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Pradip Kumar Amat

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Pradip Kumar Amat
Cabinet Minister
Government of Odisha
In office
5 June 2022 – 11 June 2024
Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik
Ministry and Departments
  • Forest & Environment and Climate Change
  • Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water
  • Information & Public Relations
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
5 March 2000 – 4 Jun 2024
Preceded bySatchidananda Dalal
Succeeded bySaroj Kumar Pradhan
ConstituencyBoudh
Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
16 May 2017 – 31 May 2019
Preceded byNiranjan Pujari
Succeeded bySurjya Narayan Patro
In office
25 May 2009 – 20 May 2014
Preceded byKishore Kumar Mohanty
Succeeded byNiranjan Pujari
Personal details
Born (1952-10-18) 18 October 1952 (age 72)
Boudh, Odisha, India
Political partyBiju Janta Dal

Pradip Kumar Amat is an Indian politician from Odisha. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 2000, representing Boudh Assembly constituency as a former Cabinet Minister Government of Odisha and Member of the Biju Janata Dal

He had studied LLB, M.A. and was an advocate by profession.

He was elected as MLA from Boudh at Odisha Assembly during 2000–2004, 2004–2009, 2009–2014 and 2014–2019, from 2019 (incumbent). [1][2][3][4][5] He was inducted into Naveen Patnaik's Cabinet as Forest & Environment, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Information & Public Relations Minister in June 2022.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Shri Pradip Kumar Amat". Archived from the original on 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Shri Pradip Kumar Amat | Lok Sabha Television". loksabhatv.nic.in. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Pradip Kumar Amat(BJD):Constituency- BOUDH(BOUDH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Pradip Amat elected Orissa Assembly Speaker". Hindustan Times. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. ^ "BJD MLA Pradip Kumar Amat elected Odisha Assembly Speaker". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Portfolios of newly-inducted ministers in Odisha". 5 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.