BANERJEE, KUMARI MAMATA
[ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS - CALCUTTA SOUTH (WEST BENGAL)] 

Father’s Name                 Late Shri Promileswar Banerjee

Mother’s Name                Smt. Gyitri Banerjee

Date of Birth                    5 January 1955

Place of Birth                   Calcutta (West Bengal)

Marital Status                  Unmarried

Educational                      M.A., B.Ed., LL.B., Trained in Work Education
Qualifications                   Educated at Calcutta University (West Bengal)

Profession                         Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address          30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street,
                                          Calcutta-700 026
                                          (West Bengal)
                                          Tel. and Fax. (022) 4753000

Present Address              C-4, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg,
                                         New Delhi-110 001
                                         Tels. (011) 3722975, 3714900, 3718486

Positions Held

   1970-80                       General-Secretary, Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal

   1978-81                       Secretary, District Congress Committee (Indira) [D.C.C. (I)], Calcutta South

   1984                            Elected to 8th Lok Sabha

   1985-87                       Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
                                       General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress (I) Committee
   1987                            Member, National Council, All India Youth  Congress (I)

   1987-88                       Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

   1987-93                       Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

   1988                            Member, Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party [C.P.P. (I)]

   1989                            Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C. (I)],
                                       West Bengal

   1990                            President, Youth Congress, West Bengal

   1991                            Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

   1991-93                       Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Department of
                                        Youth Affairs and Sports;  and Women and Child Development

   1993-96                       Member, Committee on Home Affairs
                                       Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

   1995-96                       Member, Committee on Public Accounts

   1996                           Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

   1996-97                       Member, Committee on Home Affairs
                                       Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

   1998                            Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

   1998-99                       Chairman, Committee on Railways
                                       Member, General Purposes Committee
                                       Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

   1999                            Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
                                       Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

   13 Oct. 1999-              Union Cabinet Minister, Railways
   16 March 2001            Member, General Purposes Committee

Books Published

(i) Upalabdhi; (ii) Janatar Darbare; (iii) Maa; (iv) Pallabi; (v) Manabik (in Bengali); (vi) Struggle for
Existence; (vii) Mother land (in English); (viii) Crocodile Island; and (ix) Trinamool

Social and Cultural Activities

Connected with different social and human rights organisations; providing free legal aid to
 the poor and working for the protection of human rights

Special Interests

Protecting human rights

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Music and writing

Countries Visited

Angola, France, Malaysia, Maldives, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A. and Vietnam

      Total electorate                                           12,02,607
      Total votes polled                                          8,05,268
      Poll percentage                                               66.96%
      Valid votes                                                    8,05,121

      Votes polled in favour of the  first four leading candidates:

        (1) Kumari Mamata Banerjee                 (A.I.T.C.)             4,69,103     58.26%
        (2) Shri Subhankar Chakraborty             [C.P.I.(M)]           2,55,095     31.68%
        (3) Shri Partha Roy Chowdhury             (I.N.C.)                   51,735       6.43%
        (4) Dr. Partha Sarathi Ghosh                 [C.P.I.(ML)(L)]         6,186        0.77%