Adolf Lu Hitler Rangsa Marak (born ) is an Indian politician of the Nationalist Congress Party who served as an environment and later cooperation minister until 2003 in the

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Biography

A member of the Nationalist Congress Party, he served as forest and environment minister in the government of E. K. Mawlong. He later served as cooperation minister under Chief Minister Flinder Anderson Khonglam. He lost his seat in the state assembly following the February 2003 elections. On June 27, 2003, he was arrested on charges of maintaining links with the banned militant group Achik National Volunteers' Council. He was released on bail about a month later. The following year he lost the

Garo Hills The Garo Hills (Pron: ˈgɑ:rəʊ) are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India. They are inhabited by the Garo people. It is one of the wettest places in the world. The range is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion. De ...

District Council election for the Dengnakpara G.D.C. constituency to Roster Sangma of the

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. He lost the 2003 legislative election by just over 300 votes to Zenith Sangma. However, he reemerged as the victor in the 2008 legislative elections.

Name

In regard to his controversial name, Hitler Marak told the ''

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'': "Maybe my parents liked the name and hence christened me

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... I am happy with my name, although I don't have any dictatorial tendencies". In February 2013 it was widely reported in international media that Marak would be running again for the state assembly in

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and J ...

, against some other oddly-named candidates, such as Frankenstein Momin and Billykid Sangma.

References

External links

Voting for Frankenstein
- BBC News article mentioning Marak

Living people Meghalaya politicians 1950s births Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Meghalaya People from West Garo Hills district Garo people {{Meghalaya-politician-stub