P A Sangma
| P. A. Sangma | |
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| Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
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In office 25 May 1996 – 23 March 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Shivraj Patil |
| Succeeded by | G. M. C. Balayogi |
| 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya | |
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In office 6 February 1988 – 25 March 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Williamson Sangma |
| Succeeded by | Brington Buhai Lyngdoh |
| Member of the India Parliament for Tura |
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In office 1977–1984 |
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| Preceded by | K. R. Marak |
| Succeeded by | Sanford Marak |
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In office 1991–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Sanford Marak |
| Succeeded by | Agatha Sangma |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 5 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Agatha Sangma |
| Succeeded by | Conrad Sangma |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Purno Agitok Sangma 1 September 1947 Chapahati, Assam, India (now in West Garo Hills, Meghalaya) |
| 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(s) | Soradini K. (1973–2016) |
| Children | 4; including Conrad, Agatha |
| Alma mater | National Institute of Technology, Patna |
Purno Agitok Sangma (1 September 1947 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998 and Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990.
In 1973, Sangma became Vice-President of the Pradesh Youth Congress in Meghalaya and became the General Secretary of the party in 1975. He served in that position from 1975 to 1980.
In 1977, he was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Tura in Meghalaya and was re-elected from the same constituency multiple times. He represented the Tura constituency in multiple Lok Sabha sessions - from the sixth Lob Sabha session to the eight Lok Sabha session. He did not contest re-election at the time of the formation of the 9th Lok Sabha but did regain his seat in 1991 at the commencement of the 10th Lok Sabha. He remained a member of the Lok Sabha till 2008. He became Speaker of Lok Sabha in 1996.
He was the Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990.
Sangma was expelled from the Congress on 20 May 1999, along with Sharad Pawar and Tariq Anwar, for raising the banner of revolt against Sonia Gandhi over the fact that she was a foreign-born citizen. Sangma along with Pawar and Anwar wanted a native-born citizen to be projected as the Prime Ministerial candidate. After his departure from the Congress Party, he was one of the founders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) along with Sharad Pawar and Tariq Anwar in 1999. In January 2004, P.A. Sangma created a split in the NCP after Sharad Pawar became close to the NCP's former rival, Sonia Gandhi. After losing a battle for the NCP election symbol, Sangma later merged his faction with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, forming the Nationalist Trinamool Congress. He resigned from his Lok Sabha seat on 10 October 2005 as a member of AITMC/TMC, and was re-elected as an NCP candidate in February 2006.
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