Asish Banerjee

Asish Banerjee
Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2021
Governor
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
SpeakerBiman Banerjee
Preceded bySukumar Hansda
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2001
Preceded byMahammad Hannan
ConstituencyRampurhat
Minister for Agriculture
Government of West Bengal
In office
2017–2021
GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byPurnendo Bose
Succeeded bySovandeb Chatterjee
Minister of State for
Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy, Siddha, Yoga and Homeopathy (Independent Charge)
Government of West Bengal
In office
2014–2015
GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Minister of Biotechnology, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West Bengal
In office
2015–2016
Personal details
Born (1951-11-03) 3 November 1951
Rampurhat, Birbhum, India
Political partyTrinamool Congress
Parent
  • Asit Baran Banerjee (father)
Residence(s)Rampurhat, West Bengal, India
EducationPhD
Alma materBA, MA & PhD from Burdwan University
OccupationAssociate Professor at Rampurhat College, (until 2001)

Dr. Asish Banerjee is an Indian politician representing Trinamool Congress, who was the minister in charge of the Department of Agriculture in the Government of West Bengal from 2017 to 2021. He is also M.L.A. of West Bengal Legislative Assembly, elected from Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) five times (terms 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 usage 2021).

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