the minister in charge of the [[Department of Agriculture (West Bengal)|Department of Agriculture]] in the [[Government of West Bengal]] from 2017 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/ministers|title=Agriculture Minister|last=Banerjee|first=Dr. Asish|date=July 2017|website=wb.gov.in}}</ref>
He is also [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|M.L.A]] of [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Legislative Assembly.]] Elected from [[Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] five times (term [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]], [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]], [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]], [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]] & [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Rampurhat Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/assembly-constituencies/rampurhat.html |website=Elections in India |access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
Asish Banerjee was born in Rampurhat [[Birbhum district]] in West Bengal. He completed his bachelor's and master's degrees from [[Burdwan University]]. He also completed his [[PhD]] at the same university. During this period he was elected General Secretary of University Student'ls Council.

==Career==
After he completing his education at [[Burdwan University]], Banerjee was an [[associate professor]] of [[Bengali language|Bengali]] at [[Rampurhat College]] under [[Burdwan University]].

=== MLA of Rampurhat ===
He was [[election|elected]] as [[M.L.A]] from [[Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 2001 and subsequently re-elected from same constituency in 2006, 2011 and 2016. Banerjee first time sworn in as a [[Minister of State]] under [[chief minister]] [[Mamata Banerjee]] in 2014 and allotted the independent charge of [[Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy]]. The next year he was nominated for minister in charge for [[Academic department|Department]] of [[Biotechnology]], [[Academic department|Department]] of [[Statistics]] and Programme implementation, [[Planning]].<ref name="Millenium">{{cite news |title=Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/asish-banerjee-replaces-purnendu-basu-as-state-agriculture-minister-260778 |access-date=16 December 2020 |work=millenniumpost.in |date=6 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2017, he took charge as the Agriculture Minister of [[West Bengal Government]] in [[Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021)]] from his predecessor [[Purnendo Bose]].<ref name="Millenium" />

==References==
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*{{Cite news|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/asish-banerjee-replaces-purnendu-basu-as-state-agriculture-minister-260778|title=Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister|last=https://www.facebook.com/Millennium-Post-1121157364607635/|access-date=2018-05-06}}
* https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/ministers
* https://web.archive.org/web/20190606083438/http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/full-list-of-ministers-and-their-portfolios-in-the-new-west-bengal-government/
* https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/goal-to-promote-maize-in-bengal/cid/1720014
* https://zeenews.india.com/west-bengal/small-reshuffle-in-west-bengal-government-2040130.html

== External links ==
*[http://www.wbassembly.gov.in/ West Bengal Legislative Assembly]

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| title = Minister of State of the departments of School Education and Higher Education in the [[West Bengal Government]]
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