Chief Minister of Manipur

Chief Minister of Manipur
Incumbent Vacant (President's Rule) since 13 February 2025
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Manipur Legislative Assembly & Manipur Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Manipur
Appointer	Governor of Manipur
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. [1]
Inaugural holder	Mairembam Koireng Singh
Formation	1 July 1963 (62 years ago) (1963-07-01)
Deputy	List of deputy chief ministers of Manipur

The Chief Minister of Manipur is the chief executive of the Indian state of Manipur. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Manipur Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers is collectively responsible to the assembly. If she or he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. ^[1]

Since 1963, twenty people have served as Chief Minister of Manipur. Five of these belonged to the Indian National Congress, including the inaugural officeholder Mairembam Koireng Singh.

List

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

Union Territory of Manipur (1963–1972)

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
					From	To	Period
1			Mairembam Koireng Singh (1915–1994) MLA for Thanga	– (Interim)	1 July 1963	11 January 1967	3 years, 194 days	Indian National Congress	Koireng I
Position vacant (12 January –19 March 1967) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(1)			Mairembam Koireng Singh (1915–1994) MLA for Thanga	1967 (1st)	20 March 1967 [§]	4 October 1967	198 days	Indian National Congress	Koireng II
2			Longjam Thambou Singh MLA for Keishamthong		4 October 1967	24 October 1967	20 days	Manipur United Front	Thambou
Position vacant (25 October 1967 –18 February 1968) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(1)			Mairembam Koireng Singh (1915–1994) MLA for Thanga	1967 (1st)	19 February 1968 [§]	16 October 1969	1 year, 239 days	Indian National Congress	Koireng III
Position vacant (17 October 1969 –20 January 1972) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]

Manipur state (1972–present)

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
					From	To	Period
Position vacant (21 January–22 March 1972) [b] President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
3			Mohammed Alimuddin (1920–1983) MLA for Lilong	1972 (2nd)	23 March 1972	27 March 1973	1 year, 4 days	Manipur People's Party	Alimuddin I
Position vacant (28 March 1973–3 March 1974) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(3)			Mohammed Alimuddin (1920–1983) MLA for Lilong	1974 (3rd)	4 March 1974 [§]	9 July 1974	127 days	Manipur People's Party	Alimuddin II
4			Yangmaso Shaiza (1930–1984) MLA for Ukhrul		9 July 1974	5 December 1974	149 days	Manipur Hills Union	Shaiza I
5			Rajkumar Dorendra Singh (1934–2018) MLA for Yaiskul		5 December 1974	15 May 1977	2 years, 161 days	Indian National Congress	Dorendra I
Position vacant (16 May–28 June 1977) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(4)			Yangmaso Shaiza (1930–1984) MLA for Ukhrul	– (3rd)	29 June 1977 [§]	13 November 1979	2 years, 137 days	Janata Party	Shaiza II
Position vacant (14 November 1979–13 January 1980) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(5)			Rajkumar Dorendra Singh (1934–2018) MLA for Yaiskul	1980 (4th)	14 January 1980 [§]	26 November 1980	317 days	Indian National Congress	Dorendra II
6			Rishang Keishing (1920–2017) MLA for Phungyar		27 November 1980	27 February 1981	92 days		Keishing I
Position vacant (28 February–28 June 1981) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(6)			Rishang Keishing (1920–2017) MLA for Phungyar	– (4th)	19 June 1981 [§]	3 March 1988	6 years, 258 days	Indian National Congress	Keishing II
				1984 (5th)					Keishing III
7			Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh (born 1942)		4 March 1988	22 February 1990	1 year, 355 days		Jaichandra
8			Rajkumar Ranbir Singh (1930–2006) MLA for Keishamthong	1990 (6th)	23 February 1990	6 January 1992	1 year, 317 days	Manipur People's Party	Ranbir
Position vacant (7 January–7 April 1992) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(5)			Rajkumar Dorendra Singh (1934–2018) MLA for Yaiskul	– (6th)	8 April 1992 [§]	31 December 1993	1 year, 267 days	Indian National Congress	Dorendra III
Position vacant (31 December 1993–13 December 1994) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(6)			Rishang Keishing (1920–2017) MLA for Phungyar	– (6th)	14 December 1994 [§]	15 December 1997	3 years, 1 day	Indian National Congress	Keishing IV
				1995 (7th)					Keishing V
9			Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh (1930–2012) MLA for Wangoi		16 December 1997	14 February 2001	3 years, 60 days		Nipamacha I
				2000 (8th)				Manipur State Congress Party	Nipamacha II
10			Radhabinod Koijam (born 1948) MLA for Thangmeiband		15 February 2001	1 June 2001	106 days	Samata Party	Koijam
Position vacant (2 June 2001–6 March 2002) President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
11			Okram Ibobi Singh (born 1948) MLA for Khangabok, until 2007 MLA for Thoubal, from 2007	2002 (9th)	7 March 2002	14 March 2017	15 years, 7 days	Indian National Congress	Ibobi I
				2007 (10th)					Ibobi II
				2012 (11th)					Ibobi III
12			Nongthombam Biren Singh (born 1961) MLA for Heingang	2017 (12th)	15 March 2017	13 February 2025	7 years, 335 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Biren I
				2022 (13th)					Biren II
Position vacant (13 February 2025–Incumbent) President's rule has been imposed during this period [a]

Statistics

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Okram Ibobi Singh		INC	15 years, 11 days	15 years, 11 days
2	Rishang Keishing		INC	6 years, 258 days	9 years, 351 days
3	N. Biren Singh		BJP	7 years, 335 days	7 years, 335 days
4	Mairembam Koireng Singh		INC	3 years, 194 days	5 years, 266 days
5	Rajkumar Dorendra Singh		INC	2 years, 160 days	4 years, 114 days
6	Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh		MSCP	3 years, 60 days	3 years, 60 days
7	Yangmaso Shaiza		MHU/JP	2 year, 137 days	2 year, 285 days
8	Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh		INC	1 year, 355 days	1 year, 355 days
9	Rajkumar Ranbir Singh		MPP	1 year, 317 days	1 year, 317 days
10	Mohammed Alimuddin		MPP	1 year, 4 days	1 year, 131 days
11	Maharajkumar Priyobarta Singh		N/A	1 year, 0 days	1 year, 0 days
12	Radhabinod Koijam		SAP	106 days	106 days
13	Longjam Thambou Singh		MUF	11 days	11 days

Timeline

Notes

Footnotes

1. President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved. ^[2]
2. Continued since 17 October 1969. Statehood granted on 21 January 1972.

References

1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN   978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Manipur as well.
2. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.