Satyabrata Mookherjee

He was minister of state for Chemicals and Fertilizers (September 2000 – June 2002) and later for Commerce and Industry (July 2002 – October 2003) in Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry.

Satyabrata Mookherjee
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Ajoy Mukhopadhyay
Succeeded by	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Constituency	Krishnanagar
Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry
In office 1 July 2002 – 13 May 2004
Union Minister of State For Chemicals & Fertilizers
In office 1 September 2000 – 3 June 2002
7th President of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
In office 2008–2009
Preceded by	Sukumar Banerjee
Succeeded by	Rahul Sinha
Personal details
Born	(1932-05-08)8 May 1932 Sylhet, Assam Province, British India (now Bangladesh)
Died	3 March 2023(2023-03-03) (aged 90) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	New Delhi, India
Alma mater	Calcutta University
Profession	Advocate
Nickname	Jolu

Mookherjee was born on 8 May 1932 in Sylhet in Assam (now Bangladesh), he was educated at Calcutta University. He did his Bar-at-law from The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn and also pursued further studies at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London.

Mookherjee being a Senior Advocate, was an additional solicitor general of India before being elected, in 1999, to the 13th Lok Sabha from Krishnagar (Lok Sabha constituency) in West Bengal as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Mookherjee was the nephew of Sankar Das Banerji, Speaker of West Bengal.

Mookherjee died on 3 March 2023, at age 90 in Kolkata.