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{{Infobox officeholder
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|office1 = Member of Parliament, [[Lok Sabha]]
|term_start1 = 1989
|term_end1 = 1996
|predecessor1 = [[George Gilbert Swell]]
|successor1 = [[George Gilbert Swell]]
|constituency1 = [[Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shillong Lok Sabha Constituency]]
|office2 = Speaker, [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start2 = 24 February 1988
|term_end2 = 15 December 1989
|predecessor2 = [[E.K Mawlong]]
|successor2 = [[Paty Ripple Kyndiah]]
|office3 = President, [[All India Catholic Union]]
|term_start3 = 1994
|term_end3 = 1996
|predecessor3 = [[Allan de Noronha]]
|successor3 = [[Norbert D'Souza]]
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Peter Garnett Marbaniang was an Indian parliamentarian, legislator and academician from the state of [[Meghalaya]]. He served as a Member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from 1989 to 1996,<ref name=NICobit/> as [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://megassembly.gov.in/ex_speakers.htm|title=NAME OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE MEGHALAYA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY|website=megassembly.gov.in|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref> and as a Minister in the Government of [[Meghalaya]]. He was the President of the [[All India Catholic Union]] from 1994 to 1996.<ref name=AICUleaders/>

== Political career ==

He was a member of the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] between 1972 and 1983. He served as a minister in the State government from 1975 to 1983.
He was re-elected to the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] between 1988 and 1989, serving as Speaker of the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]. Peter Garnett Marbaniang represented the [[Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shillong Lok Sabha Constituency]] of Meghalaya from 1989 to 1996 in the [[Lok Sabha]].

=== Lok Sabha ===
Peter Garnett Marbaniang represented the [[Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shillong Lok Sabha Constituency]] of Meghalaya from 1989 to 1996 in the [[Lok Sabha]]
He was elected from the [[Shillong]] constituency in 1988 to the Ninth [[Lok Sabha]] with 148,657 votes, or 50.77% of the total, running on the [[Indian National Congress]] ticket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Result Of Shillong (Meghalaya) in 1989|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/constituency/1989/s15/1.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126040057/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/constituency/1989/s15/1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-26|accessdate=2012-04-18|work=IBNPolitics.com}}</ref>
He was re-elected in 1991 to the Tenth [[Lok Sabha]] with 144,895 votes, or 48.75% or the total.<ref>{{cite web|title=Result Of Shillong (Meghalaya) in 1991|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/constituency/1991/s15/1.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126051245/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/constituency/1991/s15/1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-26|accessdate=2012-04-18|work=IBNPolitics.com}}</ref><ref name="NICobit" />

In the Lok Sabha, he was a member of [[Committee]]s on Public Accounts, Public Undertakings, Transport and Tourism, Business Advisory and General Purposes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3336.htm|access-date=2018-09-11|website=164.100.47.194}}</ref> He was nominated as a member of the panel of Chairmen of the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lok Sabha Panel of Chairman 1992|url=https://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses4/07310792.htm}}</ref>

=== Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ===
Peter Garnett Marbaniang was a member of the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] between 1972 and 1983 and was re-elected to the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] between 1988 and 1989, serving as Speaker of the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]. During his tenure as a member of the House, he served as Chairman of the Estimates [[Committee]] of the Assembly.<ref name=":0" />

He was part of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the 34th [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference]] in Canberra which was held between 14 to 25 September 1988. The Indian Delegation was led by [[Pratibha Patil|Pratibha Devisingh Patil]], the then Deputy-Chairman of the [[Rajya Sabha]] and also consisted of Dr. [[Najma Heptulla]]h. The Conference discussed subjects including "International peace and security; AIDS: The nature of the disease, its spread, containment efforts, the role of Parliamentarians in helping contain the threat and Public Education Programme; Environmental protection in relation to population growth, industrialization and urbanization; and The Commonwealth response to super power disarmament issues".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kashyap|first=Dr. Shubhash C.|date=December 1988|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information, 1988|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/763114/1/jpi_December_1988.pdf|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

==== District Council ====
He was the Chairman of the [[Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council]] from 1975 to 1983.<ref name=":0" /> The Autonomous District Council is one of the three autonomous district councils within Meghalaya, and one of twenty-five [[autonomous regions of India]]. The Sixth Schedule of the [[Constitution of India]] allows for the formation of '''autonomous administrative divisions''' which have been given autonomy within their respective states.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sixth Schedule, The Constitution of India|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Images/pdf1/S6.pdf|access-date=|website=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>

==Christian leader==

Marbaniang was a member of the [[All India Catholic Union]] (AICU). He was a vice-president during the tenure of [[Chhotebhai Noronha]] as president of the union (1990-1994), and in 1990 accompanied Chhotebhai in a meeting of minority leaders with prime minister [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/chhotebhai_vp.txt
|title = V. P. SINGH: AN ENIGMA OR ENEMA?
|author = Chhotebhai Noronha
|date = 5 December 2008
|accessdate = 2012-04-17
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120606161629/http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/chhotebhai_vp.txt
|archivedate = 6 June 2012
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>
Marbaniang served as President of the AICU from 1994 to 1996, being succeeded by [[Norbert D'Souza]].<ref name=AICUleaders/>
In May 1995 Marbaniang promised to take up the question of introducing a Christian Marriage Bill in parliament. The purpose was to eliminate injustices in laws related to divorce and adoption by Christians.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indiarightsonline.com/Sabrang/gender.nsf/484a26bca5578172e5257713005d899b/762dc6518df233ae65256cf10050f4ac/$FILE/bac101015.pdf
|title=Church groups pushing for better marriage law
|date=28 May 1995
|author=George Iype
|accessdate=2012-04-17
}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In March 1996 the government failed to pass a bill that would extend special statutory benefits to Christians of [[Dalit]] origin. Marbaniang had met the prime minister at least ten times and asked repeatedly for the introduction of the Dalit bill. It was withdrawn on a procedural technicality.
Marbaniang said the Congress party would have to pay "a heavy price for ignoring the four-decade-old Christian demand" in upcoming general elections.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=213
|title=POLITICAL SETBACK FOR INDIA'S "LOW-CASTE" CHRISTIANS
|date=21 March 1996
|author=Anto Akkara
|work=EWTN News
|accessdate=2012-04-17}}</ref>
Marbaniang left the party, giving the "dictatorial attitude" of its leadership as his reason.<ref name=Oneindia20080401/>

== Education ==

Peter G Marbaniang was educated at Guwahati University where he received his [[Master of Arts|M.A]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]].<ref name=":0" />

== Interests ==
Peter was the President, Meghalaya Table Tennis Association and Meghalaya Volleyball Association.

==Legacy==

Peter G. Marbaniang died in Shillong on 29 September 1997 at the age of 58 years.
He was a member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly and Minister of Social Welfare in the State Government at the time of his death.<ref name=NICobit/>
His wife, Q.E. Lyngdoh, died on 20 January 2010 at the age of 71, leaving behind nine children and 19 grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://meghalayatimes.info/index.php?option=com_content&limitstart=110
|title=OBITUARY
|date= 21 January 2010
|work=Meghalaya Times
|accessdate=2012-04-17}}</ref>
His son, Robert G. Lyngdoh, was twice elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly who served as Home Minister in the State Government .<ref name=Oneindia20080401/>
His daughter, [[Ampareen Lyngdoh]], is a member of the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] who was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of [[Meghalaya]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr0309/ne5
|title=UDP weakens further in Meghalaya
|author=RAJU DAS
|location=SHILLONG |date=2 April 2009
|work=Assam Tribune
|accessdate=2012-04-17}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist |refs=
<ref name=AICUleaders>{{cite web
|url = http://aicuindia.org/officebearers.html
|publisher = All India Catholic Union
|title = Office Bearers
|accessdate = 2012-04-08
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20121220120901/http://aicuindia.org/officebearers.html
|archivedate = 20 December 2012
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>
<ref name=NICobit>{{cite web
|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls11/ses6/01191197.htm
|title=XI LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session VI (Winter)
|date=19 November 1997
|publisher=Parliament of India
|accessdate=2012-04-18}}</ref>
<ref name=Oneindia20080401>{{cite web
|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2008/05/01/congress-may-sack-senior-meghalaya-party-leader-1209629055.html
|work=Oneindia
|title=Congress may sack senior Meghalaya party leader
|date=1 May 2008
|accessdate=2012-04-18}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Meghalaya]]

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