Sabina Yeasmin

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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sabina Yeasmin
| image = File:Sabina Yasmin.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = 1978
| birth_place = [[Karari Chandpur]],[[Malda district|Malda]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| nationality = {{IND}}
| residence = [[Karari Chandpur]], [[Malda district|Malda]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Third Mamata Banerjee ministry|Minister of State]], [[Government of West Bengal]]
| governor = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| 2blankname = Ministry
| 2namedata =
* Irrigation and Waterways
* North Bengal Development
| term_start = 10 May 2021
| term_end =
| constituency =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| governor1 = [[M. K. Narayanan]]
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| 2blankname1 = Ministery
| 2namedata1 =
* [[Department of Home (West Bengal)|Security, Counterterrorism and Police]]
| term_start1 = May 20, 2011
| term_end1 = September 2012
| constituency1 =
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| Governor =
| chiefminister =
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = May 13, 2011
| term_end2 =
| constituency2 = [[Mothabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mothabari]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (present)
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Mehebub Alam
| children = Fizza Alam , Naurin Alam
| alma_mater = [[University of North Bengal|North Bengal University]]
| faculty =
| website =
| source =
| education = [[Gour Mahavidyalaya]], [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]] ([[Honours|Hons]])
}}

'''Sabina Yeasmin''' is an Indian politician who has been serving as [[Third Mamata Banerjee ministry|Cabinet Minister of State]] for [[Department of North Bengal Development|Irrigation and Waterways, North Bengal Development]] in the [[Government of West Bengal]]. She is an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], elected from the [[Mothabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/sabina-yeasmin/|title=Details and Information about Sabina Yeasmin|website=www.nocorruption.in|accessdate=6 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=562|title=Winner Candidate of West Bengal legislative assembly from Malda|website=www.myneta.info|accessdate=6 December 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==
She is first Muslim woman minister in [[Government of West Bengal]] in the [[First Mamata Banerjee ministry]] and current [[Third Mamata Banerjee ministry]].<ref name="Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet">{{Cite web|url=http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|title=Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet|accessdate=22 May 2011|publisher=[[Government of West Bengal]]|date=21 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213008/http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|archivedate=5 October 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries]</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/All+the+didi's+men/1/43364.html All the Didi's men]</ref> Sabina Yasmin's victory from [[Mothabari]] was particularly creditable because Shehnaz Quadery, a niece of [[A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]] contested the seat as an independent candidate. She was one of the seven Muslim woman [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.theeasternpost.org/print_news.php?n_id=1664&of_id=6 |title= Muslim Voters Select Mamata in Bengal – Muslim representation reaches 20 per cent in West Bengal Assembly elections |accessdate= 6 July 2014 | publisher= The Eastern Post |date=}}</ref> She resigned as a minister when the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party decided to pull out of the Mamata Banerjee government.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2012/09/22/congress-pulls-out-west-bengal%E2%80%99s-mamata-ministry |title= Congress pulls out from West Bengal's Mamata Ministry |accessdate= 6 July 2014 | publisher= Asian Tribune |date=}}</ref> In 2018 she joined [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/210718/former-bjp-mp-chandan-mitra-joins-mamata-banerjees-trinamool-congress.html |title = Former BJP MP Chandan Mitra joins Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress |date = 21 July 2018 |publisher= Deccan Chronicle 21 July 2018 | accessdate = 7 December 2018 }}</ref>

==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.<ref name=circle>{{Cite web|url= http://twocircles.net/2011jun03/sabina_yasmin_becomes_first_muslim_woman_minister_west_bengal.html#.U7ieX0CyKt8|title= Sabina Yasmin becomes first Muslim woman minister in West Bengal |accessdate= 6 July 2014 | publisher= Two Circles.net |date=3 June 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She graduated from [[Gour Mahavidyalaya]] in 2000 and completed her post-graduation from [[University of North Bengal]] in 2002.<ref name=circle/>

== References ==
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==External links==
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| video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SvNYgRKO-M Sabina Yeasmin at Sujapur meeting 2013 ]
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{{Twitter|MLASabina}}

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[[Category:West Bengal district councillors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
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