Sovandeb Chattopadhyay

Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay
Chattopadhyay in March 2023
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of West Bengal
Deputy Leader of the House in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
5 August 2022
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byPartha Chatterjee
Minister of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal
Assumed office
10 May 2021
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byAsish Banerjee
Minister of Power and Non-Conventional Energy, Government of West Bengal
In office
27 May 2016 – 4 May 2021
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byManish Gupta
Succeeded byAroop Biswas
Chief Whip of the Government of West Bengal
In office
20 May 2011 – 27 May 2016
LeaderMamata Banerjee
Succeeded byNirmal Ghosh
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
27 April 1991
2021–presentKhardaha
2021Bhabanipur
1998–2021Rashbehari
1991–1998Baruipur Paschim
Editor of Jago Bangla
Assumed office
17 September 2024
Preceded bySukhendu Shekhar Roy
Personal details
Born (1944-01-30) 30 January 1944
Party Trinamool Congress (1998–present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (1976-1998)
SpouseSupriya Chattopadhyay
Children2 Sons
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (B.Sc., LL.B.)
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Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay is an Indian politician representing Trinamool Congress and is the first elected MLA of the party (elected in 1998). He was the founder president of INTTUC, the labour wing of Trinamool Congress.

Worked in Kolkata Municipal Corporation as a Employee.