Pinaki Misra

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.

Early life and education 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.

Personal life 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.

Political career 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