Manish Gupta
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Gupta in 2015
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 14 March 2017[1] – 3 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mithun Chakraborty |
| Succeeded by | Subrata Bakshi |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 21 May 2011 – 21 November 2012 | |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
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| Preceded by | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| Succeeded by | Rachhpal Singh |
| In office 21 November 2012 – 19 May 2016 | |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
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| Preceded by | Mrinal Banerjee |
| Succeeded by | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay |
| Constituency | Jadavpur |
| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 13 May 2011 – 19 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Sujan Chakraborty |
| Constituency | Jadavpur |
| Chief Secretary of Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 1997–2001 | |
| Born | (1941-11-11) 11 November 1941 (age 82) |
| Education | Calcutta University (B.Sc), IAS |
| Political party | Trinamool Congress |
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Manish Gupta is an Indian politician who was the Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal. He was a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. In the 2011 Vidhan Sabha election of West Bengal he historically defeated his former boss- the then incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who remained the MLA of this constituency for twenty-four years by a huge margin of 16684 votes.[2][3] He served under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as the Chief SecretaryofWest Bengal before he retired as an IAS officer. He also worked as the Chief SecretaryofWest Bengal under Chief Minister Jyoti Basu[4] - a time when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the Deputy Chief Minister.[5]
On 10 March 2017, Manish Gupta was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, after the seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of Mithun Chakraborty.[5]
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