Agatha Sangma

Agatha K. Sangma
Sangma in 2009
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
17 June 2019 – 04 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byConrad Sangma
Succeeded bySaleng A. Sangma
ConstituencyTura
In office
May 2009 – May 2014
Succeeded byP. A. Sangma
ConstituencyTura
In office
May 2008 – May 2009
Preceded byP. A. Sangma
ConstituencyTura
Minister of State for Rural Development
In office
May 2009 – October 2012
Succeeded bySuryakanta Patil
Personal details
Born
Agatha Kongkal Sangma

(1980-07-24) 24 July 1980 (age 44)
New Delhi, India[1]
Political partyNational People's Party
Other political
affiliations
Nationalist Congress Party
Spouse
Patrick Rongma Marak
(m. 2019)
Parent
RelativesJames Sangma (brother)
Conrad Sangma (brother)
Alma materPune University
University of Nottingham
Profession

Agatha Kongkal Sangma (born 24 July 1980) is an Indian politician. A former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing the Tura constituency of Meghalaya.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] She is a member of National People's Party.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference lok was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Members: Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ "NCP retains Tura, Congress Shillong", The Hindu, Chennai, India, 16 May 2009, archived from the original on 4 November 2012, retrieved 25 May 2009, ... NCP candidate Agatha Sangma, daughter of former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, retained the Tura parliamentary seat in Meghalaya and Congress the Shillong seat. Ms. Agatha, who is the sitting MP, polled 1,54,476 votes compared to 1,36,531 votes by closest rival Deborah Marak of the Congress. ...
  4. ^ "Renuka Devi Borkataki, Northeast's first woman union minister dies at 85". 14 August 2017.