Sk. Omar Ali

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Sheikh Omar Ali is an Indian politician belonging to the All India Trinamool Congress. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for eight terms.

Sheikh Omar Ali
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1971–1996
Preceded by	Ahindra Mishra
Succeeded by	Chittaranjan Das Thakur
Constituency	Panskura Paschim
In office 2011–2015
Preceded by	Chittaranjan Das Thakur
Succeeded by	Firoja Bibi
In office 1998–2001
Preceded by	Chhaya Bera
Succeeded by	Saumen Mahapatra
Constituency	Nandanpur
Personal details
Born	1931 (age 93–94) Bijaharpur, Midnapore district, West Bengal
Died	September 1, 2015(2015-09-01) (aged 83–84)
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Alma mater	Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College

Early life and family

Ali was born in 1931 to a Bengali family of Muslim Sheikhs in the village of Bijaharpur, Midnapore district, West Bengal. He is the son of Sheikh Danish Mohammad. He passed his Intermediate of Arts in 1960, and then graduated with an MBBS. He was on the Register Council of Homeopathic Medicine from Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College.^[1]

Career

Ali served as a six-term consecutive member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Panskura Paschim from 1971 to 1996.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} He joined Communist Party of India (Marxist) from Communist Party of India in 1997.^[8] Then, he was elected as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Nandanpur in 1998.^[9] Later, he changed his political party again and joined All India Trinamool Congress. He was elected as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Panskura Paschim in 2011.^[10]

Death

He died on 1 September 2015 at the age of 84.^[8]