Sumitra Mahajan
Sumitra Mahajan (born 12 April 1943) is an Indian politician and 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 5 June 2014 to 19 June 2019. She is a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2014 she got elected 8 times and she is currently the longest serving women member. She also served as the Union Minister. Sumitra Mahajan is the second longest serving women speaker after Meira Kumar.
Sumitra Mahajan was born in Chitpavan Brahmin family in Chiplun, Maharashtra on 11 April 1943. She married Jayant Mahajan of Indore. She received MA and LLB after marriage from the Indore University.
Sumitra became the first Indian women to represent the same Lok sabha constituency on the same party eight times in a row. Her record was included in the LIMCA book.
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1943 births
Living people
Speakers of the Lok Sabha
Politicians from Madhya Pradesh