Conrad Sangma

Upon completing his studies, Sangma started his political career in the late 1990s, as the campaign manager for his father, P. A. Sangma for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).[5] He contested his first election in 2004 losing by 182 votes.[6] He was first elected to the State Assembly along with his brother James, both as NCP members in the 2008 state elections and later held several important portfolios in the state cabinet,[7] including the Finance, Power, Tourism, GAD and IT and presented his first annual budget for Meghalaya within 10 days of debuting as a minister.

From 2009 to 2013 Sangma held the post of Leader of Opposition in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. In March 2016 he was elected national president of the National People's Party (NPP) following his father's death earlier that year.[8] In May that year, contesting from Tura at the by-election to the Lok Sabha, he won by a record margin of 1.92 lakh votes.[9]

Conrad Sangma was born on 27 January 1978 in Tura, a town in West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.[14] His father Purno Sangma was a former Chief Minister of Meghalaya and Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and mother Soradini, a homemaker.[15] His siblings, older brother James and younger sister Agatha, are politicians with the NPP. Another sister Christy,[16] however, has remained non-political.[17] Conrad was brought up in Delhi and was educated at the St. Columba's School there.[6] He received a bachelor's degree in business administration in entrepreneurial management from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, before completing his MBA in finance from Imperial College London.[2][18]

Sangma married Mehtab Chandee, a doctor by profession, on 29 May 2009,[19] and has two daughters with her: Amara (born c. 2011) and the second (born 2017).[20][21] Apart from politics, Sangma has been associated with social work, as president of the PA Sangma Foundation, which functions for the betterment in sectors of education and environment, and also runs four colleges in rural Meghalaya. He also currently serves as President of the Meghalaya Cricket Association and Sports Academy.[22]

Conrad Sangma plays the electric guitar and a fan of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. In May 2020, he received significant notice for posting on Instagram a video of himself playing the Iron Maiden song "Wasted Years".[23][24]

• Conrad Sangma bioprofile at loksabha.nic.in