Mukul Sangma
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The Hon'ble Mukul Sangma |
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| 11th Chief Minister of Meghalaya | |
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Assumed office 20 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | D. D. Lapang |
| Constituency | Ampatigiri |
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20 April 1965 Chengkompara village, Ampati, South West Garo Hills district |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Dikkanchi D. Shira |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Physician |
Dr. Mukul M. Sangma (born 20 April 1965) is an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress party in Meghalaya state. He is the current Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
Dr. Mukul M. Sangma was born on 20 April 1965 at Chengkompara village in the present day South West Garo Hills district to Binoy Bhushan M Marak and Roshana Begum. He completed his school education from the Government High School in Ampati in 1982 and passed his pre-university examination in Science from St. Anthony's College in Shillong in 1984. He graduated in medicine from the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal in 1989. While studying, he occupied a number of positions in the governing body of the Students Council of RIMS. In 1991, he joined as a medical and health officer at Zikzak Public Health Centre.
Sangma joined active politics in 1993, when he was elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from Ampatigiri constituency as an independent candidate. He was appointed chairman of the Meghalaya Transport Corporation. He was re-elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from Ampatigiri constituency in 1998, 2003 and 2008 as an Indian National Congress candidate.
In 2003, he became the home and education minister of the Meghalaya government led by Chief Minister D. D. Lapang. On 11 April 2005, he was appointed the deputy chief minister of Meghalaya. But he was forced to resign on 7 October 2005 after five persons at Williamnagar in East Garo Hills district and four persons at Tura in West Garo Hills district were killed and more than 100 persons were injured in the police and Central Reserve Police Force firing on 30 September 2005, during an agitation against a state-level committee's recommendations on restructuring of the Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education (MBOSE).
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