NCP P.A. Sangma

Shri P.A. Sangma

NCP Founder and General Secretary

Qualification: B.A. (Hons.), M.A., LL.B.
Educated at St. Anthony’s College, Shillong & Dibrugarh University (Assam)
Profession: Professor , Advocate , Journalist

Positions held


1973 - 1976	Vice-President, Pradesh Youth Congress, Meghalaya
1974 - 1975	General-Secretary, Pradesh Youth Congress, Meghalaya
1975 - 1980	General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C. (I)], Meghalaya
1977	Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
1980	Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term) & Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee A.I.C.C.(I)
1980 - 1982	Union Deputy Minister, Industry
1982 - 1984	Union Deputy Minister, Commerce
1984	Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Nov - Dec 1984	Union Deputy Minister, Commerce
Jan - Mar 1985	Union Minister of State, Commerce and Supply
Mar - Sep 1985	Union Minister of State, Commerce
1985 - 1986	Union Minister of State, Home Affairs
1986 - 1988	Union Minister of State, Labour (Independent Charge)
1988 - 1991	Member, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
1988 - 1990	Chief Minister, Meghalaya
1990 - 1991	Leader of the Opposition, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
1991	Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1991 - 1993	Union Minister of State, Coal (Independent Charge)
1993 - 1995	Union Minister of State, Labour (Independent Charge)
Feb - Sep 1995	Union Cabinet Minister, Labour
1995 - 1996	Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting
1996	Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1996 - 1998	Speaker, 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
1998	Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)
1998 - 1999	Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-I All India Shia Council of India
1998 - 2004	Vice-President, Indian Institute of Public Administration Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
1999	Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)
1999 - 2000	Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
2000	Member, National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution
2002	Member, Committee on External Affairs
2003 - 2004	Member, Committee on Home Affairs
2004	Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha ( 8th term) (resigned from Lok Sabha on 10.10.2005 as a member of All India Trinamool Congress) 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

Books Published


	Edited the book entitled ‘India in I.L.O.’ (two volumes)
	Into the Third Millennium; A Speaker`s Perspectives

Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments


	Associated with various social organisations like the Red Cross Society, Youth Hostels Association of India and educational institutions
	Set up night school for the poor and the needy children in his constituency

Milestones


	Taken several policy initiatives; as Union Industry Minister, enhanced the production capability of the Cement Industry to the level of self sufficiency
	Coal India Ltd. turned into a profit-making enterprise during his tenure as Coal Minister
	as Commerce Minister, introduced plantation crops like Tea, Rubber and Cashew of export importance in non-traditional areas of the North-Eastern India
	as a Labour Minister initiated social security measures in the liberalisation phase of Indian economy
	introduced pension scheme for 18 million industrial workers, rationalised wages and introduced employment injury compensation for unorganised labour sector
	placed child labour elimination on high national agenda, worked for elimination of discrimination against women
	as Information and Broadcasting Minister, worked for liberalised usage of airwaves and investments in the electronic media
	as Speaker, guided formation of a Standing Joint Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women and constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee for considering 81st Constitutional Amendment which seeks to enhance the presence of women in Parliament; also created a group of Parliamentarians to report on Ethics and Standards in Public Life
	Chairman, Asia-Pacific Regional Group in the International Labour Conference, 1994-95
	Chairman, 5th Conference of Labour Ministers of Non-aligned and other Developing Countries, Delhi, 1995
	Chairman, Specialised Inter-Parliamentary Conference of the I.P.U. on Partnership between Men and Women in Politics, Delhi, 1997
	Awarded the Michael John Roll of Honour of the Tata Workers’ Union for distinguished contribution to the cause of labour and to the parliamentary system in 1997
	Awarded the Golden Jubilee Award of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (I.N.T.U.C.) for outstanding contribution to the cause of the working class by Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma, the then President of India, 1997
	Nominated Man of the year by Competition Success Review (CSR-1998)
	Received "Saraswati National Eminence Award in the category of Public Leadership" by the South Indian Education Society, Mumbai in January 2003

Countries Visited


	Leader of the Indian Delegation to: U.N.I.D.O. Conference, Khartoum, Sudan, 1981
	Leader of the Indian Delegation to: ESCAP Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 1984
	Leader of the Indian Delegation to: International Labour Conference organised by I.L.O., six times
	Leader of the Indian Delegation to: Conference of Asia Pacific Labour Ministers (C.A.P.L.M.) at Tehran, Iran, 1993
	Leader of the Inter Parliamentary Delegation to: 42nd CPA Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 1996
	Leader of the Inter Parliamentary Delegation to: 96th IPU Conference, Beijing, China, 1996
	Led bilateral Parliamentary Delegations to Australia, Croatia, DPR Korea, Finland, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and U.K
	Leader of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, Mongolia and Thailand, 1997
	Member of Commonwealth observer to Zimbabwe Parliamentary Election
	Leader of the Commonwealth observer for Presidential Election in Gambia

Contact details

	Permanent Address	Current Address
	Walbakgre P.O. Tura, Distt. West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) (T) 03651-232825	34, Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi - 110011 (T) 011-23018396, 23017787, 23010123 (F) 011-23017787 (M) 9868180550

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