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{{Short description| | {{Short description|15th Speaker of the Lok Sabha}} | ||
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===Political career=== | ===Political career=== | ||
[[File:The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar meeting Daw Aung Suu Kyi, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on February 13, 2013.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|Kumar meeting [[Myanmar|Burmese]] leader [[Aung Suu Kyi]] in 2013.]] | |||
Kumar entered electoral politics in 1985, when she received an [[Indian National Congress]]' nomination for the [[Lok Sabha]] from the [[Bijnor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bijnor constituency]] bye-poll in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She defeated, as a newcomer, two veteran [[dalit]] leaders including [[Ram Vilas Paswan]] of the [[Janata Dal]] and [[Mayawati]] of the [[Bahujan Samajwadi Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/law-foreign-service-politics-all-about-oppn-s-presidential-candidate-meira-kumar/story-d4tkzWlzU6aXkUSL3uEvSI.html|title=Law, foreign service, politics: Know Oppn's presidential candidate Meira Kumar|date=22 June 2017|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=2018-01-17|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117190923/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/law-foreign-service-politics-all-about-oppn-s-presidential-candidate-meira-kumar/story-d4tkzWlzU6aXkUSL3uEvSI.html|archive-date=17 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/bijnor.html|title=Bijnor(Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 with Sitting MP and Party Name|website=Elections.in|access-date=13 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314061142/http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/bijnor.html|archive-date=14 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Following her election to the Lok Sabha, Kumar was appointed as member of the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]' Consultative Committee in 1986.<ref name="goi"/> | Kumar entered electoral politics in 1985, when she received an [[Indian National Congress]]' nomination for the [[Lok Sabha]] from the [[Bijnor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bijnor constituency]] bye-poll in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She defeated, as a newcomer, two veteran [[dalit]] leaders including [[Ram Vilas Paswan]] of the [[Janata Dal]] and [[Mayawati]] of the [[Bahujan Samajwadi Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/law-foreign-service-politics-all-about-oppn-s-presidential-candidate-meira-kumar/story-d4tkzWlzU6aXkUSL3uEvSI.html|title=Law, foreign service, politics: Know Oppn's presidential candidate Meira Kumar|date=22 June 2017|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=2018-01-17|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117190923/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/law-foreign-service-politics-all-about-oppn-s-presidential-candidate-meira-kumar/story-d4tkzWlzU6aXkUSL3uEvSI.html|archive-date=17 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/bijnor.html|title=Bijnor(Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 with Sitting MP and Party Name|website=Elections.in|access-date=13 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314061142/http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/bijnor.html|archive-date=14 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Following her election to the Lok Sabha, Kumar was appointed as member of the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]' Consultative Committee in 1986.<ref name="goi"/> | ||
Meera Kumar lost elections for 9th Lok Sabha (1989) and 10th Lok Sabha from [[Sasaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sasaram]], but went on to win elections for the [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] (in 1996) and the [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] [[Lok Sabha]]s from [[Karol Bagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karol Bagh]] in Delhi. She lost her seat to the candidate from the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] in 1999 election, but was able re-elected with a significant majority from her father's former constituency of Sasaram in Bihar in 2004 and 2009. In the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]] and in 2019, Kumar contested from Sasaram and lost both times to her nemesis [[Chhedi Paswan]] who has defeated her in Sasaram four times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf|title=Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2014 (16th Lok Sabha)|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=13 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123041546/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf|archive-date=23 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | Meera Kumar lost elections for 9th Lok Sabha (1989) and 10th Lok Sabha from [[Sasaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sasaram]], but went on to win elections for the [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] (in 1996) and the [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] [[Lok Sabha]]s from [[Karol Bagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karol Bagh]] in Delhi. She lost her seat to the candidate from the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] in 1999 election, but was able re-elected with a significant majority from her father's former constituency of Sasaram in Bihar in 2004 and 2009. In the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]] and in 2019, Kumar contested from Sasaram and lost both times to her nemesis [[Chhedi Paswan]] who has defeated her in Sasaram four times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf|title=Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2014 (16th Lok Sabha)|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=13 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123041546/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf|archive-date=23 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Following the Congress party's win in the [[2004 Indian general elections]], Kumar served in the [[United Progressive Alliance]]'s Government as the [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India)|Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment]] from 2004 to 2009, under the premiership of [[Manmohan Singh]]. | Following the Congress party's win in the [[2004 Indian general elections]], Kumar served in the [[United Progressive Alliance]]'s Government as the [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India)|Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment]] from 2004 to 2009, under the premiership of [[Manmohan Singh]]. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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* [http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3066 Meira Kumar Biography] [[Govt. of India]] Portal | * [http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3066 Meira Kumar Biography] [[Govt. of India]] Portal | ||
* [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/kamal-nath-gives-clean-chit-to-lok-sabha-speaker-meira-kumar-in-bungalow-controversy/articleshow/13066276.cms Kamal Nath gives clean chit to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in bungalow controversy] | * [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/kamal-nath-gives-clean-chit-to-lok-sabha-speaker-meira-kumar-in-bungalow-controversy/articleshow/13066276.cms Kamal Nath gives clean chit to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in bungalow controversy] | ||
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