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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury
| image = File:Krishnedu Narayan Choudhury.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|8|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Malda district|Malda]]
| residence = Beltala house Village:Golapatty , PO: [[English Bazar]] [[Malda district|Malda]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = [[First Mamata Banerjee ministry|Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of West Bengal]]
| governor1 = [[Keshari Nath Tripathi]]
| 2blankname1 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 2namedata1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| 1blankname1 = [[Second Mamata Banerjee ministry|Minister of]]
| 1namedata1 = *[[Department of Tourism (West Bengal)|Tourism]]
| constituency1 =
| term1 = 2013-2016
| office2 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Food processing]] and [[Horticulture]]
| constituency2 =
| term2 = 2014-2016
| office3 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency3 = [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]]
| term3 = 2006-2016
| predecessor3 = Samar Ray
| successor3 = [[Nihar Ranjan Ghosh]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (present), [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Kakali Choudhury
| children =
| profession = [[Lawyer]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|L.L.B]])
| faculty =
| website =
| source = https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwist9C_8_vUAhVBpI8KHer6BX4QjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjanpratinidhi.com%2Fkrishnendunarayanchoudhury-po5203.aspx&psig=AFQjCNFV6AZFCZ41Rb3SlcevklDdL7qvpw&ust=1499679461531320
| office4 = [[English Bazar Municipality, Malda|Chairman of English Bazar Municipality]]
| constituency =
| preceded4 =
| succeeded4 = [[Nihar Ranjan Ghosh]]
| termstart4 = 2006
| termend4 = 2017
| succeeded1 = [[Bratya Basu]]
| office = [[All India Trinamool Congress|State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress ]]
| termstart = 16 August 2021
| predecessor =
}}

'''Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury''' is an Indian advocate and politician currently serves as [[All India Trinamool Congress|State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress ]].He has served as the [[First Mamata Banerjee ministry|Cabinet Minister]] of [[Department of Tourism (West Bengal)|Tourism]] and [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Food processing]] and [[Horticulture]] from [[West Bengal]].He was former [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|MLA]] from [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]] and [[English Bazar Municipality, Malda|Chairman of English Bazar Municipality]].

==Introduction==
Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury, son of Manindra Narayan Choudhury, was born in 1958 in a well known jamindar family of Malda District . He is BA and LLB from Calcutta University.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/preview.aspx?candid=461309&cid=51 |title = Krishnendu Narayan Chodhury | work= Affidavit details|publisher= Empowering India| accessdate = 14 July 2014}}</ref>

==Political forays==
He started his political journey in 1974 with [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].After several year in INC he left Congress in 1998 and joined [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], but returned to Congress in 2006. He subsequently rejoined Trinamool Congress in 2013.<ref name=indianexpress>{{cite web| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/congs-malda-mla-accuses-ghani-khan-family-of-treating-him-as-slave/ |title =Congress MLA accuses Ghani Khan family of treating him as a slave | work= Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury all set to join Trinamool again |publisher= The Indian Express,28 October 2012| accessdate = 14 July 2014}}</ref>

==Electoral achievements==
He had won the [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]] seat in 2006 and 2011 as a Congress candidate.<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> After switching over to Trinamool Congress the second time, he won a by-election in 2013 from the same constituency.<ref name=2013bye>{{cite web| url = http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/congress-retains-rejinagar-seat-loses-nalhati_832091.html |title = Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati |work= PTI, 28 February 2013| publisher = moneycontrol.com |accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref>

==Ministerial berths==
He initially joined the [[Council of Ministers of West Bengal]] as tourism minister in 2013 and was shifted to food processing and horticulture department in 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://thestatesman.net/news/56940-bratya-shifted-to-tourism-partha-new-education-minister-mitra-to-see-it-also.html | title = Bratya shifted to tourism, Partha new education minister, Mitra to see IT also | publisher = The Statesman, 28 May 2014 | accessdate = 14 July 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140727093237/http://thestatesman.net/news/56940-bratya-shifted-to-tourism-partha-new-education-minister-mitra-to-see-it-also.html | archivedate = 27 July 2014 }}</ref>

He was also Chairman of English Bazar municipality for several year in subsequent term in 1995,2000,2010 and 2015<ref name=indianexpress/>

==References==
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[[Category:People from Malda district]]
[[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Bengali politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]

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