Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Chowdhury in 2021
President of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
9 September 2020 – 21 September 2024
AICC PresidentSonia Gandhi
Mallikarjun Kharge
Preceded bySomendra Nath Mitra
Succeeded bySubhankar Sarkar
In office
11 February 2014 – 22 September 2018
PresidentSonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Preceded byPradip Bhattacharya
Succeeded bySomendra Nath Mitra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
6 October 1999 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byPromothes Mukherjee
Succeeded byYusuf Pathan
ConstituencyBaharampur, West Bengal
Leader of the Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha
In office
18 July 2021 – 4 June 2024
DeputyGaurav Gogoi
Preceded byRavneet Singh Bittu
Succeeded byRahul Gandhi (as Leader of the Opposition)
In office
16 June 2019 – 11 March 2021
Preceded byMallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded byRavneet Singh Bittu
Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee
In office
26 July 2019 – 5 June 2024
Appointed byOm Birla (Speaker of the Lok Sabha)
Preceded byMallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded byK. C. Venugopal
Union Minister of State for Railways
In office
28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byK. J. Surya Prakash Reddy
Succeeded byManoj Sinha
Rajen Gohain
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
10 May 1996 – 6 October 1999
Preceded bySisir Sarkar
Succeeded byNripen Chaudhuri
ConstituencyNabagram
Personal details
Born (1956-04-02) 2 April 1956
PartyIndian National Congress
Spouse
    Arpita Chowdhury
    (m. 1987; died 2019)
    • Atasi Chattopadhyaya Chowdhury
Children2
Profession
  • Social worker
  • politician
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (born 2 April 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the leader of the Indian National Congress in the 17th Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024 and the Member of Parliament from Berhampore from 1999 to 2024. He has served as the president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) following the demise of Somendra Nath Mitra from 2020 to 2024. and previously from 2014 to 2018, Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee since 2019 till 2024, Minister of State of Railways from 2012 to 2014 and the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1999.