| Office | 10th Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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| Office | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
| Office | Councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation
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| Term start | 30 May 2011
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| Predecessor | Hashim Abdul Halim
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| Born | 1948-12-28 (age 78) |
| Born | Kolkata, West Bengal, India[1]
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Trinamool Congress (1998–present) Indian National Congress (until 1998)
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Biman Banerjee (born 28 December 1948) is an Indian politician who has been 10th Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since 30 May 2011. He is a sitting member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Baruipur Paschim and member of Trinamool Congress.
Life and career
Born and raised in Garden Reach, Biman Banerjee graduated from the Goenka College and completed his master's degree in commerce and simultaneously in law from the University of Calcutta.[1] His grandfather, Satish Chandra Banerjee, and his father, Pranotosh Banerjee, were reputed lawyers. He was employed in the Bank of India but subsequently left the job and joined the legal profession. He also served as a part-time lecturer in commercial & industrial law at Hari Mohan Ghosh College and was an examiner in the Calcutta University. He was elected as Councilor of Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1985 from ward no. 136. He was also elected as a member of the West Bengal Bar Council.[2]
Political career
In May 2011, the Trinamool MLA from Baruipur Paschim and practicing lawyer was elected as Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly unopposed, as the Opposition did not nominate a candidate for the post.[3] After the election, he took a decision to give more importance to the sensitivities of the opposition and promised to give them more time to speak, on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's advice, a decision which was welcomed by the Leader of the Opposition, Suryakanta Mishra. After Biman Banerjee was elected, he was taken to the Speaker's Chair by Mishra, Prabodh Chandra Sinha and Subhas Naskar, where he engaged in the protocol of exchanging courtesies with the outgoing speaker, Hashim Abdul Halim.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shri Biman Banerjee. Lok Sabha TV.
- ↑ Biman Banerjee — Home Page.
- ↑ West Bengal: Biman Banerjee nominated for Speaker, Sonali Guha for Dy Speaker. Dainik Bhaskar(21 May 2011).
- ↑ Biman Banerjee elected West Bengal assembly speaker. Hindustan Times(30 May 2011).
- ↑ Biman Bandopadhyay become new speaker in West Bengal Assembly. InstaBlogs(30 May 2011).
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