P. A. Sangma

Purno Agitok Sangma
Purno Agitok Sangma
	Official portrait, 1996
11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
	In office; 25 May 1996 – 23 March 1998
Deputy	Suraj Bhan
Preceded by	Shivraj Patil
Succeeded by	G. M. C. Balayogi
21st Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
	In office; 15 September 1995 – 16 May 1996
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo; (As MoS)
Succeeded by	Sushma Swaraj
Member of the Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 5 March 2016
Preceded by	Agatha Sangma
Succeeded by	Conrad Sangma
Constituency	Tura
	In office; 1991–2008
Preceded by	Sanford Marak
Succeeded by	Agatha Sangma
Constituency	Tura
	In office; 1977–1989
Preceded by	K. R. Marak
Succeeded by	Sanford Marak
Constituency	Tura
4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya
	In office; 6 February 1988 – 25 March 1990
Governor	Bhishma Narain Singh; Hari Dev Joshi; A. A. Rahim
Preceded by	Williamson A. Sangma
Succeeded by	B. B. Lyngdoh
Personal details
Born	Purno Agitok Sangma; 1 September 1947; Chapahati, Assam, India; (Now in Meghalaya, India)
Died	4 March 2016 (aged 68); New Delhi, India
Political party	National People's Party; (2012–2016)
Other political; affiliations	Nationalist Congress Party (1999–2004; 2005–2012); All India Trinamool Congress (2004–2005); Indian National Congress (before 1999)
Spouse	Soradini K. (1973–2016)
Children	4; including Conrad, Agatha, James, Christi
Alma mater	Dibrugarh University

Purno Agitok Sangma (1 September 1947 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian politician who has 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 also served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Tura from 2014 to 2016, 1991 to 2008 and from 1977 to 1989 and the minister of 21st Information and Broadcasting in the Rao ministry from 1995 to 1996, founder of NPP and Co- founder of NCP. He was the candidate for the 2012 Indian presidential election, supported by BJP and AIADMK, however he lost to Congress politician Shri Pranab Mukherjee. He 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 Padma Vibhushan from Meghalaya.

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