Sabina Yeasmin is an Indian politician who has been serving as Cabinet 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. 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. 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. She resigned as a minister when the Congress party decided to pull out of the Mamata Banerjee government. In 2018 she joined All India Trinamool Congress. 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. Personal life She graduated from Gour Mahavidyalaya in 2000 and completed her post-graduation from University of North Bengal in 2002. References External links Living people Bengali Muslims Bengali politicians West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal 1978 births 21st-century Indian Muslims People from Malda district Women in West Bengal politics West Bengal district councillors 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis University of North Bengal alumni