Purno Agitok Sangma | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 1996 | |
| 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 25 May 1996 – 23 March 1998 | |
| Deputy | Suraj Bhan |
| Preceded by | Shivraj Patil |
| Succeeded by | G. M. C. Balayogi |
| 21st Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India | |
| In office 15 September 1995 – 16 May 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (As MoS) |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Member of the Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 5 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Agatha Sangma |
| Succeeded by | Conrad Sangma |
| Constituency | Tura |
| In office 1991–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Sanford Marak |
| Succeeded by | Agatha Sangma |
| Constituency | Tura |
| In office 1977–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Lieutenant Karnesh Rangsa Marak |
| Succeeded by | Sanford Marak |
| Constituency | Tura |
| 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya | |
| In office 6 February 1988 – 25 March 1990 | |
| Governor | Bhishma Narain Singh Hari Dev Joshi A. A. Rahim |
| Preceded by | Williamson A. Sangma |
| Succeeded by | B. B. Lyngdoh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Purno Agitok Sangma 1 September 1947 Chapahati, Assam, India (now in Meghalaya, India) |
| Died | 4 March 2016 (aged 68) New Delhi, India |
| Political party | National People's Party (2012–2016) |
| Other political affiliations | Nationalist Congress Party (1999–2004; 2005–2012) All India Trinamool Congress (2004–2005) Indian National Congress (before 1999) |
| Spouse |
Soradini K. Sangma (m. 1973) |
| Children | 4; including Conrad, Agatha, James |
| Alma mater | Dibrugarh University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Purno Agitok Sangma (1 September 1947 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian politician who has served as the 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 and the 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998.[1] He served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Tura in Meghalaya from 2014 to 2016, 1991 to 2008 and from 1977 to 1989 and the minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Rao ministry from 1995 to 1996. He was the founder of National People's Party and co-founder of Nationalist Congress Party.
Sangma contested the 2012 Indian presidential election, supported by the Bharatiya Janta Party and the AIADMK. However he lost to Pranab Mukherjee of the Indian National Congress. Sangma was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017, in the field of Public Affairs and was the first recipient of the award from Meghalaya.[2][3][4]
- ^ "PA Sangma (1947-2016): The short man from Garo Hills, the tallest North East leader in New Delhi". 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "PA Sangma awarded Padma Vibhushan, becomes first recipient from Meghalaya". India Today. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Sharad Pawar, Murli Manohar Joshi and P A Sangma conferred Padma awards with 36 others". The Economic Times. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "P.A. Sangma awarded Padma Vibhushan, becomes first recipient from Meghalaya". Business Standard India. 25 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.