Chief Minister of Nagaland

Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political post 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.

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	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office		Days in office	Assembly (election)	Party
1	File:No image available.svg	P. Shilu Ao	Impur	1 December 1963	14 August 1966	Template:Ayd	Interim	Nagaland Nationalist Organisation	rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |
							1st (1964 election)
2	File:No image available.svg	Thepfülo-u Nakhro	Western Angami	14 August 1966	22 February 1969	Template:Ayd
3	File:No image available.svg	Hokishe Sema	Akuluto	22 February 1969	26 February 1974	Template:Ayd	2nd (1969 election)
4	File:No image available.svg	Vizol Koso	Southern Angami II	26 February 1974	10 March 1975	Template:Ayd	3rd (1974 election)	United Democratic Front
5	File:No image available.svg	John Bosco Jasokie	Kohima Town	10 March 1975	20 March 1975	Template:Ayd		Naga National Democratic Party
–	File:Emblem of India.svg	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	20 March 1975	25 November 1977	Template:Ayd		N/A
(4)	File:No image available.svg	Vizol Koso	Southern Angami II	25 November 1977	18 April 1980	Template:Ayd	4th (1977 election)	United Democratic Front
6	File:Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg	S. C. Jamir	Aonglenden	18 April 1980	5 June 1980	Template:Ayd		United Democratic Front-Progressive
(5)	File:No image available.svg	John Bosco Jasokie	Kohima Town	5 June 1980	18 November 1982	Template:Ayd		Naga National Democratic Party
(6)	File:Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg	S. C. Jamir	Aonglenden	18 November 1982	28 October 1986	Template:Ayd	5th (1982 election)	United Democratic Front-Progressive
(3)	File:No image available.svg	Hokishe Sema	Dimapur I	29 October 1986	7 August 1988	Template:Ayd		Indian National Congress	rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
							6th (1987 election)
–	File:Emblem of India.svg	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	7 August 1988	25 January 1989	Template:Ayd		N/A
(6)	File:Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg	S. C. Jamir	Mokokchung Town	25 January 1989	10 May 1990	Template:Ayd	7th (1989 election)	Indian National Congress	rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
7	File:No image available.svg	K. L. Chishi	Atoizu	16 May 1990	19 June 1990	Template:Ayd
8	File:No image available.svg	Vamüzo Phesao	Chozuba	19 June 1990	2 April 1992	Template:Ayd		Nagaland People's Council
–	File:Emblem of India.svg	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	2 April 1992	22 February 1993	Template:Ayd		N/A
(6)	File:Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg	S. C. Jamir	Aonglenden	22 February 1993	6 March 2003	Template:Ayd	8th (1993 election)	Indian National Congress	rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
							9th (1998 election)
9	File:NeiphiuRio.jpg	Neiphiu Rio	Northern Angami II	6 March 2003	3 January 2008	Template:Ayd	10th (2003 election)	Naga People's Front
–	File:Emblem of India.svg	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	3 January 2008	12 March 2008	Template:Ayd		N/A
(9)	File:NeiphiuRio.jpg	Neiphiu Rio	Northern Angami II	12 March 2008	5 March 2013	Template:Ayd	11th (2008 election)	Naga People's Front
				5 March 2013	24 May 2014		12th (2013 election)
10	File:T. R. Zeliang.JPG	T. R. Zeliang	Peren	24 May 2014	22 February 2017	Template:Ayd
11	File:Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu in 2012.jpeg	Shürhozelie Liezietsu	Northern Angami I	22 February 2017	19 July 2017	Template:Ayd
(10)	File:T. R. Zeliang.JPG	T. R. Zeliang	Peren	19 July 2017	8 March 2018	Template:Ayd
(9)	File:NeiphiuRio.jpg	Neiphiu Rio	Northern Angami II	8 March 2018	7 March 2023	Template:Ayd	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	Template:Party name with color/NPF	6 years, 204 days	17 years, 215 days
2	S. C. Jamir	Template:Party name with color/UDF-P	10 years, 12 days	15 years, 144 days
3	Hokishe Sema	Template:Party name with color/INC	5 years, 4 days	6 years, 287 days
4	Vizol Koso	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 145 days	3 years, 157 days
5	T. R. Zeliang	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 274 days	3 years, 141 days
6	P. Shilu Ao	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 256 days	2 years, 256 days
7	Thepfülo-u Nakhro	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 192 days	2 years, 192 days
8	John Bosco Jasokie	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 166 days	2 years, 176 days
9	Vamüzo Phesao	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 287 days	1 year, 287 days
10	Shürhozelie Liezietsu	Template:Party name with color	147 days	147 days
11	K. L. Chishi	Template:Party name with color	34 days	34 days

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Notes

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References

External links

• States of India since 1947