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Amit Mitra
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Mitra in 2011
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| Minister of Information Technology and Electronics & e-Governance | |
| Assumed office 2018 |
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| Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Bratya Basu |
| Minister for Finance & Excise,Commerce & Industries Government of West Bengal |
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| Assumed office 2011 |
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| Governor | M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Preceded by | Asim Dasgupta |
| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Asim Dasgupta |
| Constituency | Khardaha |
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| Born | 20 December 1947 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 |
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.
He was was the Secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
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