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'''Wangnia Pongte''' (died 15 June 2013) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] football player and politician.<br />
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He was the [[Arunachal Pradesh]] MLA for [[Changlang North]] assembly constituency in 1990.<ref name=eci>{{ cite web |title=Election results |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S02/partycomp53.htm }}</ref> He served as MoS (Independent charge) for Research, Library, Labour and Agriculture. He was re-elected in 2004.<ref name=eci /> He was Chairman of Arunachal Pradesh Mineral Development Trading Corporation. He died on 15th June, 2013. He had two wives, three daughters and two sons.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Pongte died in a traffic collision on 15 June 2013. He is survived by wife, two sons and two daughters.<ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/north-east/former-arunachal-minister-wangnia-pongte-dies-in-road-accident_855406.html Former Arunachal minister Wangnia Pongte dies in road accident]</ref><br />
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