Samir Dey

Samir Dey
Samir Dey
	Dey in 2020
Minister of Higher Education; Government of Odisha
	In office; 18 May 2004 – 9 February 2009
Chief Minister	Naveen Patnaik
Preceded by	Bimbadhar Kuanr
Succeeded by	Naveen Patnaik
Minister of Urban Development; Government of Odisha
	In office; 6 March 2000 – 16 May 2004
Chief Minister	Naveen Patnaik
Preceded by	Bhupinder Singh
Succeeded by	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1995–2009
Preceded by	Sayed Mustafiz Ahmed
Succeeded by	Debashish Samantaray
Constituency	Cuttack City
Personal details
Born	10 January 1957
Died	18 November 2024 (aged 67); Cuttack, Odisha, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Dipika Dutta Ray
Children	1 daughter
Parent	Atul Prasad Dey (father);
Education	Master of Arts; Bachelor of Laws
Profession	Advocate, Politician
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Samir Dey (10 January 1957 – 18 November 2024) was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha who had served as minister of Higher Education in Naveen Patnaik cabinet from 2004 to 2009. He had earlier served as the Minister of Urban Development in First Naveen Patnaik ministry from 2000 to 2004. He had represented Cuttack City thrice in a row – 1995, 2000, 2004 in the Odisha Legislative Assembly.^[1]^[2]^[3] Dey died from a kidney infection on 18 November 2024, at the age of 67.^[4]

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