Sukumar Hansda

Sukumar Hansda
Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
28 December 2018 – 29 October 2020
GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
SpeakerBiman Banerjee
Preceded byHaider Aziz Safwi
Succeeded byAsish Banerjee
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2011 – 29 October 2020
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byAmar Basu
ConstituencyJhargram
Personal details
Born1956/1957
Died29 October 2020 (aged 63)
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
ResidenceKolkata

Sukumar Hansda (1956/1957 – 29 October 2020) was an Indian politician who served as Minister for Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He was also a MLA, elected from the Jhargram constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[1][2][3] He also served as the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Sukumar Hansda died of prostate cancer, aged 63, on 29 October 2020, at a private hospital in Kolkata[4] and tested positive for COVID-19.[5]

References

  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.
  4. ^ "West Bengal deputy speaker Sukumar Hansda dies of cancer". The Times of India. 29 October 2020.
  5. ^ Sukumar Hansda, TMC MLA and Bengal assembly Dy Speaker, passes away


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