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
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 video
Sabina Yeasmin at Sujapur meeting 2013

References

  1. 1 2 "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 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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