Soumen Mahapatra

Soumen Mahapatra is an Indian politician, four-time MLA and former Minister for Irrigation and Waterways and previously served as the Minister for Water Resources Investigation & Development in the Government of West Bengal. He was elected from the Tamluk constituency in 2011 and 2021, Pingla constituency in 2016 and Nandanpur constituency in the 2006 West Bengal assembly election.^[1][2][3]

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Soumen Kumar Mahapatra
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
In office 20 May 2011 – 10 May 2021
Governor	M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil (additional charge) Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar La Ganesan (additional charge) C. V. Ananda Bose
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Department	Water Resources Investigation & Development (2011-2021) Irrigation and Waterways (2021)
Preceded by	Nandagopal Bhattacharjee (Water Resources Investigation & Development) Mamata Banerjee (Irrigation and Waterways)
Succeeded by	Manas Bhunia (Water Resources Investigation & Development)
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2021 (13 May 2011–19 May 2016)
Preceded by	Jagannath Mitra (2016) Ashok Kumar Dinda (2021)
Succeeded by	Ashok Kumar Dinda (2016)
Constituency	Tamluk
In office 19 May 2016 – 2 May 2021
Preceded by	Prabodh Chandra Sinha
Succeeded by	Ajit Maity
Constituency	Pingla
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	Chhaya Bera
Succeeded by	Bula Choudhury
Constituency	Nandanpur
Personal details
Born	(1958-12-06) 6 December 1958 (age 66)
Political party	Trinamool Congress
Spouse	Sumana Mahapatra
Children	Two
Residence	Kolkata
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1. ^ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
2. ^ All the Didi's men
3. ^ "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

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