{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Suman Mahato | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1964|12|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum, | death_date = | death_place = | office = Member of Lok Sabha | constituency = Jamshedpur | term = 2007 - 2009 | predecessor = Sunil Mahato | successor = Arjun Munda | party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | spouse = Sunil Kumar Mahato (died in 2007) | children = 1 daughter | website = | footnotes = | date = 17 February | year = 2012 | source = }}
'''Suman Mahato''' (born 4 December 1964) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. A member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party, she represented the constituency of Jamshedpur in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
She became MP in the by-elections after her husband and sitting MP Sunil Kumar Mahato was assassinated by suspected Maoist rebels near Ghatsila in East Singhbhum district on 4 March 2007 while he was attending a local football match organised to mark the Hindu festival of Holi.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4231 |title=Tributes paid to slain JMM leader Sunil Mahato |date=4 March 2015 |newspaper=The Avenue Mail }}</ref> She served in parliament from 2007 to 2009.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jayesh Thaker |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1140412/jsp/jharkhand/story_18182208.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205513/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140412/jsp/jharkhand/story_18182208.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 April 2015 |title=Ex-MPs add she might to LS fight |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Kolkata |date=12 April 2014 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4119 Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]
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