Banerjee Kum Mamata Biography

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Banerjee,Kum. Mamata Constituency   : Kolkata Dakshin(West Bengal ) Party Name : All India Trinamool Congress(AITC) Email Address : [email protected]

Father’s Name Late Shri Promileswar Banerjee Mother’s Name Smt. Gayetri Banerjee Date of Birth 05.01.1955 Place of Birth Kolkata (West Bengal) Marital Status Unmarried Educational Qualifications M.A., B.Ed., LL.B., Trained in Work Education, Educated at Calcutta University, West Bengal Profession Advocate Social Worker Permanent Address 30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata-700 026 West Bengal Tels. (033) 24753000 Fax. (033) 24540880 Present Address C-4, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg, New Delhi-110 001 Tel. (011) 23722975 (R), 23381213, 23386645 (O) Fax. (011) 23319555 (R), 23387333 (O) Position Held

1970-80 General-Secretary, Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal

1978-81 Secretary, District Congress Committee (Indira) [D.C.C. (I)], Calcutta South

1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha

General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress (I)

1985-87 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

1987-88 Member, National Council, All India Youth Congress (I)

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

1988 Member, Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party [C.P.P. (I)]

1989 Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C. (I)], West Bengal

1990 President, Youth Congress, West Bengal

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-93 Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Women and Child Development

1993-96 Member, Committee on Home Affairs

1995-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

Member, Committee on Public Accounts

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

1997 Founded All India Trinamool Congress and elected Chairperson, All India Trinamool Congress

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Railways

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)

Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

Member, General Purposes Committee

13 Oct. 1999 – 16 Mar. 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways

2001-2003 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industries

8 Sep. 2003 – 8 Jan. 2004 Union Cabinet Minister (without any portfolio)

9 Jan. 2004- May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Coal and Mines

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)

Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice

5 Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Home Affairs

5 Aug. 2007 Member, Committee on Home Affairs

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)

31 May 2009-19 July 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways

Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

9 Oct. 2011 Resigned from 15th Lok Sabha

Book Published In Bengali (i) Upalabdhi; (ii) Janatar Darbare; (iii) Maa; (iv)Pallabi; (v) Manavik; (vi) Motherland ; (vii) Crocodile Island; (viii) Trinamool; (ix) Sishu Sathi; (x) Anubhuti; (xi)Abishasya; (xii)Janmaini; (xiii) Ekantee; (xiv) Ashubho Shanket;(xv) Jago Banglaa; (xv) Ganotantre Lajja;(xvi) Anoson Keno; (xvii)Soroni;(xviii) Langol;(xix)Andolaner Katha;(xx)Maa-Mati-Manush;(xxi)Ajab Chora; (xxii) Ek Guchho Bhavana; In English (xxiii) Struggle for Existence; (xxiv) Smile; (xxv) Dark Horizon; and (xxvi)Slaughter of Democracy Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Given music and written lyrics for Bengali songs and received Golden Disc Social And Cultural Activities Connected with different social and human rights organisations to promote the welfare of poor, children and women; providing free legal aid to the poor and working for the protection of human rights; organised various health camps for mothers and children Special Interests Protecting human rights Favourite Pastime and Recreation Writing books and songs; painting and music Countries Visited Widely travelled Other Information Represented the country in (i) in U.N. General Assembly; (ii) as a woman parliamentarian at World Women Round Table Conference, Russia; and (iii) World Youth Conference, Vietnam; attended the Working Women Conference of ILO and ICFTU at Kuala Lumpur; observed Dharna in 1995 for 21 days to restore Human Rights; protested against atrocities on women and lock up deaths in the country, specially in West Bengal.

Reference: Loksabha