Meira Kumar holds the credit of being first woman to become speaker of Lok Sabha. She got elected for the prestigious post in the year 2009. Before, she has been elected for the Lok Sabha five times.

Meira Kumar holds the credit of being first woman to become speaker of Lok Sabha. She got elected for the prestigious post in the year 2009. Before, she has been elected for the Lok Sabha five times. And she got support of almost all the parties for her election. The lady who is presently Lok Sabha speaker of India was born in state of Bihar on March 31, 1945. One can find latest news of Meira Kumar in all the leading media. She has held the post of cabinet minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Let us have a look on the family background of Meira. Our present Lok Sabha speaker is the daughter of Babu Jagjivan Ram and freedom fighter Indrani Devi. She has done M.A., LL.B, from Delhi University. She has also worked with Indian Foreign Service in countries like Spain, Mauritius and United Kingdom.

She joined politics in the year 1985 and got selected for Lok Sabha in the year 1985 defeating the political bigwig like Ram Vilas Paswan and Mayawati. After getting elected for the Lok Sabha five times; the news about Meira Kumar has become very common.