Chief Minister of Meghalaya

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Chief minister of Meghalaya
The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma.JPG
Incumbent
Conrad Sangma
since 6 March 2018
Style The Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status Head of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly and Meghalaya Council of Ministers
Reports to Governor of Meghalaya
Appointer Governor of Meghalaya
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 Williamson A. Sangma
Formation2 April 1970
(55 years ago)
 (1970-04-02)
Deputy DCM
Salary₹1.09 lakh (gross) per month [2]

The chief minister of Meghalaya is the chief executive of the Indian state of Meghalaya. 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 Meghalaya 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. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. [1]

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Since 1970, twelve people have served as chief minister of Meghalaya. Six of these belonged to the Indian National Congress, including the inaugural officeholder Williamson A. Sangma. The current incumbent is Conrad Sangma of the National People's Party since 6 March 2018.

List

Autonomous state of Meghalaya (19701972)

#PortraitName
(born died)
Constituency
ElectionTenure in office [3] PartyMinistry
FromToTime in office
1 No image (male).svg Williamson A. Sangma
(1919–1990)
MLA for Baghmara

(Interim)
2 April
1970
20 January
1972
1 year, 293 days All Party Hill Leaders Conference Williamson Sangma I

Meghalaya state (1972present)

#PortraitName
(born died)
Constituency
ElectionTenure in office [3] PartyMinistry
FromToTime in office
(1) No image (male).svg Williamson A. Sangma
(1919–1990)
MLA for Baghmara

(Interim)
21 January
1972
3 March
1978
6 years, 41 days All Party Hill Leaders Conference Williamson Sangma I
1972
(1st)
Williamson Sangma II
Indian National Congress
2 No image (male).svg Darwin Diengdoh Pugh
(1927–2008)
MLA for Mawkhar
1978
(2nd)
10 March
1978
6 May
1979
1 year, 57 days All Party Hill Leaders Conference Pugh
3 No image (male).svg B. B. Lyngdoh
(1922–2003)
MLA for Lyngkyrdem
7 May
1979
7 May
1981
2 years, 0 daysLyngdoh I
(1) No image (male).svg Williamson A. Sangma
(1919–1990)
MLA for Baghmara
7 May
1981 [§]
2 March
1983
1 year, 299 days Indian National Congress Williamson Sangma III
(3) No image (male).svg B. B. Lyngdoh
(1922–2003)
MLA for Lyngkyrdem
1983
(3rd)
2 March
1983 [§]
1 April
1983
30 days All Party Hill Leaders Conference Lyngdoh II
(1) No image (male).svg Williamson A. Sangma
(1919–1990)
MLA for Baghmara
2 April
1983 [§]
5 February
1988
4 years, 309 days Indian National Congress Williamson Sangma IV
4 P. A. Sangma official portrait.jpg Purno Agitok Sangma
(1947–2016)
MLA for Tura
1988
(4th)
6 February
1988
25 March
1990
2 years, 47 daysP. A. Sangma
(3) No image (male).svg B. B. Lyngdoh
(1922–2003)
MLA for Lyngkyrdem
26 March
1990 [§]
10 October
1991
1 year, 198 days Hill People's Union Lyngdoh III
Position vacant (11 October 1991 5 February 1992)
President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
5 D. D. Lapang.png D. D. Lapang
(born 1934)
MLA for Nongpoh

(4th)
5 February
1992
19 February
1993
1 year, 14 days Indian National Congress Lapang I
6 No image (male).svg S. C. Marak
(1941–2024)
MLA for Resubelpara
1993
(5th)
19 February
1993
10 March
1998
5 years, 19 daysMarak I
1998
(6th)
Marak II
(3) No image (male).svg B. B. Lyngdoh
(1922–2003)
MLA for Lyngkyrdem
10 March
1998 [§]
8 March
2000
1 year, 364 days United Democratic Party Lyngdoh IV
7 No image (male).svg E. K. Mawlong
(1946–2008)
MLA for Umroi
8 March
2000
8 December
2001
1 year, 275 daysMawlong
8 No image (male).svg Flinder Anderson Khonglam
(1945–2012)
MLA for Sohra
8 December
2001
4 March
2003
1 year, 86 days Independent Khonglam
(5) D. D. Lapang.png D. D. Lapang
(born 1934)
MLA for Nongpoh
2003
(7th)
4 March
2003 [§]
15 June
2006
3 years, 103 days Indian National Congress Lapang II
9 J. D. Rymbai.png J. Dringwell Rymbai
(1934–2022)
MLA for Jirang
15 June
2006
10 March
2007
268 daysRymbai
(5) D. D. Lapang.png D. D. Lapang
(born 1934)
MLA for Nongpoh
10 March
2007 [§]
19 March
2008
1 year, 9 daysLapang III
2008
(8th)
Lapang IV
10 No image (male).svg Donkupar Roy
(1954–2019)
MLA for Shella
19 March
2008
19 March
2009
1 year, 0 days United Democratic Party Roy
Position vacant (19 March 12 May 2009)
President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(5) D. D. Lapang.png D. D. Lapang
(born 1934)
MLA for Nongpoh

(8th)
13 May
2009 [§]
19 April
2010
341 days Indian National Congress Lapang V
11 Mukul Sangma 2014.jpg Mukul Sangma
(born 1965)
MLA for Ampati
20 April
2010
6 March
2018
7 years, 320 daysMukul Sangma I
2013
(9th)
Mukul Sangma II
12 The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma.JPG Conrad Sangma
(born 1978)
MLA for South Tura
2018
(10th)
6 March
2018
Incumbent7 years, 175 days National People's Party Conrad Sangma I
2023
(11th)
Conrad Sangma II

Statistics

#Chief MinisterPartyTerm of office
Longest continuous termTotal duration of chief ministership
Williamson A. Sangma AHL/INC 7 years, 335 days14 years, 207 days
Mukul Sangma INC 7 years, 320 days7 years, 320 days
Conrad Sangma NPP 7 years, 175 days7 years, 175 days
B. B. Lyngdoh INC 2 years, 0 days6 years, 102 days
D. D. Lapang INC 3 years, 103 days5 years, 226 days
P. A. Sangma INC 2 years, 47 days2 years, 47 days
S. C. Marak INC 5 years, 19 days5 years, 19 days
E. K. Mawlong IND 1 year, 275 days1 year, 275 days
Flinder Anderson Khonglam AHL 1 year, 86 days1 year, 86 days
Darwin Diengdoh Pugh AHL 1 year, 57 days1 year, 57 days
Donkupar Roy UDP 1 year, 0 days1 year, 0 days
J. Dringbell Rymbai INC 268 days268 days

See also

Notes

Footnotes
  1. 1 2 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. [4]
References
  1. 1 2 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 Meghalaya as well.
  2. "Meghalaya Assembly Passes Bill to Double MLAs' Salaries". The Northeast Today. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "NAME OF THE GOVERNORS/CHIEF MINISTER AND CHAIN OF EVENTS IN MEGHALAYA". Archived from the original on 9 January 2009.
  4. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.