Promode Mankin
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Promode Mankin Sangma | |
|---|---|
| প্রমোদ মানকিন | |
 Mankin in Kolkata in 2011 | |
| State Minister of Social Welfare Affairs | |
| In office 31 July 2009 – 11 May 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Selima Rahman |
| Succeeded by | K. M. Khalid |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 2001 – 11 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Afzal H. Khan |
| Succeeded by | Jewel Areng |
| Constituency | Mymensingh-1 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1939 |
| Died | 11 May 2016 (aged 76) Mumbai, India |
| Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse | Momota Areng |
| Children | 6 |
| Relatives | Jewel Areng (son) |
Promode Mankin (18 April 1939 – 11 May 2016)[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and state minister of social welfare affairs. He was the first Catholic and first member of the country's Christian community to become a government minister in Bangladesh. Later, his son, Jewel Areng, was elected MP after his father's death in his constituency.[2]