Gum Tayeng is an Indian politician.

Gum Tayeng
MLA of 42-Dambuk (ST) Assembly Constituency
Assembly Member
for Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh
Assumed office
May 2014
Preceded byJomin Tayeng
Personal details
BornDambuk
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
INC
SpouseJomin Tayeng
Children3 sons and 1 daughter
Alma materLady Keane College, Shillong

Early life

edit

In 1962 she passed Pre-University College at Lady Keane College in Shillong. Afterwards she worked as a school teacher for some time.[1]

On October 18, 2013, she was elected unopposed to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate in a by-election in the Dambuk constituency. She is the widow of Jomin Tayeng, who had been elected to the Dambuk seat in the 2009 election.[2][3]

Gum Tayeng was fielded as the Congress candidate in Dambuk in the 2014 Legislative Assembly election. She was one of only six women in the state to stand as candidate.[4]

References

edit