Sabitri Mitra
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GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byBiswanath Chowdhury[1]
Sabitri Mitra | |
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| Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 20 May 2011 – May 2014 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Minister of | |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Biswanath Chowdhury[1] |
| Succeeded by | Shashi Panja |
| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1991–2011 | |
| Constituency | Araidanga |
| In office 13 May 2011 – 20 May 2016 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Asima Chowdhury[2] |
| Succeeded by | Md. Mottakin Alam |
| Constituency | Manikchak |
| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Md. Mottakin Alam |
| Constituency | Manikchak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) |
| Party | Trinamool Congress (2011-present) Indian National Congress (1991-2011) |
| Spouse | Swapan Mitra |
| Alma mater | Debipur R. L. Saha High School (M.P.) |
Sabitri Mitra is an Indian politician, belonging to the Trinamool Congress, who has served as Cabinet Minister of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare in the Government of West Bengal. She has also served as MLA for Manikchak constituency from 2011 until 2016 and again since 2021.
She earlier served as MLA of Araidanga constituency in Malda district from 1991 until 2011, when she defected from the Indian National Congress to join the Trinamool Congress.[3] In the 2011 election, she won the Manikchak constituency with 64,641 votes, defeating her immediate rival, Ratna Bhattacharya of the CPI(M) by 6,217 votes.
