Ratna De Nag
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Government of West Bengal
In office
10 May 2021 – 2 August 2022
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Department
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
02 May 2021
Preceded bySk.Amjad Hossain
ConstituencyPandua, Hooghly
In office
2001–2008
Preceded byJyoti Chowdhury
Succeeded byDr. Sudipto Roy
ConstituencySerampore, Hooghly
Chairperson of Hooghly District Trinamool Congress
In office
4 July 2019 – 16 August 2021
PresidentDilip Yadav
Succeeded byAsima Patra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2019
Preceded byRupchand Pal
Succeeded byLocket Chatterjee
ConstituencyHooghly
Personal details
Born
Ratna Nag

(1948-09-06) 6 September 1948
Serampore, West Bengal, India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
Children2
Residence(s)Serampore
Kolkata
As of 11 September, 2009
Source: [[1]]

Ratna De is an Indian politician who has been serving as Cabinet Minister of State for Environment Science, Technology and Bio-Technology in the Government of West Bengal. She was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha from Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), which includes the Singur area. She lost the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 to Locket Chatterjee, who was elected as a BJP candidate from the Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2021 election, she was elected as the MLA of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Pandua Vidhan Sabha Constituency.

She is daughter of Gopal Das Nag, who was Labour Minister in the Congress government under Siddhartha Shankar Ray. In 2001 and 2006, she won the assembly election from Sreerampur (Serampore).[2][3][4]

A doctor (MBBS and DCH) by profession, she was Member of the Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, Lok Sabha.[1] She was a member of the Panel of chairpersons in the 16th Lok Sabha.[5][6][7]

She was sworn in as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) as a part of the 21st Council of Ministers for the state of West Bengal under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee with the portfolios of Department of Environment[8] and Department of Science & Technology and Bio-Technology.[9][10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Biography". Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Why Mamata didn't give women MPs a chance". Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Ratna De(nag)". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "180 Serampore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Ten-member Panel of Chairpersons in Lok Sabha". The Economic Times.
  7. ↑ "Modi's remark against Manmohan triggers walkout by Congress". The Hindu. 8 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Environmental Department, Govt. of West Bengal". www.environmentwb.gov.in.
  9. ↑ "Department Of Science & Technology And Biotechnology". www.wbdstbt.in.
  10. ↑ "১০টা ৪৫-এ শপথ, নীলবাড়িতে মমতার নতুন মন্ত্রিসভায় অভিজ্ঞ ২৭, একদম নতুন ১৬". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali).
  11. ↑ "West Bengal: Amit Mitra, 42 others set to join Mamata's third cabinet - Times of India". The Times of India.
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