Nathan Bom
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Kuki-Chin National Front Kuki-Chin National ArmyNathan Bom | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1980 (age 45–46) Ruma Upazila, Bandarban District, Bangladesh |
| Allegiance | Kuki-Chin National Front |
| Branch | Kuki-Chin National Army |
| Service years | 2022–present |
| Conflicts | Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict |
| Spouse |
Lelsom Kim Bom (m. 2009) |
| Children | At least one |
Nathan Lancheo Bom[1] is a Bawm politician and militant leader from the Chittagong Hill Tracts who is the founding president of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), as well as the leader of the Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA).[2] He founded KNF in 2017. Since then, his location remains unknown.[3]
Bom was born in 1980[3] at Edenpara, Ruma upazila.[1] His father, Jaotan Loncheo Bom, was a Jhum farmer and mother, Raukil Bom, was a homemaker.[1] He is the youngest among the six siblings, five brothers and one sister.[1]
Bom went to Dhaka after this Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination.[1] He passed his Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination from Dhaka College.[1] In 1996, he earned his master's degree from Dhaka University Faculty of Fine Arts, making him the first from the Bawm community to attain such.[1]
He was associated with politics from a young age. He was a member of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS)'s youth wing. In 2000, Bom set up a sculpture of Manabendra Narayan Larma at Khagrachhari town.[3] He is a former member of Hill Artists Group.[4]
In the 2018 Bangladesh general elections, Bom become the first politician from the Bawm community to collect nomination paper for 300th Jatiya Sangsad constituency. However, his nomination paper was rejected.[3][2]
He wrote five research treatises[4] and a book about Bawm community, named The Bawmjow.[3]
Bom is married. His wife Lelsom Kim Bom is a staff nurse working at local government health complex,[1][5][6] although other sources say that she is a school teacher.[3][4] The couple has at least one child,[3] with some sources reporting two,[1] with the elder son studying at Aizawl of Mizoram, India.[1]