Chief Minister of Mizoram

The chief minister of Mizoram is the chief executive of the Indian state of Mizoram. 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 Mizoram 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.

Since 1972, five people from four parties have served as chief minister of Mizoram; the inaugural officeholder was Ch. Chhunga. Lal Thanhawla of the Indian National Congress has the longest incumbency of over 21 years in 5 terms. The current incumbent is Lalduhoma of the Zoram People's Movement who assumed office on 8 December 2023.

History

Before Indian independence, the Lushai Hills district and the subsequent Mizo district were ruled by a Superintendent of the Lushai Hills. After Indian independence, the democratic change in the administrative setup of Mizoram led to an anti-chief movement. The feeling was widespread against the autocratic chiefs and for the Mizo Union. In 1955, at a meeting of representatives of various Mizo villages held in Aizawl, the demand arose for a separate hills state. The local people felt they had been ill-served by the Assam Government during the Mautam famine.

When in 1960 the government introduced Assamese as the official language of the state, there were many protests against the Official Language Act of 1961. That was followed by the March 1966 Mizo National Front uprising, resulting in attacks on the military installations in Aizawl, Lunglei and other towns. The Mizo National Front, formerly known as Mizo National Famine Front, declared independence from India.

The Indian government designated Mizoram as a union territory on 21 January 1972. Pu Laldenga, the president of the Mizo National Front, signed a peace accord in 1986 with the Government of India, stating Mizoram was an integral part of India. Pu Laldenga came to the ministry in the interim government, which was formed in coalition with Congress in 1987. The statehood of Mizoram was proclaimed on 20 February 1987.

During UT period

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term		Assembly (Election)	Party
1	File:Chhunga.jpg	C. Chhunga	Kolasib	3 May 1972	10 May 1977	1st (1972 election)	Mizo Union
–	File:Emblem of India (without motto).svg	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	11 May 1977	1 June 1978		N/A
2	File:Thenphunga.jpg	T. Sailo	Aizawl North	2 June 1978	10 November 1978	2nd (1978 election)	Mizoram People's Conference	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
–	File:Emblem of India (without motto).svg	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	10 November 1978	8 May 1979		N/A
(2)	File:Thenphunga.jpg	T. Sailo	Aizawl North	8 May 1979	4 May 1984	3rd (1979 election)	Mizoram People's Conference	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
3	File:Lal Thanhawla.jpg	Lal Thanhawla	Serchhip	5 May 1984	20 August 1986	4th (1984 election)	Indian National Congress	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |

After Statehood

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term		Assembly (Election)	Party
4	File:Laldenga.jpg	Laldenga	Aizawl North II	21 August 1986	19 February 1987	Interim	Mizo National Front	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
				20 February 1987	7 September 1988	5th (1987 election)
–	File:Emblem of India (without motto).svg	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	7 September 1988	24 January 1989	N/A
(3)	File:Lal Thanhawla.jpg	Lal Thanhawla	Serchhip	24 January 1989	7 December 1993	6th (1989 election)	Indian National Congress	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
				8 December 1993	3 December 1998	7th (1993 election)
5	File:Zoramthanga in 2008.jpg	Zoramthanga	Champhai	3 December 1998	4 December 2003	8th (1998 election)	Mizo National Front	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
				4 December 2003	11 December 2008	9th (2003 election)
(3)	File:Lal Thanhawla.jpg	Lal Thanhawla	Serchhip	11 December 2008	11 December 2013	10th (2008 election)	Indian National Congress	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
				12 December 2013	14 December 2018	11th (2013 election)
(5)	File:Zoramthanga in 2008.jpg	Zoramthanga	Aizawl East 1	15 December 2018	7 December 2023	12th (2018 election)	Mizo National Front	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
6	File:Lalduhawma.jpg	Lalduhoma	Serchhip	8 December 2023	Incumbent	13th (2023 election)	Zoram People's Movement	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |

Statistics

List by chief minister

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Lal Thanhawla	Template:Party name with color	10 years, 3 days	22 years, 58 days
2	Zoramthanga	Template:Party name with color	10 years, 8 days	15 years, 0 days
3	T. Sailo	Template:Party name with color	4 years, 362 days	5 years, 158 days
4	C. Chhunga	Template:Party name with color	5 years, 7 days	5 years, 7 days
5	Laldenga	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 17 days	2 years, 17 days
6	Lalduhoma	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days

See also

• List of governors of Mizoram
• List of chief secretaries of Mizoram
• List of superintendents of Mizoram

Notes

Footnotes

References

External links

• Indian States since 1947