Somnath Chatterjee
Somnath Chatterjee | |
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 Chatterjee in February 2009 | |
| Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 4 June 2004 – 31 May 2009 | |
| President | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Deputy | Charanjit Singh Atwal |
| Leader of the House | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Preceded by | Manohar Joshi |
| Succeeded by | Meira Kumar |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 19 May 1985 – 16 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Saradish Roy |
| Succeeded by | Dr Ram Chandra Dome |
| Constituency | Bolpur, West Bengal |
| In office 28 April 1977 – 15 June 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Indrajit Gupta |
| Succeeded by | Mamata Banerjee |
| Constituency | Jadavpur, West Bengal |
| In office 18 May 1971 – 12 May 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee |
| Constituency | Bardhaman, West Bengal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1929 |
| Died | 13 August 2018 (aged 89) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Party | Independent (2008–2018) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1968–2008) |
| Spouse |
Renu Chatterjee (m. 1950) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent |
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| Education | Mitra Institution Bhowanipur Branch University of Calcutta (B.A) University of Cambridge (M.A) Middle Temple (Barrister-at-Law) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Somnath Chatterjee (25 July 1929 – 13 August 2018) was an Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he had been a non affiliated independent during his last decade. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha (House of the People) from 2004 to 2009.