Sabina Yasmin (politician)

Sabina Yeasmin

Minister of State for Labour
In office May 20, 2011 – September 2012
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office May 13, 2011
Constituency	Mothabari
Personal details
Born	1976 Malda
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Md.Mehebub Alam
Children	2
Residence	Karai Chandpur village, Malda district
Religion	Islam

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]

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 links

External video
Sabina Yeasmin at Sujapur meeting 2013

Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Jalpaiguri division

Presidency division MLAs Burdwan division MLAs

Hiten Barman Ashok Bhattacharya Nani Bhattacharya Sankar Chakraborty A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury Abdul Karim Chowdhury Biswanath Chowdhury Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Deepa Dasmunsi Goutam Deb Aparajita Goppi Kamal Guha Dinesh Chandra Joarder Sabitri Mitra Dawa Narbula Mausam Noor Rubi Noor Subodh Oraon Hamidul Rahman Ali Imran Ramz Pramatha Nath Ray Amar Roy Pradhan Mahendra Kumar Roy Narmada Chandra Roy Hafiz Alam Sairani Sailen Sarkar Dasrath Tirkey Manohar Tirkey Sunil Chandra Tirkey Sabina Yasmin Golam Yazdani

References

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

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