Chief Minister of Meghalaya

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.

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

NoTemplate:Efn	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office		Days in office	Assembly (election)	PartyTemplate:Efn
1	File:No image available.svg	Williamson A. Sangma	Baghmara	2 April 1970	18 March 1972	Template:Ayd	Interim	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
				18 March 1972	21 November 1976		1st (1972 election)
				22 November 1976	3 March 1978			Indian National Congress	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
2	File:No image available.svg	Darwin Diengdoh Pugh	Mawkhar	10 March 1978	6 May 1979	Template:Ayd	2nd (1978 election)	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
3	File:No image available.svg	B. B. Lyngdoh	Lyngkyrdem	7 May 1979	7 May 1981	Template:Ayd
(1)	File:No image available.svg	Williamson A. Sangma	Baghmara	7 May 1981	24 February 1983	Template:Ayd		Indian National Congress	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
(3)	File:No image available.svg	B. B. Lyngdoh	Lyngkyrdem	2 March 1983	31 March 1983	Template:Ayd	3rd (1983 election)	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
(1)	File:No image available.svg	Williamson A. Sangma	Baghmara	2 April 1983	5 February 1988	Template:Ayd		Indian National Congress	rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
4	File:The former Lok Sabha Speaker Shri P.A. Sangma met the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi on January 18, 2004 (cropped).png	P. A. Sangma	Tura	6 February 1988	25 March 1990	Template:Ayd	4th (1988 election)
(3)	File:No image available.svg	B. B. Lyngdoh	Lyngkyrdem	26 March 1990	10 October 1991	Template:Ayd		Hill People's Union
–	File:Emblem of India.svg	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	11 October 1991	5 February 1992	Template:Ayd		N/A
5	File:D. D. Lapang.png	D. D. Lapang	Nongpoh	5 February 1992	19 February 1993	Template:Ayd		Indian National Congress	rowspan=3 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
6	File:No image available.svg	S. C. Marak	Resubelpara	19 February 1993	27 February 1998	Template:Ayd	5th (1993 election)
				27 February 1998	10 March 1998		6th (1998 election)
(3)	File:No image available.svg	B. B. Lyngdoh	Lyngkyrdem	10 March 1998	8 March 2000	Template:Ayd		United Democratic Party
7	File:No image available.svg	E. K. Mawlong	Umroi	8 March 2000	8 December 2001	Template:Ayd
8		Flinder Anderson Khonglam	Sohra	8 December 2001	4 March 2003	Template:Ayd		Independent
(5)	File:D. D. Lapang.png	D. D. Lapang	Nongpoh	4 March 2003	15 June 2006	Template:Ayd	7th (2003 election)	Indian National Congress	rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
9	File:J. D. Rymbai.png	J. Dringbell Rymbai	Jirang	15 June 2006	10 March 2007	Template:Ayd
(5)	File:D. D. Lapang.png	D. D. Lapang	Nongpoh	10 March 2007	4 March 2008	Template:Ayd
				4 March 2008	19 March 2008		8th (2008 election)
10	File:No image available.svg	Donkupar Roy	Shella	19 March 2008	19 March 2009	Template:Ayd		United Democratic Party
–	File:Emblem of India.svg	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	19 March 2009	12 May 2009	Template:Ayd		N/A
(5)	File:D. D. Lapang.png	D. D. Lapang	Nongpoh	13 May 2009	19 April 2010	Template:Ayd		Indian National Congress	rowspan=3 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
11	File:Mukul Sangma 2014.jpg	Mukul Sangma	Ampati	20 April 2010	5 March 2013	Template:Ayd
				5 March 2013	6 March 2018		9th (2013 election)
12	File:The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma.JPG	Conrad Sangma	South Tura	6 March 2018	7 March 2023	Template:Ayd	10th (2018 election)	National People's Party	rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
				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	Template:Party name with color/INC	7 years, 335 days	14 years, 207 days
	Mukul Sangma	Template:Party name with color	7 years, 320 days	7 years, 320 days
	Conrad Sangma	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
	B. B. Lyngdoh	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 0 days	6 years, 102 days
	D. D. Lapang	Template:Party name with color	3 years, 103 days	5 years, 226 days
	P. A. Sangma	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 47 days	2 years, 47 days
	S. C. Marak	Template:Party name with color	5 years, 19 days	5 years, 19 days
	E. K. Mawlong	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 275 days	1 year, 275 days
	Flinder Anderson Khonglam	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 86 days	1 year, 86 days
	Darwin Diengdoh Pugh	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 57 days	1 year, 57 days
	Donkupar Roy	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 0 days	1 year, 0 days
	J. Dringbell Rymbai	Template:Party name with color	268 days	268 days

See also

• Government of Meghalaya
• Chief Ministers of India

Notes

Footnotes

References

External links

• Meghalaya Legislative Assembly