Charles Pyngrope is an Indian politician from the state of
Meghalaya
Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...
who has been appointed the State President of
All India Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...
, Meghalaya. He was the
Speaker
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of the
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from 2009-2013 under the
United Democratic Party.
He was also a prominent Minister in The Government of Meghalaya and presently serves in the capacity of Chairman, Meghalaya Forest Development Corporation. Aside from his current governmental responsibilities, Charles Pyngrope is also involved significantly in community development,
environmental sustainability initiatives, and several charitable initiatives to further the cause of education, all of which are executed under the enterprise he chairs, Windermere Holdings.
He is currently representing
Nongthymmai in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.
References
Meghalaya politicians
National People's Party (India) politicians
Living people
Speakers of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
State cabinet ministers of Meghalaya
Meghalaya MLAs 2013–2018
Meghalaya MLAs 2018–2023
Trinamool Congress politicians from Meghalaya
1960 births
Meghalaya MLAs 2023–2028
United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) politicians
Indian National Congress politicians from Meghalaya
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