Sushmita Dev

Sushmita Dev (born 25 September 1972) is a politician and a member of the Indian National Congress.[1] She was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha from the constituency of Silchar in Assam. She is currently the president of All India Mahila Congress.

Sushmita Dev
Member of parliament for Silchar
In office
16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byKabindra Purkayastha
Succeeded byRajdeep Roy
ConstituencySilchar
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
May 2011 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byBhitika Dev
Succeeded byDilip Kumar Paul
ConstituencySilchar
President All India Mahila Congress
Assumed office
9 September 2017
Preceded byShobha Ozha
Personal details
Born (1972-09-25) 25 September 1972
Silchar, Assam, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceSilchar
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (BA, LLB)
King's College London (LLM)
OccupationPolitician

Early life

Dev is the daughter of the veteran Bengali Congress leader Santosh Mohan Dev and her mother is Bithika Dev, a legislator of Silchar of Assam assembly. Her father was a Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister of India.

She holds a B.A.(Hons) from Miranda House, Bar-at-Law, An LLB (Corporate and Commercial Laws) from University of Delhi. She enrolled Inns of Courts School of Law, London and King's College London, U.K.

References
  1. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2014.


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