Mamata Banerjee

Mamta Banerjee  () (born 5 January 1955), popularly known as "Didi", is an Indian politician. She became the Chief Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal on 20 May 2011. She is the first woman Chief Minister of the state. She is also the founder and chairperson of the Trinamool Congress. Mamata Banerjee is also the Minister for Home, Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms, Information and Cultural Affairs, Hill Affairs, Minority Affairs and Madrassah Education, Agriculture, Power and Personnel and Administrative Reforms departments. She is a good orator. Her followers call her "Didi" (meaning "elder sister").

Mamata Banerjee came to power after defeating the 34-year-old Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government in West Bengal. That government was the world's longest-serving democratically-elected communist government.

In the past, she was the Minister of Railways twice, Minister of Coal once, and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports and Women and Child Development once in the cabinet of the Government of India.

References

 Other websites 

 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website 
 Official Party website 
 Profile: by BBC News dated 13 May 2011

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