Mohammed Salim (politician)

Mohammed Salim
Salim is delivering a political lecture.
State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) – West Bengal
Assumed office
16 March 2022
Preceded bySurjya Kanta Mishra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byDeepa Dasmunsi
Succeeded byDebasree Chaudhuri
ConstituencyRaiganj
In office
16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009
Preceded byAjit Kumar Panja
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyCalcutta North East
Minister for Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment, Government of West Bengal
In office
16 May 2001 – 17 May 2004
Preceded bySatyasadhan Chakraborty
Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal
In office
14 May 2001 – 17 May 2004
Preceded bySultan Ahmed
Succeeded byMd. Abu Sufayen
ConstituencyEntally
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 1990 – 16 May 2001
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Assumed office
19 April 2015
Preceded byBuddhadeb Bhattacharya
Personal details
Born (1957-06-05) 5 June 1957
Party Communist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseDr. Rosina Khatun
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
Jadavpur University
Websitemdsalim.org
As of 17 September, 2006
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Mohammed Salim (born 5 June 1957) is an Indian politician who is the State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) West Bengal State Committee. In 2015, he was inducted into the Politburo of CPI(M) at the 21st Party Congress held in Visakhapatnam. He was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha, representing Raiganj. Earlier, he was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal. After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress. He participated in the 2024 Indian general election as a candidate from the Left Front representing the Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency.