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The Honourable Didi
Mamata Banerjee
Portrait of Mamata Banerjee
8th Chief Minister of West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 May 2011
Governor M. K. Narayanan
Devanand Konwar
D. Y. Patil
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Preceded by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Chairperson of the All India Trinamool Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 1998
Preceded by Office established
Minister of Railways
In office
22 May 2009 – 19 May 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Preceded by Lalu Prasad Yadav
Succeeded by Dinesh Trivedi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1991–2011
Preceded by Biplab Dasgupta
Succeeded by Subrata Bakshi
Constituency Kolkata Dakshin
In office
1984–1989
Preceded by Somnath Chatterjee
Succeeded by Malini Bhattacharya
Constituency Jadavpur, West Bengal
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 September 2011
Preceded by Subrata Bakshi
Constituency Bhabanipur
Personal details
Born Mamata Banerjee
5 January 1955 (age 64)[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Political party All India Trinamool Congress (1998–present)
Other political
affiliations Indian National Congress (Before 1998)
Residence Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma mater Jogamaya Devi College, University of Calcutta
Profession Politician
Mamata Banerjee (Bengali: [mɔmota bɔndoˈpaddʱˈae̯] also known as Didi, born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician of Bengali descent who is serving as the 8th and current Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office. She founded the party All India Trinamool Congress (AITC or TMC) in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress, and became its chairperson.She is often referred to as Didi (meaning: elder sister in Hindi and Bengali)