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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Choudhury Mohan Jatua
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|Image = Chowdhury Mohan Jatua presenting the award for the Best Actor to Mr. Sasson Gabey for the film “Restoration” at the closing ceremony of the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2011), at Panaji, Goa.jpg
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| caption = Jatua, at [[International Film Festival of India|IFFI]] [[42nd International Film Festival of India|2011]]
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1938|6|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nagendrapur, [[South 24 Parganas district|South 24 Parganas]] ([[West Bengal]])
| residence = Kolkata
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
|term_start = 2009
|term_end = 4 June 2024
| predecessor = [[Basudeb Barman]]
| successor = Bapi Halder
| constituency = [[Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathurapur]]
| office1 = [[Minister (government)|Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Government of India]]
|term_start1 = 22 May 2009
|term_end1 = 22 September 2012
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br /> for [[Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandirbazar]]
|term_start2 = 2001
|term_end2 = 2006
| predecessor2 = Nikunja Paik
| successor2 = Dr. Tapati Saha
| party =[[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]
| religion =
| spouse = Arati Jatua
| children = 1 Son & 2 Daughters
|profession = [[Social worker]], Politician
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'''Choudhury Mohan Jatua''' is an Indian politician. He was the [[Union Minister]] of State for [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]] from May 2009 to September 2012.<ref name="Mamata Banerjee exits UPA but leaves door open, Sonia meets top leaders to discuss Trinamool withdrawal">{{cite news |title=Mamata Banerjee exits UPA but leaves door open, Sonia meets top leaders to discuss Trinamool withdrawal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/upa-fdi-trinamool-congress-mamata-banerjee-prime-minister-manmohan-singh-116392-2012-09-18 |access-date=12 July 2025 |publisher=India Today |date=19 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250712173533/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/upa-fdi-trinamool-congress-mamata-banerjee-prime-minister-manmohan-singh-116392-2012-09-18 |archive-date=12 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> He was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from [[Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathurapur]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ndtv.com/news/photos/album_details.php?albumPage=50&AlbumType=PHOTO_GALLERY&AlbumTitle=Team%20Manmohan
| title = Team Manmohun | access-date = 2009-06-20 | publisher = NDTV}}</ref><ref name="Only 62 Out of 543 MPs Have Clocked 100% Attendance">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=1 March 2015 |title=Only 62 Out of 543 MPs Have Clocked 100% Attendance |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2015/Mar/01/only-62-out-of-543-mps-have-clocked-100-attendance-723388.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703075738/https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2015/Mar/01/only-62-out-of-543-mps-have-clocked-100-attendance-723388.html |archive-date=3 July 2025 |access-date=3 July 2025 |publisher=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bengal Lok Sabha results 2019: 6 sitting MPs return with higher victory margin">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Bengal Lok Sabha results 2019: 6 sitting MPs return with higher victory margin |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/kolkata/bengal-lok-sabha-results-2019-6-sitting-mps-return-higher-victory-margin-1502758868.html |access-date=12 July 2025 |publisher=The Statesman |date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250712173925/https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/kolkata/bengal-lok-sabha-results-2019-6-sitting-mps-return-higher-victory-margin-1502758868.html |archive-date=12 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

Jatua is a post graduate in commerce from Calcutta University. A former additional deputy inspector general of police of West Bengal, he became a legislator, in 2001, by winning from the [[Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandirbazar]] constituency on a [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] ticket.<ref name="Mamata Banerjee & her IPS officers — 9 joined Trinamool in 10 years, 4 were ministers">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Mamata Banerjee & her IPS officers — 9 joined Trinamool in 10 years, 4 were ministers |url=https://theprint.in/statedraft/mamata-banerjee-her-ips-officers-9-joined-trinamool-in-10-years-4-were-ministers/605410/ |access-date=12 July 2025 |publisher=ThePrint |date=16 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250712173652/https://theprint.in/statedraft/mamata-banerjee-her-ips-officers-9-joined-trinamool-in-10-years-4-were-ministers/605410/ |archive-date=12 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-46116.html
| title = Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state | access-date = 2009-06-20 | publisher = new Kerala.com }}</ref>

==References==
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{{15th LS members from West Bengal}}
{{16th LS members from West Bengal}}
{{17th Lok Sabha members from all states}}
{{West Bengal Legislative Assembly2}}

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[[Category:People from South 24 Parganas district]]
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