Abhishek Banerjee (politician)
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Abhishek Banerjee (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian Politician. He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency), South 24 Parganas, West Bengal since 2014. Banerjee has also been the President of Trinamool Youth Congress since 2011,[1] the youth wing of the Trinamool Congress, currently in power in West Bengal.
Abhishek Banerjee | |
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General Secretary of AITC | |
Assumed office 5 June 2021 | |
Chairperson | Mamata Banerjee |
Preceded by | Subrata Bakshi |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Somendra Nath Mitra |
Constituency | Diamond Harbour |
West Bengal State President, All India Trinamool Youth Congress | |
In office 5 June 2015 ā 5 June 2021 | |
Preceded by | Saumitra Khan |
Succeeded by | Sayani Ghosh |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 November 1987 (1987-11-07) (age 36) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Spouse | Rujira Narula (m. 2012) |
Relatives | Mamata Banerjee (paternal aunt) |
Alma mater | Indian Institute of Planning and Management (BBA, MBA) |
Profession | Politician |
Abhishek Banerjee has served as a member of the Standing Committee[2] of Commerce in 2014. He was also selected as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate affairs in 2014. He had served as a member of Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.) from April 2015 to May 2019.
He currently serves as a member of Standing Committee[2] of External Affairs since September 2019. On 5 June 2021 he was appointed as the general secretary of Trinamool Congress.[3][4]
He is also a founder of Diamond Harbour FC.