Sabina Yeasmin

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sabina Yeasmin

| image = Sabina Yasmin.jpg

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| birth_date = 1978

| birth_place = Karari Chandpur, Malda, West Bengal, India

| nationality =

| residence = Karari Chandpur, Malda

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| office = Minister of State, Government of West Bengal

| governor = Jagdeep Dhankhar
La. Ganesan
C. V. Ananda Bose

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Mamata Banerjee

| 2blankname = Ministry

| 2namedata =

Irrigation and Waterways
North Bengal Development

| term_start = 10 May 2021

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| governor1 = M. K. Narayanan

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Mamata Banerjee

| 2blankname1 = Ministry

| 2namedata1 =

Security, Counterterrorism and Police

| term_start1 = 20 May 2011

| term_end1 = September 2012

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| successor1 = Mamata Banerjee

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| office2 = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| term_start2 = 13 May 2011

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| constituency2 = Mothabari

| predecessor2 = Constituency established

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| party = All India Trinamool Congress (present)

| otherparty = Indian National Congress

| spouse = Mehebub Alam

| children = Fizza Alam, Naurin Alam

| alma_mater = North Bengal University (B.A.)

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Sabina Yeasmin is an Indian politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Irrigation and Waterways, North Bengal Development in the Government of West Bengal. She is an MLA, elected from the Mothabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/sabina-yeasmin/|title=Details and Information about Sabina Yeasmin|website=www.nocorruption.in|accessdate=6 December 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=562|title=Winner Candidate of West Bengal legislative assembly from Malda|website=www.myneta.info|accessdate=6 December 2018}}

Political career

She is first Muslim woman minister in Government of West Bengal in the First Mamata Banerjee ministry and current Third Mamata Banerjee ministry.{{Cite web|url=http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|title=Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet|accessdate=22 May 2011|publisher=Government of West Bengal|date=21 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213008/http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|archivedate=5 October 2011}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries][http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/All+the+didi's+men/1/43364.html All the Didi's men] Sabina Yasmin's victory from Mothabari was particularly creditable because Shehnaz Quadery, a niece of A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury contested the seat as an independent candidate. She was one of the seven Muslim woman MLAs in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web|url= http://www.theeasternpost.org/print_news.php?n_id=1664&of_id=6 |title= Muslim Voters Select Mamata in Bengal – Muslim representation reaches 20 per cent in West Bengal Assembly elections |accessdate= 6 July 2014 | publisher= The Eastern Post |date=}} She resigned as a minister when the Congress party decided to pull out of the Mamata Banerjee government.{{Cite web|url= http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2012/09/22/congress-pulls-out-west-bengal%E2%80%99s-mamata-ministry |title= Congress pulls out from West Bengal's Mamata Ministry |accessdate= 6 July 2014 | publisher= Asian Tribune |date=}} In 2018 she joined All India Trinamool Congress.{{cite web| url = https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/210718/former-bjp-mp-chandan-mitra-joins-mamata-banerjees-trinamool-congress.html |title = Former BJP MP Chandan Mitra joins Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress |date = 21 July 2018 |publisher= Deccan Chronicle 21 July 2018 | access-date = 7 December 2018 }}

Zilla Parishad

Sabina was Sabhadipati of Malda Zilla Parishad before contesting the assembly elections. In 2008, she won a seat in the Malda Zilla Parishad from Kaliachak – I.{{Cite web|url= http://twocircles.net/2011jun03/sabina_yasmin_becomes_first_muslim_woman_minister_west_bengal.html#.U7ieX0CyKt8|title= Sabina Yasmin becomes first Muslim woman minister in West Bengal |accessdate= 6 July 2014 | publisher= Two Circles.net |date=3 June 2011}}