Adolf Lu Hitler Marak
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Adolf Lu Hitler Rangsa Marak (born Template:Circa<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>) is an Indian politician of the Nationalist Congress Party who served as an environment and later cooperation minister until 2003 in the Government of Meghalaya.
Biography
As a member of the Nationalist Congress Party, Marak served as forest and environment minister in the government of E. K. Mawlong and later as cooperation minister under Chief Minister Flinder Anderson Khonglam.
He lost his seat in the state assembly following the February 2003 elections. On 27 June 2003, he was arrested on charges of maintaining links with the banned militant group Achik National Volunteers' Council.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was released on bail about a month later. The following year he lost the Garo Hills District Council election for the Dengnakpara G.D.C. constituency to Roster Sangma of the Congress.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He lost the 2003 legislative election by just over 300 votes to Zenith Sangma.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
During the 2008 assembly elections in Meghalaya, he was arrested for violating the model code while campaigning, leading to the newspaper headline, "Adolf Lu Hitler arrested by John F Kennedy", as Kennedy was the name of the police superintendent.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He reemerged as the victor in the 2008 legislative elections.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2022 he joined the Trinamool Congress.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Name
In regard to his controversial name, Hitler Marak told the Hindustan Times, "Maybe my parents liked the name" and said, "I am happy with my name, although I don't have any dictatorial tendencies". He said immigration staff has asked about his name "many times" while traveling, but he tells them he "didn't have a role" in choosing it and has never struggled to obtain a visa.<ref name=":0" />
In February 2013, it was widely reported in international media that Marak would be running again for the state assembly in Meghalaya, against some other oddly-named candidates, such as Frankenstein Momin and Billykid Sangma.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
References
External links
- Voting for Frankenstein - BBC News article mentioning Marak
- CNN Article mentioning Marak
- State cabinet ministers of Meghalaya
- Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Meghalaya
- Indian National Congress politicians from Meghalaya
- People from West Garo Hills district
- Garo people
- 1950s births
- Living people
- Trinamool Congress politicians from Meghalaya
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Meghalaya MLAs 1993–1998
- Meghalaya MLAs 1998–2003
- Meghalaya MLAs 2008–2013