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{{Short description|Indian politician (1947–2016)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Purno Agitok Sangma
| image               = P. A. Sangma official portrait.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 1996
| order               = 11th
| office              = Speaker of the Lok Sabha
| deputy              = [[Suraj Bhan]]
| term_start          = 25 May 1996
| term_end            = 23 March 1998
| predecessor         = [[Shivraj Patil]]
| successor           = [[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
| office1             = 21st [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]], [[Government of India]]
| primeminister1      = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| term_start1         = 15 September 1995
| term_end1           = 16 May 1996
| predecessor1        = [[Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo]]<br>{{small|''(As [[Minister of State|MoS]])''}}
| successor1          = [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| office2             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of the Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start2         = 26 May 2014
| term_end2           = 5 March 2016
| predecessor2        = [[Agatha Sangma]]
| successor2          = [[Conrad Sangma]]
| term_start3         = 1991
| term_end3           = 2008
| predecessor3        = Sanford Marak
| successor3          = Agatha Sangma
| term_start4         = 1977
| term_end4           = 1989
| predecessor4        = Lieutenant Karnesh Rangsa Marak
| successor4          = Sanford Marak
| order5              = 4th
| office5             = Chief Minister of Meghalaya
| governor5           = [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]<br>[[Hari Dev Joshi]]<br>[[A. A. Rahim]]
| term_start5         = 6 February 1988
| term_end5           = 25 March 1990
| predecessor5        = [[Williamson A. Sangma]]
| successor5          = [[B. B. Lyngdoh]]
| birth_name          = Purno Agitok Sangma
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1947|9|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[West Garo Hills district|Chapahati]], [[Assam]], [[Dominion of India|India]]<br/>{{small|(now in [[Meghalaya]], India)}}
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2016|3|4|1947|9|1|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[New Delhi]], India
| party               = [[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]]<br/>{{small|(2012–2016)}}
| otherparty          = [[Nationalist Congress Party]] {{small|(1999–2004; 2005–2012)}}<br/>[[Trinamool Congress]] {{small|(2004–2005)}}<br/>[[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(before 1999)}}
| alma_mater      = [[Dibrugarh University]]
| occupation       = [[Politician]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Soradini K. Sangma|1973}}
| children            = 4; [[Conrad Sangma|Conrad]], [[James Sangma|James]], Christie & [[Agatha Sangma|Agatha]].
| constituency2       = [[Tura Lok Sabha constituency|Tura]]
| constituency3       = [[Tura Lok Sabha constituency|Tura]]
| constituency4       = [[Tura Lok Sabha constituency|Tura]]
}}
'''Purno Agitok Sangma''' (1 September 1947 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian politician who served as the 4th [[Chief Ministers of Meghalaya|Chief Minister of Meghalaya]] from 1988 to 1990 and the 11th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] from 1996 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=PA Sangma (1947-2016): The short man from Garo Hills, the tallest North East leader in New Delhi|date=6 March 2016 |url=https://scroll.in/article/804672/pa-sangma-1947-2016-the-short-man-from-garo-hills-the-tallest-northeast-leader-in-new-delhi|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729081205/http://scroll.in/article/804672/pa-sangma-1947-2016-the-short-man-from-garo-hills-the-tallest-northeast-leader-in-new-delhi|archive-date=29 July 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He served as a member of the Lok Sabha from [[Tura Lok Sabha constituency|Tura]] in [[Meghalaya]] from 2014 to 2016, 1991 to 2008 and from 1977 to 1989 and the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]] in the [[Rao ministry]] from 1995 to 1996. He was the founder of [[National People's Party (India)|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]]. Sangma was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017, in the field of Public Affairs and was the first recipient of the award from Meghalaya.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pa-sangma-padma-vibhushan-award-meghalaya-957099-2017-01-25 | title=PA Sangma awarded Padma Vibhushan, becomes first recipient from Meghalaya | publisher=India Today | date=25 January 2017 | accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sharad-pawar-murli-manohar-joshi-and-p-a-sangma-conferred-padma-awards-with-36-others/articleshow/57925164.cms?from=mdr | title=Sharad Pawar, Murli Manohar Joshi and P A Sangma conferred Padma awards with 36 others | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=30 March 2017 | accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=P.A. Sangma awarded Padma Vibhushan, becomes first recipient from Meghalaya|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/p-a-sangma-awarded-padma-vibhushan-becomes-first-recipient-from-meghalaya-117012500882_1.html|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911115000/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/p-a-sangma-awarded-padma-vibhushan-becomes-first-recipient-from-meghalaya-117012500882_1.html|archive-date=11 September 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=25 January 2017}}</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Sangma was born on 1 September 1947 in Chapahati, a village in the erstwhile Garo Hills district of [[Assam]] (in present-day [[West Garo Hills]], [[Meghalaya]]), to Dipchon Ch. Marak and Chimri A. Sangma as one of their seven children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sangma, Shri Purno Agitok Biographical sketch|url=http://www.indiapress.org/election/archives/lok12/biodata/12mg02.php|publisher=indiapress.org|access-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608113850/http://www.indiapress.org/election/archives/lok12/biodata/12mg02.php|archive-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> He lost his father when he was 11 and had to quit studies due to poverty. He was helped to return to school by a [[Salesians of Don Bosco|Salesian]] [[Church Fathers|Father]] Giovanni Battista Busolin. Later, Sangma obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[St. Anthony's College, Shillong|St. Anthony's College]] in [[Shillong]] before shifting to [[Dibrugarh]] in Assam, where he taught in the Don Bosco High School while pursuing [[Master of Arts]] in [[international politics]] from [[Dibrugarh University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=P A Sangma: From tending cattle for food to minding the Lok Sabha|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/sangma-lok-sabha-speaker-obituary-death/|work=The Indian Express|access-date=8 June 2017|date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625133330/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/sangma-lok-sabha-speaker-obituary-death/|archive-date=25 June 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Sangma married Soradini K. Sangma in 1973. They have two sons and two daughters together. Son [[Conrad Sangma|Conrad]] serves as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya and daughter [[Agatha Sangma|Agatha]] is a former Member of Parliament from the Tura constituency.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nayak|first1=C. K.|title=Unopposed Tura By-Poll Would Be Fitting Tribute To My Father|url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2016/03/21/unopposed-tura-by-poll-would-be-fitting-tribute-to-my-father/|work=[[The Shillong Times]]|access-date=8 June 2017|date=21 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309055730/http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2016/03/21/unopposed-tura-by-poll-would-be-fitting-tribute-to-my-father/|archive-date=9 March 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Agatha was elected from Tura to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] elections in 2009, and at 29, was the youngest minister in the [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|UPA ministry]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Agatha Sangma youngest minister in Manmohan ministry|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Agatha-Sangma-youngest-minister-in-Manmohan-ministry/articleshow/4585856.cms|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Times of India|date=27 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117091232/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Agatha-Sangma-youngest-minister-in-Manmohan-ministry/articleshow/4585856.cms|archive-date=17 November 2009|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Sangma called himself a devout Christian.<ref>{{cite news |title=Narendra Modi has all prime ministerial qualities, says PA Sangma |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/northeast/story/narendra-modi-has-all-prime-ministerial-qualities-pa-sangma-170102-2013-07-11|work=[[India Today]] |access-date=20 Mar 2024 |date=12 Jul 2013}}</ref>

==Political career==
In 1973, Sangma became Vice-President of the [[Indian Youth Congress|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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]] constituency in [[Meghalaya]] and represented the same constituency multiple times, from 1977-1988, 1991-2008, 2014–2016. The breaks in 1988 and 2008 were caused by his return to Meghalaya state politics. He became [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]] in 1996.

==Chief Minister of Meghalaya==
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He was the [[Chief Minister of Meghalaya]] from 1988 to 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who is P.A. Sangma?|date=21 June 2012 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/who-is-p.a.-sangma/1/201711.html|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804065758/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/who-is-p.a.-sangma/1/201711.html|archive-date=4 August 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Speaker of the Lok Sabha ==
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He was the 11th speaker of the Lok Sabha.

==Formation of Nationalist Congress Party==
Sangma was expelled from the Congress on 20 May 1999, along with [[Sharad Pawar]] and [[Tariq Anwar (politician)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/may/20pawar2.htm|title=CWC expels threesome for six years|publisher=[[Rediff|Rediff.com]], 20 May 1999|access-date=21 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624004252/http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/may/20pawar2.htm|archive-date=24 June 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncp.org.in/history/origins.php|title=National Congress Party Origins|publisher=NCP official website, retrieved 21 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511183603/http://www.ncp.org.in/history/origins.php|archive-date=11 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 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 [[Trinamool Congress]], forming the [[Nationalist Trinamool Congress]] .Sangma was one of two NTC MPs elected. He resigned from his Lok Sabha seat on 10 October 2005 as a member of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]], and was re-elected as an NCP candidate in February 2006. He resigned from the 14th Lok Sabha for the second time in March 2008 to take part in the [[2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election]].

On 5 January 2013, Sangma launched the [[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]]<ref>{{URL|http://news.oneindia.in/2013/01/05/sangma-launches-his-party-with-alliance-with-nda-1125781.html}}</ref> at the national level. The National People's Party managed to win two seats in the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] in the [[2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election]]. In 2014, Sangma was elected to Lok Sabha from Tura, and died mid-term in 2016.

===Presidential election===
Sangma's candidature for the 2012 presidential election was proposed by AIADMK and [[Biju Janta Dal]], and later, supported by BJP as well. Sangma resigned from the NCP on 20 June 2012 after opposition from Sharad Pawar over his presidential candidature. Former Union Minister and a Congress tribal leader [[Arvind Netam]] also came out strongly in favour of the candidature of Sangma for the presidential post.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Bhopal/It-s-time-that-a-tribal-becomes-President-Netam/Article1-880735.aspx| title= It's time that a tribal becomes President: Netam| date= 29 June 2012| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120629154238/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Bhopal/It-s-time-that-a-tribal-becomes-President-Netam/Article1-880735.aspx| archive-date= 29 June 2012| df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sangma-withdraws-from-presidential-race-seeks-consensus-kalam/1/200601.html|title=Sangma withdraws himself from presidential race, seeks consensus for Abdual Kalam|access-date=16 June 2012|date=16 June 2012|publisher=Headlines today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616052128/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sangma-withdraws-from-presidential-race-seeks-consensus-kalam/1/200601.html|archive-date=16 June 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/I-have-quit-NCP-will-contest-presidential-polls-PA-Sangma/articleshow/14300738.cms | title=I have quit NCP, will contest presidential polls: PA Sangma |date=20 June 2012}}</ref>

On 22 July, [[Pranab Mukherjee]] was declared the victor over Sangma, crossing the half-way mark of 525,140 votes after votes in half the states had been tallied. While securing the required quota, Mukherjee secured 558,194 votes to Sangma's 239,966.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pranab Mukherjee voted India's 13th President|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pranab-Mukherjee-elected-Indias-13th-President/articleshow/15092749.cms|access-date=2012-07-22|date=2012-07-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717101930/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-22/india/32787938_1_vote-value-mukherjee-and-sangma-india-s-13th-president|archive-date=17 July 2013|url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pranab Mukherjee is 13th President|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/266025/pranab-mukherjee-13th-president.html|access-date=2012-07-22|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=2012-07-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927163819/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/266025/pranab-mukherjee-13th-president.html|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After the final results were published, Mukherjee secured 7,13,424 value of votes, while Sangma secured 3,17,032 values of votes. The Returning Officer for the election, and the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, Vivek Agnihotri, then declared Mukherjee to be elected as [[President of India]]. Sangma subsequently accused the President-elect of graft.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BJP-supports-Sangma-after-division-in-NDA/articleshow/14316314.cms| archive-url= https://archive.today/20130126081711/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-21/india/32351802_1_swaraj-and-jaitley-presidential-poll-tallest-leader| url-status= live| archive-date= 26 January 2013| work= [[The Times of India]]| title= BJP supports Sangma after division in NDA| date=21 June 2012}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! &nbsp;
! MP Votes
! MLA Votes
! Total
|-
! Pranab Mukherjee<ref name="47.5">{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/pressrelease/English.pdf# |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607174759/http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/pressrelease/English.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| 373,116
| 340,647
| 713,763
|-
! P. A. Sangma<ref name="47.5"/>
| 145,848
| 170,139
| 315,987
|}

==Death==
[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi paying homage at the mortal remains of the former Lok Sabha Speaker, Shri P.A. Sangma, in New Delhi (1).jpg|thumb|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] and cabinet members paying their respects at Sangma's wake]]
On the morning of 4 March 2016, Sangma died from [[cardiac arrest]] in New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thequint.com/politics/2016/03/04/former-lok-sabha-speaker-pa-sangma-passes-away-at-68|title=Former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma Passes Away at 68|website=The Quint|access-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042423/http://www.thequint.com/politics/2016/03/04/former-lok-sabha-speaker-pa-sangma-passes-away-at-68|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|date=4 March 2016}}</ref> He was aged 68.

==Positions held==

* 1974 - Vice President of Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress
* 1975 - The General Secretary of the Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee
* 1977 - [[Member of Parliament]], Tura constituency (1977 to 1988, first stint)
* 1980 - Joint Secretary of the All India Congress Committee
* 1980 - Deputy Minister in charge of Industry
* 1982 - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Commerce
* 1984 - Minister of State holding charge of Commerce and Supply
* 1984 - Minister of State for Home Affairs
* 1986 - Minister of State for Labour with Independent Charge
* 1988 - Member, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
* 1988 - [[Chief Ministers of Meghalaya|Chief Minister of Meghalaya]]
* 1990 - [[Leader of Opposition]], [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
* 1991 - Re-elected, [[Member of Parliament]], Tura constituency (1991-2008, second stint) 
* 1991-93 - Union [[Ministry of Coal|Minister of State, Coal]] [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India#Minister of State .28Independent Charges.29|(Independent Charge)]]
* 1993-95 - Union [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of State, Labour]] [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India#Minister of State .28Independent Charges.29|(Independent Charge)]]
* February–September 1995 - Union [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of State, Labour]]
* 1995-96 - Union Cabinet [[Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]
* 1996 - Re-elected, [[Member of Parliament]], Tura constituency
* 1996-98 - [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]] -Chairman, (i) Business Advisory Committee; (ii) Rules Committee; (iii) General Purposes Committee; (iv) Standing Committee of the Conference of Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in India; and (v) Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies;
President, (i) Indian Parliamentary Group, (ii) National Group of Inter-Parliamentary Union; and (iii) India Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
* 1998 - Re-elected, [[Member of Parliament]], Tura constituency, as member of Congress
* 1998 - Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-I
* 1998 - Vice-President, Indian Institute of Public Administration
* 1998 - Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
* 1999 - Re-elected, [[Member of Parliament]], Tura constituency, as member of NCP 
* 1999 - Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
* 2000 - Member, National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution
* 2002 - Member, Committee on External Affairs
* 2003 - Member, Committee on Home Affairs
* 2004 - Re-elected, [[Member of Parliament]], Tura constituency
* 2004 - Member, Committee on External Affairs, Member, Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
* 2006 - Re-elected to Lok Sabha as N.C.P. candidate on 23.2.2006, Tura constituency
* 2008 - Member, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
* 2014 - Elected to Lok Sabha from Tura

==See also==
* [[Politics of India]]
* [[Nuclear disarmament]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/former/PAsangama.asp Biography] - From [[Lok Sabha]] Speakers' official site
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141019230701/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=394 P. A. Sangma: Fourteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile]
* [http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1693640/ XII LOK SABHA DEBATES] - Sangma's famous debate against nuclear weapons
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jan/21inter.htm Interview with Sangma by Rediff on NCP split up]

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