Satyabrata Mookherjee

Satyabrata Mookherjee
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2004
Preceded by Ajoy Mukhopadhyay
Succeeded by Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry
In office
1 July 2002  13 May 2004
Union Minister of State For Chemicals & Fertilizers
In office
1 September 2000  3 June 2002
Personal details
Born (1932-05-08) 8 May 1932
Distt. Sylhet (Assam) (now Bangladesh)
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence New Delhi
Alma mater Calcutta University
Profession Advocate

Satyabrata Mookherjee (born 8 May 1932) is a former Indian Union Minister of State and was until recently the President of BJP's West Bengal state unit before being replaced by Rahul Sinha in October 2009. He was Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers (September 2000 – June 2002) and later for Commerce and Industry (July 2002 – October 2003) in Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry.[1]

Born on 8 May 1932 in Sylhet in Assam (now Bangladesh), he was educated at Calcutta University. He did his Bar-at-law from The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn[2] and also pursued further studies at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London.

He was an Additional Solicitor General of India before being elected, in 1999, to the 13th Lok Sabha from Krishnagar (Lok Sabha constituency) in West Bengal as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]

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