Pinaki Misra


Pinaki Misra is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal party; he is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Puri.
In 1996 he contested as the Congress candidate for Puri Lok Sabha seat and won over Braja Kishore Tripathy, the then Puri MP and Union Minister.. During the 2019 General Election, Pinaki Misra defeated BJP firebrand spokesperson Dr. Sambit Patra from the Puri Constituency. He is a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India and has fought cases in nearly all High Courts in India and major Tribunals in India.

Education

Misra holds B.A. History., LL.B. and was Educated at St. Stephen's College and Faculty of Law, Delhi University, Delhi. He is married to Smt. Sangita Misra and has one daughter and one son.

Political Career

The list of positions held chronologically listed is as follows.
TenurePosition Held
1996Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996 - 97Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
2009Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha
31 Aug. 2009-2011Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
23 Sep. 2009Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
2009 - May, 2014Member, Standing Committee on Civil Aviation
2009 - May, 2014Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Law & Justice
2011 - May, 2014Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
May, 2014Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha
1 Sep. 2014- 25 May 2019Chairperson, Standing Committee on Urban Development
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
29 Jan. 2015 - 25 May 2019Member, General Purposes Committee
May, 2019Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha
20 June 2019 onwardsMember, Business Advisory Committee
13 Sept. 2019 onwardsMember, Standing Committee on Finance
09 Oct. 2019 onwardsMember, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
15 Oct. 2019 onwardsLeader, Biju Janata Dal Legislature Party in Lok Sabha
21 Nov. 2019 onwardsMember, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Electronics and Information & Technology, Ministry of Communications