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Pinaki Misra
| Pinaki Misra ପିନାକୀ ମିଶ୍ର |
|---|
| In office(1996-1998)(2009-2024) |
| Braja Kishore Tripathy |
| Sambit Patra |
| Puri, Odisha |
| (1959-10-23) 23 October 1959Cuttack, Odisha, India |
| Biju Janata Dal |
| Indian National Congress |
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| Sangita Misra |
| (m. .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}1984, divorced) |
| Mahua Moitra (m. 2025) |
| 2 |
| Faculty of Law, University of Delhi |
| Politician |
| Lawyer |
Pinaki Misra (born 23 October 1959) is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal party who served as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing the Puri constituency. In 1996, he contested the Puri Lok Sabha seat as a Congress candidate and won against Braja Kishore Tripathy, who was then the sitting MP and Union Minister from Puri. He is a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India and has argued cases in nearly all High Courts and major tribunals across India.
Pinaki Misra was born in Cuttack, Odisha. His father, Lokanath Misra, was a member of the Rajya Sabha and the Governor of Assam.
Misra studied at St. Xavier's School, Delhi. He holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and an LL.B. degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
In January 1984, Misra married Sangita Misra, but they later got divorced, and they had two children together. In May 2025, he married Mahua Moitra, a Trinamool Congress member of parliament from West Bengal, India.
His positions are chronologically listed 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 |
- Indian general election, 2019 (Odisha)
- Indian general election, 2014 (Odisha)
- Indian general election, 2009 (Odisha)
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