Pinaki Misra (born 23 October 1959) is an Indian politician from the

Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...

party; he is the current

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in the Lok Sabha from

Puri Puri () is a coastal city and a Nagar Palika, municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is als ...

. In 1996 he contested as the Congress candidate for

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seat and won over

Braja Kishore Tripathy Braja Kishore Tripathy (born 25 September 1947) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Puri Lok Sabha Constituency of Orissa as a member of the Biju Janata Dal ( BJD). He was a Cabinet Minister in NDA government in 13 ...

, the then

MP and Union Minister. During the 2019 General Election, Pinaki Misra defeated BJP spokesperson

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from the Puri Constituency in a closely contested fight. He is a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India and has fought cases in nearly all High Courts in India and major Tribunals in India.

Education

Misra holds B.A.(Hons) History from

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and LL.B. from

Faculty of Law, University of Delhi The Faculty of Law, University of Delhi is the law department of the University of Delhi. It has the unique distinction of producing the largest number of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India. It is situated in the north campus of the ...

. He is married to Smt. Sangita Misra and has one daughter and one son.

Political career

The list of positions held chronologically listed is as follows.

References

1959 births Living people People from Puri Odisha politicians Lok Sabha members from Odisha India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 2014–2019 India MPs 2019–present Biju Janata Dal politicians Faculty of Law, University of Delhi alumni Indian National Congress politicians {{Odisha-BJD-politician-stub

Education

Political career

See also

References