List of chief ministers of Meghalaya

Chief minister of Meghalaya
Incumbent Conrad Sangma since 6 March 2018
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
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
Formation	2 April 1970 (54 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]

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 of chief ministers

Prime ministers (1919-50)

Under the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature was set up with a legislative assembly and a legislative council. The premier of Assam was the head of the government and leader of the legislative assembly of Assam Province.

# [a]	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Party [b] (coalition)
1		Ghanashyam Baruah	1919	1923
2		Pramod Chandra Dutta	1923	1926
3		Maulavi Saiyid Muhammad Saadulla	1926	1929
4		Maulavi Abdul Hamid	1929	1937
5		Muhammed Saadulah	1 April 1937	19 September 1938	Assam Valley Party (INC)
6		Gopinath Bordoloi	19 September 1938	17 November 1939	Indian National Congress
(5)		Muhammed Saadulah	17 November 1939	24 December 1941	Assam Valley Party (AIML)
-	-	Vacant (Governor's Rule)	25 December 1941	24 August 1942	N/A
(5)		Muhammed Saadulah	25 August 1942	11 February 1946	Assam Valley Party (AIML)
(6)		Gopinath Bordoloi	11 February 1946	25 January 1950	Indian National Congress

Chief ministers

#	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Assembly	Party
6		Gopinath Bordoloi	26 January 1950	5 August 1950 [†]	2nd Provincial (1946 election)	Indian National Congress
7		Bishnuram Medhi	9 August 1950	28 December 1957
					1st (1952 election)
					2nd (1957 election)
8		Bimala Prasad Chaliha	28 December 1957	1970
					3rd (1962 election)
					4th (1967 election)

List

No	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Assembly (election)	Party
9		Williamson A. Sangma	2 April 1970	18 March 1972	Interim	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
			18 March 1972	21 November 1976	1st (1972 election)
			22 November 1976	3 March 1978		Indian National Congress
10		Darwin Diengdoh Pugh	10 March 1978	6 May 1979	2nd (1978 election)	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
11		B. B. Lyngdoh	7 May 1979	7 May 1981
(9)		Williamson A. Sangma	7 May 1981	24 February 1983		Indian National Congress
(11)		B. B. Lyngdoh	2 March 1983	31 March 1983	3rd (1983 election)	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
(9)		Williamson A. Sangma	2 April 1983	5 February 1988		Indian National Congress
12		P. A. Sangma	6 February 1988	25 March 1990	4th (1988 election)
(9)		B. B. Lyngdoh	26 March 1990	10 October 1991		Hill People's Union
–		Vacant [c] (President's rule)	11 October 1991	5 February 1992		N/A
13		D. D. Lapang	5 February 1992	19 February 1993		Indian National Congress
14		S. C. Marak	19 February 1993	27 February 1998	5th (1993 election)
			27 February 1998	10 March 1998	6th (1998 election)
(9)		B. B. Lyngdoh	10 March 1998	8 March 2000		United Democratic Party
15		E. K. Mawlong	8 March 2000	8 December 2001
16		Flinder Anderson Khonglam	8 December 2001	4 March 2003		Independent
(13)		D. D. Lapang	4 March 2003	15 June 2006	7th (2003 election)	Indian National Congress
17		J. Dringbell Rymbai	15 June 2006	10 March 2007
(13)		D. D. Lapang	10 March 2007	4 March 2008
			4 March 2008	19 March 2008	8th (2008 election)
18		Donkupar Roy	19 March 2008	19 March 2009		United Democratic Party
–		Vacant [c] (President's rule)	19 March 2009	12 May 2009		N/A
(13)		D. D. Lapang	13 May 2009	19 April 2010		Indian National Congress
19		Mukul Sangma	20 April 2010	5 March 2013
			5 March 2013	6 March 2018	9th (2013 election)
20		Conrad Sangma	6 March 2018	7 March 2023	10th (2018 election)	National People's Party
			7 March 2023	Incumbent	11th (2023 election)

Statistics

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
	Williamson A. Sangma		AHL/INC	7 years, 335 days	14 years, 207 days
	Mukul Sangma		INC	7 years, 320 days	7 years, 320 days
	Conrad Sangma		NPP	7 years, 11 days	7 years, 11 days
	B. B. Lyngdoh		INC	2 years, 0 days	6 years, 102 days
	D. D. Lapang		INC	3 years, 103 days	5 years, 226 days
	P. A. Sangma		INC	2 years, 47 days	2 years, 47 days
	S. C. Marak		INC	5 years, 19 days	5 years, 19 days
	E. K. Mawlong		IND	1 year, 275 days	1 year, 275 days
	Flinder Anderson Khonglam		AHL	1 year, 86 days	1 year, 86 days
	Darwin Diengdoh Pugh		AHL	1 year, 57 days	1 year, 57 days
	Donkupar Roy		UDP	1 year, 0 days	1 year, 0 days
	J. Dringbell Rymbai		INC	268 days	268 days

See also

• Government of Meghalaya
• Chief Ministers of India

Notes

Footnotes

1. A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
2. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
3. 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. ^[3]

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 Meghalaya as well.
2. "Meghalaya Assembly Passes Bill to Double MLAs' Salaries". The Northeast Today. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
3. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

External links

• Meghalaya Legislative Assembly