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P. A. Sangma

1947 - 2016

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Purno Agitok Sangma (1 September 1947 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian politician who served as the 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 and the 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998. He served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Tura in Meghalaya from 2014 to 2016, 1991 to 2008 and from 1977 to 1989 and the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Rao ministry from 1995 to 1996. He was the founder of National People's Party and co-founder of Nationalist Congress Party. Sangma contested the 2012 Indian presidential election, supported by the Bharatiya Janta Party and the AIADMK. However he lost to Pranab Mukherjee of the Indian National Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. P. A. Sangma is the 18,046th most popular politician (down from 17,365th in 2019), the 1,094th most popular biography from India (down from 935th in 2019) and the 264th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, P. A. Sangma ranks 18,046 out of 19,576. Before him are Harry F. Byrd, Gérald Darmanin, Panos Kammenos, Arthur Goldberg, Thad Cochran, and Graham Brady. After him are Khaled Bahah, Daniar Usenov, Gabriela Guimarães, Gábor Csapó, Manohar Parrikar, and Lakshman Kadirgamar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, P. A. Sangma ranks 857. Before him are Ajit Pal Singh, Jon Corzine, Sonny Carter, Táňa Fischerová, Ronnie Montrose, and Judith Heumann. After him are James K. Morrow, John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, Bruce Rioch, Ramesh Sippy, Lesley Bush, and Lawrence Wright. Among people deceased in 2016, P. A. Sangma ranks 571. Before him are Nicholas Brathwaite, Pavel Sheremet, Thiego, Bobby Wanzer, Nikolay Abramov, and Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves. After him are Christina Grimmie, Viktor Gavrikov, Theresa Saldana, Aleš Debeljak, Susan Lindquist, and Mel Charles.

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In India

Among people born in India, P. A. Sangma ranks 1,094 out of 1,861. Before him are Silk Smitha (1960), Sudha Chandran (1965), Twinkle Khanna (1974), K. Balachander (1930), Shobhna Samarth (1916), and Narendra Dabholkar (1945). After him are Bombayla Devi Laishram (1985), Manohar Parrikar (1955), Toru Dutt (1856), Ruby Myers (1907), AR Murugadoss (1974), and Lakshmi (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, P. A. Sangma ranks 264. Before him are Arun Shourie (1941), Nandini Satpathy (1931), Aruna Roy (1946), Rabri Devi (1956), Padmaja Naidu (1900), and Ashok Gehlot (1951). After him are Manohar Parrikar (1955), Sushilkumar Shinde (1941), Madhavrao Scindia (1945), Vikas Swarup (1961), Manohar Joshi (1937), and Uddhav Thackeray (1960).

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