Phangnon Konyak

Phangnon Konyak
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 April 2022
Preceded byK. G. Kenye
ConstituencyNagaland
Personal details
Born
Phangnon Wangsha Konyak

(1978-02-05) 5 February 1978 (age 46)
Mon, Nagaland, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Parents
  • C. Shingwang Konyak (father)
  • N. Alila Shingwang (mother)
EducationHoly Cross Higher Secondary School, Dimapur
Alma mater

S. Phangnon Konyak is an Indian politician from Nagaland. She is the State President of BJP Mahila Morcha, Nagaland. In March 2022, she became the first woman to be elected as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Nagaland and the second woman from the State to be elected to either House of the Parliament or the State Assembly.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Meet Phangnon Konyak, Nagaland's First Woman Rajya Sabha MP In 45 Years". Kayalvizhi Arivalan. Femina. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. ^ "BJP's S Phangnon Konyak to become Nagaland's first woman Rajya Sabha MP". Times Now. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Nagaland set to get first woman Rajya Sabha MP". The Times of India. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.