Abhishek Banerjee (politician)
Abhishek Banerjee (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian Politician. He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency), South 24 Parganas, West Bengal since 2014. Banerjee has also been the President of Trinamool Youth Congress since 2011, the youth wing of the Trinamool Congress, currently in power in West Bengal.
Abhishek Banerjee | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of AITC | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2021 | |
| Chairperson | Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Subrata Bakshi |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Somendra Nath Mitra |
| Constituency | Diamond Harbour |
| West Bengal State President, All India Trinamool Youth Congress | |
| In office 5 June 2015 – 5 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Saumitra Khan |
| Succeeded by | Sayani Ghosh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 November 1987 (age 36) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Spouse | Rujira Narula (m. 2012) |
| Relatives | Mamata Banerjee |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Planning and Management (BBA, MBA) |
| Profession | Politician |
Abhishek Banerjee has served as a member of the Standing Committee of Commerce in 2014. He was also selected as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate affairs in 2014. He had served as a member of Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.) from April 2015 to May 2019.
He currently serves as a member of Standing Committee of External Affairs since September 2019. On 5 June 2021 he was appointed as the general secretary of Trinamool Congress.
He is also a founder of Diamond Harbour FC.