Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Tura(Meghalaya )
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Party Name :
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National Peoples Party(NPP)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Dipchon Ch. Marak
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Chimri A. Sangma
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Date of Birth
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01.09.1947
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Place of Birth
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Vill. Chapahati, Distt. West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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06 Jun 1973
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Soradini K. Sangma
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No. of Sons
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2
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No.of Daughters
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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B.A. (Hons.), M.A., LL.B.
Educated at St. Anthony’s College, Shillong
and Dibrugarh University (Assam)
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Profession
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Professor
Advocate, Journalist
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Permanent Address |
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Walbakgre P.O. Tura,
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Distt. West Garo Hills, Meghalaya
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(03651) 232825, 09818003422 (M)
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Present Address |
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34, Aurangzeb Road,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels. (011) 23018396, 23017787, 23010123, 9868180550 (M)
Telefax. (011) 23017787
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Position Held |
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1973-76
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Vice-President, Pradesh Youth Congress, Meghalaya
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1974-75
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General-Secretary, Pradesh Youth Congress, Meghalaya
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1975-80
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General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C. (I)], Meghalaya
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1977
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Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
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1980
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Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)]
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1980-82
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Union Deputy Minister, Industry
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1982-84
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Union Deputy Minister, Commerce
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1984
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Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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Nov.-Dec. 1984
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Union Deputy Minister, Commerce
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Jan.-March 1985
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Union Minister of State, Commerce and Supply
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March-Sept. 1985
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Union Minister of State, Commerce
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1985-86
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Union Minister of State, Home Affairs
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1986-88
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Union Minister of State, Labour (Independent Charge)
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1988-91
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Member, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
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1988-90
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Chief Minister, Meghalaya
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1990-91
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Leader of the Opposition, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1991-93
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Union Minister of State, Coal (Independent Charge)
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1993-95
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Union Minister of State, Labour (Independent Charge)
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Feb.-Sept. 1995
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Union Cabinet Minister, Labour
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1995-96
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Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1996-98
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Speaker, Lok Sabha
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Chairman, (i) Business Advisory Committee; (ii) Rules Committee;
(iii) General Purposes Committee; (iv) Standing Committee of the
Conference of Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in India;
and (v) Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies;
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President, (i) Indian Parliamentary Group, (ii) National Group of Inter-Parliamentary Union; and (iii) India Branch of the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on External Affairs and
its Sub-Committee-I
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1998-2004
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Vice-President, Indian Institute of Public Administration
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
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2000
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Member, National Commission to Review the Working of the
Constitution
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2002
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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2003-2004
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha ( 8th term) (resigned from Lok Sabha on 10.10.2005 as a member of All InidaTrinamool Congress)
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Member, Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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2006
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Re-elected to Lok Sabha as N.C.P. candidate on 23.2.2006
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2008
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Resigned from Lok Sabha on 20 March 2008
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2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (9th term)
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Book Published
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(i) Edited the book entitled ‘India in I.L.O.’ (two volumes) and (ii) Into the Third Millennium; A Speaker`s Perspectives
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Editor, (i) Chandambeni Ku’rang—a local daily
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Associated with various social organisations like the Red Cross Society, Youth Hostels
Association of India and educational institutions; set up night school for the poor and the needy
children in his constituency
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Special Interests
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Social service and tribal welfare
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, discussions and listening to Western and Indian music
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Sports and Clubs
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Indoor games
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled; Leader, Indian Delegation to (i) U.N.I.D.O. Conference, Khartoum, Sudan, 1981;
(ii) ESCAP Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 1984; (iii) International Labour Conference organised
by I.L.O., six times; and (iv) Conference of Asia Pacific Labour Ministers (C.A.P.L.M.) at Tehran,
Iran, 1993; Leader, Inter Parliamentary Delegation, to (i) 42nd CPA Conference, Kuala Lumpur,
1996; (ii) 96th IPU Conference, Beijing, China, 1996; and also led bilateral Parliamentary
Delegations to Australia, Croatia, DPR Korea, Finland, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Sweden, and U.K.; Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, Mongolia and Thailand, 1997; a member of Commonwealth observer to Zimbabwe Parliamentary Election; Leader of the Commonwealth observer for Presidential Election in Gambia
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Other Information
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Taken several policy initiatives; as Union Industry Minister, enhanced the production capability of
the Cement Industry to the level of self sufficiency; Coal India Ltd. turned into a profit-making
enterprise during his tenure as Coal Minister; as Commerce Minister, introduced plantation crops
like Tea, Rubber and Cashew of export importance in non-traditional areas of the North-Eastern
India; as a Labour Minister initiated social security measures in the liberalisation phase of Indian
economy; introduced pension scheme for 18 million industrial workers, rationalised wages and
introduced employment injury compensation for unorganised labour sector; placed child labour
elimination on high national agenda, worked for elimination of discrimination against women; as
Information and Broadcasting Minister, worked for liberalised usage of airwaves and investments in
the electronic media; as Speaker, guided formation of a Standing Joint Parliamentary Committee on
Empowerment of Women and constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee for considering
81st Constitutional Amendment which seeks to enhance the presence of women in Parliament; also
created a group of Parliamentarians to report on Ethics and Standards in Public Life; Chairman,
(i) Asia-Pacific Regional Group in the International Labour Conference, 1994-95; (ii) 5th
Conference of Labour Ministers of Non-aligned and other Developing Countries, Delhi, 1995; (iii)
Specialised Inter-Parliamentary Conference of the I.P.U. on Partnership between Men and
Women in Politics, Delhi, 1997; conferred, (i) Michael John Roll of Honour of the Tata Workers’
Union for distinguished contribution to the cause of labour and to the parliamentary system in 1997;
(ii) Golden Jubilee Award of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (I.N.T.U.C.) for
outstanding contribution to the cause of the working class by Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma, the then
President of India, 1997 ; nominated Man of the year by Competition Success Review(CSR-1998); received “Saraswati National Eminence Award in the category of Public Leadership” by the South Indian Education Society, Mumbai in January 2003
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Reference: Loksabha