Chief Minister of Nagaland | |
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Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal) |
Status | Head of Government |
Abbreviation | CM |
Member of | Nagaland Legislative Assembly& Nagaland Council of Ministers |
Reports to | Governor of Nagaland |
Appointer | Governor of Nagaland |
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 | P. Shilu Ao |
Formation | 1 December 1963 |
Deputy | T. R. Zeliang and Yanthungo Patton, Deputy Chief Minister’s |
Website | chiefminister |
The chief minister of Nagaland is the chief executive of the Indian state of Nagaland. 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 Nagaland 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 are 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]
Since 1963, eleven people belonging to seven parties have served as chief minister of Nagaland. The first three belonged to the Nagaland Nationalist Organisation, including the inaugural officeholder P. Shilu Ao. The current incumbent is Neiphiu Rio of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, in office since 8 March 2018.
# | Portrait | Name (born –died) Constituency) | Election (Assembly) | Tenure in office | Party | Ministry | Appointer (Governor) | |||
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From | To | Time in office | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | P. Shilu Ao (1916–1988) MLA for Impur | – | 1 December 1963 | 14 August 1966 | 2 years, 256 days | Nagaland Nationalist Organisation | Shilu I | Vishnu Sahay | |
1964 (1st) | Shilu II | |||||||||
2 | ![]() | Thepfülo-u Nakhro (1913–1986) MLA for Western Angami | 14 August 1966 | 22 February 1969 | 2 years, 192 days | Nakhro | ||||
3 | ![]() | Hokishe Sema (1921–2007) MLA for Akuluto | 1969 (2nd) | 22 February 1969 | 26 February 1974 | 5 years, 4 days | Sema I | Braj Kumar Nehru | ||
4 | ![]() | Vizol Angami (1914–2008) MLA for Southern Angami II | 1974 (3rd) | 26 February 1974 | 10 March 1975 | 1 year, 12 days | United Democratic Front | Angami I | Lallan Prasad Singh | |
5 | ![]() | John Bosco Jasokie (1927–2005) MLA for Kohima Town | 10 March 1975 | 20 March 1975 | 10 days | Naga National Democratic Party | Jasokie I | |||
Position vacant (20 March 1975 –25 November 1977) President's rule was imposed during this period [a] | ||||||||||
(4) | ![]() | Vizol Angami (1914–2008) MLA for Southern Angami II | 1977 (4th) | 25 November 1977 [§] | 18 April 1980 | 2 years, 145 days | United Democratic Front | Angami II | Lallan Prasad Singh | |
6 | ![]() | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MLA for Aonglenden | 18 April 1980 | 5 June 1980 | 48 days | United Democratic Front-Progressive | Jamir I | |||
(5) | ![]() | John Bosco Jasokie (1927–2005) MLA for Kohima Town | 5 June 1980 [§] | 18 November 1982 | 2 years, 166 days | Naga National Democratic Party | Jasokie II | |||
(6) | ![]() | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MLA for Aonglenden | 1982 (5th) | 18 November 1982 [§] | 28 October 1986 | 3 years, 344 days | United Democratic Front-Progressive | Jamir II | S. M. H. Burney | |
(3) | ![]() | Hokishe Sema (1921–2007) MLA for Dimapur I | 28 October 1986 [§] | 7 August 1988 | 1 year, 284 days | Indian National Congress | Sema II | K. V. Krishna Rao | ||
1987 (6th) | Sema III | |||||||||
Position vacant (7 August 1988 –25 January 1989) President's rule was imposed during this period [a] | ||||||||||
(6) | ![]() | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MLA for Mokokchung Town | 1989 (7th) | 25 January 1989 [§] | 10 May 1990 | 1 year, 105 days | Indian National Congress | Jamir III | K. V. Krishna Rao | |
7 | ![]() | K. L. Chishi (born 1944) MLA for Atoizü | 16 May 1990 | 19 June 1990 | 34 days | Chishi | M. M. Thomas | |||
8 | ![]() | Vamüzo Phesao (1938–2000) MLA for Chozuba | 19 June 1990 | 2 April 1992 | 1 year, 288 days | Nagaland People's Council | Phesao | |||
Position vacant (2 April 1992 –22 February 1993) President's rule was imposed during this period [a] | ||||||||||
(6) | ![]() | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MLA for Aonglenden | 1993 (8th) | 22 February 1993 [§] | 6 March 2003 | 10 years, 12 days | Indian National Congress | Jamir IV | Lokanath Misra | |
1998 (9th) | Jamir V | Om Prakash Sharma | ||||||||
7 | ![]() | Neiphiu Rio (born 1950) MLA for Northern Angami II | 2003 (10th) | 6 March 2003 | 3 January 2008 | 4 years, 303 days | Naga People's Front | Rio I | Shyamal Datta | |
Position vacant (3 January –12 March 2008) President's rule was imposed during this period [a] | ||||||||||
(7) | ![]() | Neiphiu Rio (born 1950) MLA for Northern Angami II | 2008 (11th) | 12 March 2008 [§] | 24 May 2014 | 6 years, 73 days | Naga People's Front | Rio II | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan | |
2013 (12th) | Rio III | Nikhil Kumar | ||||||||
8 | ![]() | T. R. Zeliang (born 1952) MLA for Peren | 24 May 2014 | 22 February 2017 | 2 years, 274 days | Zeliang I | Ashwani Kumar | |||
9 | ![]() | Shürhozelie Liezietsu (born 1936) MLA for Northern Angami I | 22 February 2017 | 19 July 2017 | 147 days | Liezietsu | Padmanabha Acharya | |||
(8) | ![]() | T. R. Zeliang (born 1952) MLA for Peren | 19 July 2017 [§] | 8 March 2018 | 232 days | Zeliang II | ||||
(7) | ![]() | Neiphiu Rio (born 1950) MLA for Northern Angami II | 2018 (13th) | 8 March 2018 [§] | Incumbent | 7 years, 157 days | Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party | Rio IV | ||
2023 (14th) | Rio V | La. Ganesan | ||||||||
# | Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
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Longest continuous term | Total duration of chief ministership | ||||
1 | Neiphiu Rio | NDPP/NPF | 6 years, 204 days | 17 years, 215 days | |
2 | S. C. Jamir | INC/UDF-P | 10 years, 12 days | 15 years, 144 days | |
3 | Hokishe Sema | NNO/INC | 5 years, 4 days | 6 years, 287 days | |
4 | Vizol Koso | UDF-N | 2 years, 145 days | 3 years, 157 days | |
5 | T. R. Zeliang | NPF | 2 years, 274 days | 3 years, 141 days | |
6 | P. Shilu Ao | NNO | 2 years, 256 days | 2 years, 256 days | |
7 | Thepfülo-u Nakhro | NNO | 2 years, 192 days | 2 years, 192 days | |
8 | John Bosco Jasokie | NND | 2 years, 166 days | 2 years, 176 days | |
9 | Vamüzo Phesao | NPF | 1 year, 287 days | 1 year, 287 days | |
10 | Shürhozelie Liezietsu | NPF | 147 days | 147 days | |
11 | K. L. Chishi | INC | 34 days | 34 days | |