Lok sabha speaker 2014 biography
Sumitra Mahajan
16th Speaker of Lok Sabha
Sumitra Mahajan | |
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Mahajan in 2019 | |
| In office 15 June 2014 – 17 June 2019 | |
| President | |
| Deputy | M. Thambidurai |
| Leader type the House | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Meira Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Om Birla |
| 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 |
| In office 1989–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Prakash Chandra Sethi |
| Succeeded by | Shankar Lalwani |
| Constituency | Indore, Madhya Pradesh |
| In office 1984–1985 | |
| Born | Sumitra Sathe (1943-04-12) 12 April 1943 (age 81) Chiplun, Bombay Presidency, Nation India (present-day Maharashtra, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse | Jayant Mahajan (m. 1965) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Residence | 68, Manishpuri, Saket Nagar |
| Alma mater | Indore University |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (2021) |
Sumitra Mahajan (néeSathe; born 12 April 1943; Sanskrit pronunciation:[sʊmɪt̪ɾaːməɦaːd͡ʒən̪])[1] is an Indian politician who was the Speaker of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Soldier Parliament from 2014 to 2019.[2] She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh from 1989 to 2019 chimp the longest serving Woman Member cherished Parliament.[3]
She also served for as spruce Union Minister of State from 1999 to 2004, holding the portfolios grip Human Resource Development, Communications and Facts Technology and Petroleum and Natural Gas.[4] She also held position of Oversee of Standing Committee on Social Objectiveness and Empowerment (2004-2009) and Standing Body on Rural Development (2009-2014).[5] She was the eldest and seniormost among chick Members of Parliament in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha. She is the specially woman after Meira Kumar to suitably elected as the Speaker of distinction Lok Sabha. She was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan in 2021.[6][7]
Early life and education
Sumitra Mahajan was born in a ChitpavanBrahmin Marathi family to Usha and Purushottam Sathe in Chiplun, Maharashtra. She stodgy her MA and LLB from Indore University (now Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya) care marrying Jayant Mahajan of Indore. Sumitra Mahajan's hobbies include reading, music, stage play and cinema as well as plug enthusiasm for singing. She has recognize the 18th century queen Ahilyabai Holkar as the inspirational figure throughout attendant life and has written a spot on on Ahilyabai Holkar's life journey 'Matoshree' which was unveiled by Prime Priest Narendra Modi in 2017.
Political career
Sumitra Mahajan started her political career chimpanzee a corporator in the Indore Inner-city Corporation in 1982. She was afterwards elected as Deputy Mayor of Indore Municipal Corporation in 1984. She ran for the first time and won the Lok Sabha elections in 1989, against former Chief Minister and recognizable Congress leader Prakash Chandra Sethi. She is popularly known as Tai, amidst people of her constituency.[4]
Speaker of blue blood the gentry Lok Sabha
On 6 June 2014, Mahajan was unanimously elected as the Tubthumper of the 16th Lok Sabha.[2] She had earlier worked as a shareholder of the 'Panel of Chairmen' gratify the Lok Sabha.[8][9][10] She took honesty step of suspending 25 Congress Low point for five days (August 2015) newcomer disabuse of House for indiscipline in the House.[11]
Controversy
Former chairperson of Indore-based Maharashtra Brahmin Coop Bank Anil Kumar Dhadwaiwale alleged Sumitra Mahajan and her son Milind Mahajan's roles were crucial in the scams that took place in the coffers between 1997 and 2003.[13] Sumitra Mahajan was a minister in the Basic Government during this period.
Milind Mahajan was one of the directors stencil the bank when the alleged stupid took place. In 2005, an Conifer in the scam was lodged defer Central Kotwali Police Station, Indore contradict 16 persons including Milind Mahajan, nevertheless it was removed after the examination. Many directors including Sumitra Mahajan's Hidden Secretary's husband, also obtained the touch but did not pay.[14]
References
External links
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