Vanlalzawma a politician from Mizoram who was a Member of the

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in the

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and

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. Before he became a politician, he was the president of Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA) in 1993 at the age of 37 and served two terms. During this period CYMA had wildlife conservation as its yearly goal ("nungcha humhalh kum" in Mizo) and Vanlalzawma received an award for CYMA from the President of India, for successful wildlife conservation in Mizoram. At the age of 43, he was elected to be the MP of Mizoram in 1999 (He was a history lecturer prior to this and he has deep interest in education). Immediately after he became the MP in 2000, he successfully pursued the overdue Mizoram University Bill in the Parliament. Which as a result,

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(MZU) was established on 2 July 2001, by the Mizoram University Act (2000) of the Parliament of India. He is a good mathematician and besides his career he loves playing Chess. He was the highest rated chess player in Mizoram for several years. He is also very good at running and has won several medals at Mizoram games in 100 meters sprint. In the confidence voting on 22 July 2008 that the

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(UPA) won with a 275-256 margin. Among these ten, two MPs toed their party line of equidistance from the

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(BJP). Those two are: *

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and *

Mizo National Front The Mizo National Front ( MNF) is a regional political party in Mizoram, India. MNF emerged from the Mizo National Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest against the inaction of the Indian central government towards the famin ...

: Vanlalzawma

Education

He was educated in

Pachhunga University College Pachhunga University College (PUC) is a public institute in Aizawl, Mizoram, and the only constituent college of Mizoram University, a central university established by an Act of Parliament of India. Founded in 1958 as Aijal College, it is the ...

and North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU)and has completed his Education in MA History.

Career

He served as lecturer in Hrangbana College and was elected as President of

Young Mizo Association The Young Mizo Association (YMA) is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit, secular, nongovernmental organisation of the Mizo people. It was established on 15 June 1935, originally as the ''Young Lushai Association'' (''YLA''), which was ...

(YMA), the largest NGO in Mizoram.

Politics

He is a member of the

and has represented the

Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo people, Mizo", the endonym, self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo ...

constituency in the

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since 1999. He was a member of the following committees. *Member of Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas *Member of Consultative Committee, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports. *Member of Committee on Human Resource Development. *Member of Committee on Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

References

Lok Sabha Member's homepage.
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