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Agatha Sangma

Indian politician (born 1980)

Field	Value
name	Agatha K. Sangma
image	Agatha Sangma, 2009 (cropped).jpg
caption	Sangma in 2009
birth_name	Agatha Kongkal Sangma
birth_date
birth_place	New Delhi, India
constituency	Tura
office	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
term_start	17 June 2019
term_end	4 June 2024
predecessor	Conrad Sangma
successor	Saleng A. Sangma
primeminister	Narendra Modi
office4	Minister of State for Rural Development
term_start4	23 May 2009
term_end4	28 October 2012
successor4	Suryakanta Patil
constituency2	Tura
term_start2	25 May 2008
term_end2	16 May 2014
successor2	P. A. Sangma
predecessor2	P. A. Sangma
party	National People's Party
otherparty	Nationalist Congress Party
alma_mater	Savitribai Phule Pune University
University of Nottingham
profession
father	P. A. Sangma
relatives	James Sangma (brother)
Conrad Sangma (brother)
spouse

University of Nottingham Conrad Sangma (brother)

Agatha Kongkal Sangma (born 24 July 1980) is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing the Tura constituency of Meghalaya. At the age of 29, she is the youngest member of parliament ever in India to be appointed Union Minister in Government of India till date. Sangma is the second woman from Northeast India to be appointed a union minister in the Government of India after Renuka Devi Barkataki from Assam. She is a member of National People's Party.

Early and education

Agatha Sangma was born in New Delhi to P. A. Sangma, the former speaker of the Lok Sabha, and Soradini K. Sangma. She was brought up in West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. Sangma received her LLB degree from Pune University and later joined the bar in Delhi High Court. She earned her master's degree in environmental management at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Career

Sangma was first elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in a by-election in May 2008, after her father P.A. Sangma resigned from the seat to enter state politics. Later she was re elected to 15th Lok Sabha. At age 29, Sangma is the youngest Member of Parliament ever to be appointed Union Minister in Government of India till date.

Sangma was Minister of State for Rural development. She resigned from this post during the cabinet reshuffle in October 2012.

It was reported in November 2017 that she would contest the 2018 Meghalaya legislative assembly election on a National People's Party (NPP) ticket. She contested from the South Tura constituency and polled 6,499 votes winning the seat. But she submitted her resignation as member of the House in an attempt to pave way for her brother to contest the bypoll from her constituency.

Personal life

Her brother Conrad Sangma is the Chief Minister in the Meghalaya State Assembly. Agatha married Patrick Rongma Marak, a physician, on 21 November 2019.

References

"Members: Lok Sabha".
(16 May 2009). "NCP retains Tura, Congress Shillong". The Hindu.
(14 August 2017). "Renuka Devi Borkataki, Northeast's first woman union minister dies at 85".
link. (28 January 2016 [[Lok Sabha]] website.)
(21 November 2019). "PM Modi congratulates Agatha Sangma on her wedding".
(23 April 2008). "Sangma dynasty gains momentum in Meghalaya". [[Rediff.com]] News.
"Agatha K. Sangma: India's Youngest MP profile & Bio". Samaw.com.
(27 May 2009). "Agatha Sangma youngest minister in Manmohan ministry". [[The Times of India]].
"Agatha Sangma and Vincent Pala step down". India today.
(21 June 2012). "Agatha Sangma too may quit NCP, ministry". [[The Times of India]].
(October 2010). "Agatha Sangma gets rural development, Ambika is I&B minister". in.news.yahoo.com.
(10 November 2017). "Agatha Sangma to contest 2018 assembly elections". theweek.in.
(3 March 2018). "Agatha Sangma wins from South Tura".
https://thenortheasttoday.com/meghalaya-mla-agatha-sangma-resigns-to-make-way-for-brother-conrad-sangma/amp/? {{Dead link. (February 2022)
(2 June 2009). "Sangma meets Sonia, first time in a decade". [[The Times of India]].
(21 November 2019). "Congratulations to the newlyweds!".

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