P.A. Sangma
Member of Parliament
Party: Nationalist Trinamool Congress

34, Aurangzeb Road
New Delhi-110 011
Phone: 23010123
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Mr. P.A. Sangma is a Member of Lok Sabha from Meghalaya.

Mr. Sangma has been elected to the Lok Sabha eight times in 1977, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. He has held ministerial posts as the Deputy Minister, Industry (1980-82), Deputy Minister, Commerce (1982-84), Minister of State, Commerce (1984-85), Minister of State, Home Affairs (1985-86), Minister of State, Labour (1986-88), Minister of State, Coal & Labour (1991-93), Minister of State, Labour (1992-95), Cabinet Minister, Information & Broadcasting (1995-96), Speaker Lok Sabha (1996-98), Founder Member and General Secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party (1999-2004), Member of the National Commission to Review of the Working of the Constitution (February 2000-2002), Member of the National Commission on Population (from June 2000), Nationalist Trinamool Congress (from March 2004).

He was the Chief Minister, Meghalaya (1988-90), Leader of the Opposition Meghalaya Legislative Assembly (1990-91). In the history of Lok Sabha, Mr Sangma has been the first to be unanimously elected as Speaker, with universal support cutting across all political parties.

He was Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Member, Committee on Communications, Member, Committee on Government Assurances and Chairman of the Parliamentary Consultative Committees on Labour, Coal and Communication. Member Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs, Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare, Member Department related Committee on Home Affairs.

He is a recipient of several awards: Received Michael John Roll of Honour of the Tata Worker's Union for "distinguished contribution to the cause of Labour and to the Parliamentary System" in March 1997.