Pinaki Misra
# Pinaki Misra

Pinaki Misra (born 23 October 1959) 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 spokesperson Sambit Patra from the Puri Constituency in a closely contested fight. 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.(Hons) History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and LL.B. from Faculty of Law, University of 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.

| Tenure | Position Held |
| - | - |
| 1996 | Elected to 11th Lok Sabha |
| 1996–97 | Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs |
| 2009 | Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
| 31 August 2009 – 2011 | Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs |
| 23 September 2009 | Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation |
| 2009 – May 2014 | Member, Standing Committee on Civil Aviation |
| 2009 – May 2014 | Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Law & Justice |
| 2011 – May 2014 | Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice |
| May 2014 | Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
| 1 September 2014 – 25 May 2019 | Chairperson, Standing Committee on Urban Development Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence |
| 29 January 2015 – 25 May 2019 | Member, General Purposes Committee |
| May 2019 | Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
| 20 June 2019 onwards | Member, Business Advisory Committee |
| 13 September 2019 onwards | Member, Standing Committee on Finance |
| 9 October 2019 onwards | Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation |
| 15 October 2019 onwards | Leader, Biju Janata Dal Legislature Party in Lok Sabha |
| 21 November 2019 onwards | Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Electronics and Information & Technology, Ministry of Communications |
