Sumitra Singh

Sumitra Singh
Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
2004-2009
Preceded by Parasram Maderna
Succeeded by Deependra Singh Shekhawat
MLA
Constituency Jhunjhunu
Personal details
Born (1930-05-03) 3 May 1930
Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party

Sumitra Singh (born May 3rd, 1930) is a politician from the Indian state of Rajasthan. Unanimously elected Speaker of the 12th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 2003 when she won the assembly election on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket, she is the first woman to have held that post in Rajasthan. She held this post till January 2009. Singh was elected to the Assembly for nine out of twelve terms (1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1985, 1990, 1998, 2003), six times out of which from the Jhunjhunu constituency.

Membership of Legislature

Positions held

Awards


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