Sukumar Hansda
Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
28 December 2018  29 October 2020
GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
SpeakerBiman Banerjee
Preceded byHaider Aziz Safwi
Succeeded byAsish Banerjee
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2011  29 October 2020
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byAmar Basu
ConstituencyJhargram
Personal details
Born1956/1957
Died29 October 2020 (aged 63)
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
ResidenceKolkata

Sukumar Hansda (1956/1957 – 29 October 2020) was an Indian politician who served as Minister for Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He was also a MLA, elected from the Jhargram constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[1][2][3] He also served as the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Sukumar Hansda died of prostate cancer, aged 63, on 29 October 2020, at a private hospital in Kolkata[4] and tested positive for COVID-19.[5]

References

  1. Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  2. All the Didi's men
  3. "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. "West Bengal deputy speaker Sukumar Hansda dies of cancer". The Times of India. 29 October 2020.
  5. Sukumar Hansda, TMC MLA and Bengal assembly Dy Speaker, passes away


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