Soumen Mahapatra

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Soumen Kumar Mahapatra

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age| 1958|12|06|df=y}}

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| residence = Kolkata

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| office = Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal

| term_start = 20 May 2011

| term_end = 10 May 2021

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| predecessor = Nandagopal Bhattacharjee (Water Resources Investigation & Development)
Mamata Banerjee (Irrigation and Waterways)

| successor = Manas Bhunia (Water Resources Investigation & Development)

| office1 = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| term_start1 = 2 May 2021
(13 May 2011–19 May 2016)

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| constituency1 = Tamluk

| predecessor1 = Jagannath Mitra (2016)
Ashok Kumar Dinda (2021)

| successor1 = Ashok Kumar Dinda (2016)

| term_start2 = 19 May 2016

| term_end2 = 2 May 2021

| constituency2 = Pingla

| predecessor2 = Prabodh Chandra Sinha

| successor2 = Ajit Maity

| term_start3 = 2001

| term_end3 = 2006

| constituency3 = Nandanpur

| predecessor3 = Chhaya Bera

| successor3 = Bula Choudhury

| party = Trinamool Congress

| spouse = Sumana Mahapatra

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| children = Two

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| governor = M. K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil (additional charge)
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
La Ganesan (additional charge)
C. V. Ananda Bose

| 1namedata = Mamata Banerjee

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 2blankname = Department

| 2namedata = * Water Resources Investigation & Development (2011-2021)

• Irrigation and Waterways (2021)

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Soumen Mahapatra is an Indian politician and former Minister for Irrigation and Waterways and previously served as the Minister for Water Resources Investigation & Development in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Tamluk constituency in 2011 and 2021, Pingla constituency in 2016 and Nandanpur constituency in 2006 West Bengal assembly election.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries][http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/All+the+didi's+men/1/43364.html All the Didi's men]{{Cite web|url=http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|title=Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet|accessdate=22 May 2011|publisher=Government of West Bengal|date=21 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213008/http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|archivedate=5 October 2011}}