Sukumar Hansda

Sukumar Hansda (1956/1957 – 29 October 2020) was an Indian politician who served as Minister for Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He was also a MLA, elected from the Jhargram constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.^[1][2][3] He also served as the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Sukumar Hansda
Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 28 December 2018 – 29 October 2020
Governor	Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Speaker	Biman Banerjee
Preceded by	Haider Aziz Safwi
Succeeded by	Asish Banerjee
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 13 May 2011 – 29 October 2020
Governor	M. K. Narayanan
Preceded by	Amar Basu
Constituency	Jhargram
Personal details
Born	1956/1957
Died	29 October 2020 (aged 63)
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Residence	Kolkata

Sukumar Hansda died of prostate cancer, aged 63, on 29 October 2020, at a private hospital in Kolkata^[4] and tested positive for COVID-19.^[5][6]