Sumitra Mahajan | |
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| 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 15 June 2014 – 17 June 2019 | |
| President | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Deputy Speaker | M. Thambidurai |
| Leader of the House | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Meira Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Om Birla |
| Union Minister of State, Government of India | |
| In office October 1999 – May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Ministry | Term |
| Petroleum and Natural Gas | March 2003 - May 2004 |
| Communication and Information Technology | June 2002 - May 2003 |
| Human Resource Development | October 1999 - June 2002 |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1989–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Prakash Chandra Sethi |
| Succeeded by | Shankar Lalwani |
| Constituency | Indore |
| Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Indore | |
| In office 1984–1985 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sumitra Sathe 12 April 1943 Chiplun, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Maharashtra, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse | Jayant Mahajan |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | Indore University |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (2021) |
Political offices
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Sumitra Mahajan (née Sathe; born 12 April 1943)[1] is an Indian politician who was the Speaker of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament from 2014 to 2019.[2] She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh from 1989 to 2019 as the longest serving Woman Member of Parliament.[3]
She also served for as a Union Minister of State from 1999 to 2004, holding the portfolios for Human Resource Development, Communications and Information Technology and Petroleum and Natural Gas.[4] She also held position of Chairperson of Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (2004-2009) and Standing Committee on Rural Development (2009-2014).[5] She was the eldest and seniormost among woman Members of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the second woman after Meira Kumar to be elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. She was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan in 2021.[6][7]
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- ^ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha - Members Bioprofile". Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
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- ^ "Padma Awards 2021 announced". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list". The Times of India. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.