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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kim Gangte
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age| 1963|10|30|df=y}}
| birth_place=Uyungmakhong, Manipur
| death_date =
| constituency = [[Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Outer Manipur]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
|term=1998-1999
| nationality = [[India]]n
| spouse =
| party = [[Manipur People's Party]] (1998-1999)<br />[[Janata Dal (United)]] (1999)<br /> [[All India Trinamool Congress]]<br />[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2017-present)
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| profession = [[Agriculturist]], [[Politician]], [[Journalist]], [[Teaching]], [[Educationist]]
| religion =
| website =
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{{Seventh-day Adventism}}
'''Kim Gangte''' (born 30 October 1963) is a politician, educator and human rights activist, who was a [[Member of Parliament]] elected from the [[Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Outer Manipur]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[India]] in 1998, as a [[Manipur People's Party]] candidate.<ref name="Lok Sabha">{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3858.htm|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=tele/> She is the general secretary of the Kuki Women Human Rights Network.<ref name=tele/>

Kim Gangte is a social worker, human rights activist and politician, the first woman from [[Manipur]] to become a Member of the Indian Parliament
<ref name="Kim's Profile">{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch of Kim as on e Pao|url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Profile_of_Manipuri_Personalities.Thingnam_Anjulika.Kim_Gangte_First_MP|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> She is also the first [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] to serve in the Lok Sabha.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Gangte: Dialogue with an Adventist member of parliament in India|url=http://circle.adventist.org/files/CD2008/CD2/dialogue/articles/11_2_watts_e.htm|author=Dorothy Eaton Watts|accessdate=30 August 2018|website=College and University Dialogue}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Kim was born on 30 October 1963 in Uyungmakhong, [[Churachandpur district]], in [[Manipur]] to Vumkhosei Gangte.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/> Her father Vumkhosei Gangte had received his early education in [[Shillong]], but couldn't continue his studies, and hence remained a farmer. Kim's mother Kimsi Sitlhou is a homemaker. Her parents encountered extreme hardships throughout their lives and managed to provide the best possible education to their seven children. Kim is the eldest of her siblings.<ref name="Kim's Profile"/>

Kim finished her schooling at the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] School at [[Shillong]]. She completed her standard 12th as a private student in [[Manipur]], as she started teaching in a school right after completion of her 10th. She completed her graduation in English, History and Education from [[Guwahati University]]. She completed her [[M. Phil]] in [[English Literature]] from [[Pune University]].
She also pursued a course in English language teaching from the [[Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages|Institute of English and Foreign Languages]], [[Osmania University]], [[Hyderabad]]. She continued her work as a lecturer in English Language teaching in the [[State Council Of Education and Research Training]] Centre in [[Imphal]].<ref name="Kim's Profile"/>

==Career==

While attending her M.Phil classes, she started working as a lecturer in English at the [[Spicer Memorial College]], [[Pune]]. She also worked as lecturer in English language teaching in the State Council of Education and Research Training (SCERT) Centre in [[Imphal]].

At the same time, she also joined the [[All India Radio]] [[Imphal]], English Programme (Western Music) as a part-time announcer while also working as a correspondent with the Eastern Panoroma magazine.<ref name="Kim's Profile"/>

She was elected to the [[12th Lok Sabha]] in 1998. However, as then [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]-led government was voted out in a no-confidence motion in 1999. She contested the 1999 Lok Sabha elections as a [[Janata Dal (United)]] candidate, but was defeated by [[Holkhomang Haokip]] of the NCP. After that she remained away from politics for sometime.<ref name=tele>{{cite web | title = Gangte finds her feet in Manipur minefield |publisher=The Telegraph, Calcutta| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040412/asp/northeast/story_3112199.asp|date= 12 April 2004| accessdate = 2014-02-21 }}</ref> At the same time, she was also a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/>

For more than a decade now, Kim has been involved with the activities of the Kuki Women Human Rights body as well the Kuki Students' Organisation.<ref name="Kim's Profile"/>

In January 2017, she joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ahead of [[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|Manipur Legislative Assembly election in 2017]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/imphal/2-former-manipur-congress-mlas-switch-to-bjp/articleshow/56792950.cmsManipur Congress MLAs switch to BJP]</ref>

==Interests==
Kim enjoys meditation, gardening, and cooking. In her free time she likes to promote awareness about political, social, educational and human rights among the people, especially women, the poor and the downtrodden.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/>

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==Interviews & Dialogues==
* [http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Profile_of_Manipuri_Personalities.Thingnam_Anjulika.Kim_Gangte_First_MP Kim Gangte — Manipur's first woman MP]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140329190127/http://www.ifp.co.in/nws-20292-kim-gangte-wants-equal-development/ Kim Gangte wants Equal Development]
* [http://kanglaonline.com/2014/03/kim-gangte-takes-jibes-at-bjp-congress/ Kim Gangte takes jibes at BJP, Congress]

==References==
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