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Amit Mitra
Honourable; Amit Mitra
	Mitra in 2011
Minister of Information Technology and Electronics & e-Governance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2018
Governor	Keshari Nath Tripathi; Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Bratya Basu
Minister for Finance & Excise,Commerce & Industries; Government of West Bengal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2011
Governor	M. K. Narayanan; D. Y. Patil; Keshari Nath Tripathi; Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Asim Dasgupta
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2011
Preceded by	Asim Dasgupta
Constituency	Khardaha
Personal details
Born	20 December 1947 (age 77); Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Trinamool Congress
Spouse(s)	Meera Balakrishnan
Children	1 daughter
Relatives	Bela Mitra (mother); Haridas Mitra (father)
Alma mater	Presidency College, Kolkata (B.A.); University of Delhi (M.A.); Duke University (Ph.D.)
Occupation	Economist; Politician
Awards	Padma Shri (2007)

Amit Mitra (born 20 December 1947) is an Indian economist and politician. He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and the current Finance, Commerce & Industries Minister of the government of Indian state of West Bengal.

He is the current MLA in the West Bengal state assembly from the Khardaha state assembly constituency. He was awarded Padma Shri at 2007. He beat Asim Dasgupta, the ex-West Bengal Finance Minister in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election ^[1]^[2]^[3]

He was the Secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

References

↑ "Khardaha". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
↑ "134 – Khardah Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
↑ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

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[1] "Khardaha". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

[2] "134 – Khardah Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2011.

[3] "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

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