List of chief ministers of Nagaland

Chief Minister of Nagaland
Emblem of Nagaland
Incumbent Neiphiu Rio since 8 March 2018
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 (60 years ago) (1963-12-01)
Deputy	T. R. Zeliang and Yanthungo Patton, Deputy Chief Minister’s
Website	chiefminister.nagaland.gov.in

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.

List

No [a]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office [2]		Days in office	Assembly (election)	Party [b]
1		P. Shilu Ao	Impur	1 December 1963	14 August 1966	2 years, 256 days	Interim	Nagaland Nationalist Organisation
							1st (1964 election)
2		Thepfülo-u Nakhro	Western Angami	14 August 1966	22 February 1969	2 years, 192 days
3		Hokishe Sema	Akuluto	22 February 1969	26 February 1974	5 years, 4 days	2nd (1969 election)
4		Vizol Koso	Southern Angami II	26 February 1974	10 March 1975	1 year, 12 days	3rd (1974 election)	United Democratic Front
5		John Bosco Jasokie	Kohima Town	10 March 1975	20 March 1975	10 days		Naga National Democratic Party
–		Vacant [c] (President's rule)	N/A	20 March 1975	25 November 1977	2 years, 250 days		N/A
(4)		Vizol Koso	Southern Angami II	25 November 1977	18 April 1980	2 years, 145 days	4th (1977 election)	United Democratic Front
6		S. C. Jamir	Aonglenden	18 April 1980	5 June 1980	48 days		United Democratic Front-Progressive
(5)		John Bosco Jasokie	Kohima Town	5 June 1980	18 November 1982	2 years, 166 days		Naga National Democratic Party
(6)		S. C. Jamir	Aonglenden	18 November 1982	28 October 1986	3 years, 344 days	5th (1982 election)	United Democratic Front-Progressive
(3)		Hokishe Sema	Dimapur I	29 October 1986	7 August 1988	1 year, 283 days		Indian National Congress
							6th (1987 election)
–		Vacant [c] (President's rule)	N/A	7 August 1988	25 January 1989	171 days		N/A
(6)		S. C. Jamir	Mokokchung Town	25 January 1989	10 May 1990	1 year, 105 days	7th (1989 election)	Indian National Congress
7		K. L. Chishi	Atoizu	16 May 1990	19 June 1990	34 days
8		Vamüzo Phesao	Chozuba	19 June 1990	2 April 1992	1 year, 288 days		Nagaland People's Council
–		Vacant [c] (President's rule)	N/A	2 April 1992	22 February 1993	326 days		N/A
(6)		S. C. Jamir	Aonglenden	22 February 1993	6 March 2003	10 years, 12 days	8th (1993 election)	Indian National Congress
							9th (1998 election)
9		Neiphiu Rio	Northern Angami II	6 March 2003	3 January 2008	4 years, 303 days	10th (2003 election)	Naga People's Front
–		Vacant [c] (President's rule)	N/A	3 January 2008	12 March 2008	69 days		N/A
(9)		Neiphiu Rio	Northern Angami II	12 March 2008	5 March 2013	6 years, 73 days	11th (2008 election)	Naga People's Front
				5 March 2013	24 May 2014		12th (2013 election)
10		T. R. Zeliang	Peren	24 May 2014	22 February 2017	2 years, 274 days
11		Shürhozelie Liezietsu	Northern Angami I	22 February 2017	19 July 2017	147 days
(10)		T. R. Zeliang	Peren	19 July 2017	8 March 2018	232 days
(9)		Neiphiu Rio	Northern Angami II	8 March 2018	7 March 2023	6 years, 248 days	13th (2018 election)	Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
				7 March 2023	Incumbent		14th (2023 election)

Statistics

List by chief minister

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Neiphiu Rio		NPF/NND	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	T. R. Zeliang		NPF	2 years, 274 days	3 years, 141 days
5	P. Shilu Ao		NNO	2 years, 256 days	2 years, 256 days
6	Thepfülo-u Nakhro		NNO	2 years, 192 days	2 years, 192 days
7	John Bosco Jasokie		NND	2 years, 166 days	2 years, 176 days
8	Vamüzo Phesao		NPF	2 years, 145 days	3 year, 157 days
9	Vizol Koso		United Democratic Front (Nagaland)	147 days	147 days
10	Shürhozelie Liezietsu		NPF	147 days	147 days
11	K. L. Chishi		INC	34 days	34 days

Timeline

Notes

Footnotes

1. A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
2. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been 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 Nagaland as well.
2. "General Information, Nagaland". Information & Public Relations department, Nagaland government. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
3. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

External links

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