Phangnon Konyak
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
3 April 2022
Preceded byK. G. Kenye
ConstituencyNagaland
Personal details
Born
Phangnon Wangsha Konyak

(1978-02-05) 5 February 1978 (age 46)
Mon, Nagaland, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Parents
  • C. Shingwang Konyak (father)
  • N. Alila Shingwang (mother)
EducationHoly Cross Higher Secondary School, Dimapur
Alma mater

S. Phangnon Konyak is an Indian politician from Nagaland. She is the State President of BJP Mahila Morcha, Nagaland. In March 2022, she became the first woman to be elected as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Nagaland and the second woman from the State to be elected to either House of the Parliament or the State Assembly.[1][2][3]

Biography

She did her schooling from Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, Dimapur.[4] She holds a master's degree in English Literature from Daulat Ram College (University of Delhi) (Batch of 2002) and has been involved in student activism and social organizations.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Meet Phangnon Konyak, Nagaland's First Woman Rajya Sabha MP In 45 Years". Kayalvizhi Arivalan. Femina. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. ^ "BJP's S Phangnon Konyak to become Nagaland's first woman Rajya Sabha MP". Times Now. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Nagaland set to get first woman Rajya Sabha MP". The Times of India. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Phangnon Konyak creates History: Becomes First Nagaland Woman in Rajya Sabha".
  5. ^ "BJP's S Phangnon Konyak set to be first woman from Nagaland to enter Rajya Sabha". 22 March 2022.


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