Partha De (born 1940) is an Indian politician and a member of the

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. He has served as the School Education Minister and

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in the

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Political career

Partha De has represented Bankura Vidhan Sabha constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal for 5 terms, that is 25 years. He won in 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996 and 2006. He was a runner up in 1982 and 2001. In 2011, he decided to not contest in polls. He had served as the School Education Minister between 2006 and 2011 as a part of the

Third Bhattacharjee ministry Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in May 2006 were as follows: Cabinet ministers * Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee - Chief minister, Home, Home (P & R), Information & Cultural Affairs, Science & Technology, ...

. He had also served as the health minister.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De, Partha 1940 births Living people 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal Politicians from Kolkata