Sabina Yasmin (politician)

Sabina Yeasmin
Minister of State for Labour
In office
May 20, 2011 – September 2012
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
May 13, 2011
Constituency Mothabari
Personal details
Born 1976
Malda
Political party

Indian National Congress,

All India Trinamool Congress (Now)
Spouse(s) Md.Mehebub Alam
Children 2
Residence Karai Chandpur village, Malda
Alma mater University of North Bengal

Sabina Yasmin is an Indian politician and a former Minister of State for Labour in the Government of West Bengal. She is an MLA, elected from the Mothabari constituency in the West Bengal state assembly election, 2011. [1][1][2][3] Sabina Yasmin's victory from Mothabari constituency was particularly creditable because Shehnaz Quadery, a niece of A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury contested the seat as an independent candidate.[4]

Sabina Yasmin was the first Muslim woman to be a minister in West Bengal.[5] She was one of the seven Muslim woman MLAs in the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha.[6] She resigned as a minister when the Congress party decided to pull out of the Mamata Banerjee government.[7].In 2018 she joined All India Trinamool Congress.

Zilla Parishad

Sabina was Sabhadipati of Malda Zilla Parishad before contesting the assembly elections. In 2008, she won a seat in the Malda Zilla Parishad from Kaliachak - I.[5]

Personal details

She graduated from Gour Mahavidyalaya in 2000 and completed her post-graduation from North Bengal University in 2002.[5]

External video
Sabina Yeasmin at Sujapur meeting 2013

References

  1. 1 2 "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  3. ↑ All the Didi's men
  4. ↑ "Rebel in Malda Cong family refuses to bend". The Telegraph, 5 April 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Sabina Yasmin becomes first Muslim woman minister in West Bengal". Two Circles.net. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Muslim Voters Select Mamata in Bengal - Muslim representation reaches 20 per cent in West Bengal Assembly elections". The Eastern Post. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Congress pulls out from West Bengal's Mamata Ministry". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
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