Pinaki Misra

Pinaki Misra (born 23 October 1959) is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal party; he was the Member of Parliament in the previous 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 Sangita Misra and has one daughter and one son.

Political career
The list of positions held chronologically listed is as follows.