Adolf Lu Hitler Rangsa Marak (born ) is an Indian politician of the

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who served as an environment and later cooperation minister until 2003 in the

Government of Meghalaya The Government of Meghalaya, also known as the State Government of Meghalaya, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Meghalaya and its 12 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Meghalaya, a judiciary ...

Biography

As a member of the Nationalist Congress Party, Marak served as forest and environment minister in the government of E. K. Mawlong and later as cooperation minister under Chief Minister

Flinder Anderson Khonglam Dr. Flinder Anderson Khonglam (6 February 1945 – 22 May 2012) was an Indian politician and physician. He served as the eighth Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 2001 to 2003. Khonglam was the first Independent (politician), independent legislat ...

. He lost his seat in the state assembly following the February 2003 elections. On 27 June 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 (IPA: ˈgɑ:ro:) are part of the Garo-Khasi range in the Meghalaya state of 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 ecor ...

District Council election for the Dengnakpara G.D.C.

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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. In 2022 he joined the

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

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

Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...

... 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 (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

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

References

External links

Voting for Frankenstein
- BBC News article mentioning Marak

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marak, Adolf Lu Hitler State cabinet ministers of Meghalaya Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Meghalaya Indian National Congress politicians from Meghalaya People from West Garo Hills district Garo people 1950s births Living people Trinamool Congress politicians from Meghalaya Year of birth missing (living people) Meghalaya MLAs 1993–1998 Meghalaya MLAs 1998–2003 Meghalaya MLAs 2008–2013