Chief Minister of Mizoram
Emblem of Mizoram
Incumbent
Lalduhoma
since 8 December 2023
StyleThe Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
StatusHead of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member ofMizoram Legislative Assembly
Reports toGovernor of Mizoram
AppointerGovernor of Mizoram
Term lengthAt the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holderC. Chhunga
Formation3 May 1972
(51 years ago) (1972-05-03)
DeputyK Sapdanga, Deputy 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.[1]

Since 1972, five people from four parties have served as Chief Minister of Mizoram; the inaugural officeholder was C. 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.[2]

List

No Portrait Name Constituency Term[3] Assembly
(Election) 		Party[a]
1 C. Chhunga Kolasib 3 May 1972 10 May 1977 5 years, 7 days 1st
(1972 election) 		Mizo Union
– Vacant[b]
(President's rule) 		N/A 11 May 1977 1 June 1978 1 year, 21 days N/A
2 T. Sailo Aizawl North 2 June 1978 10 November 1978 161 days 2nd
(1978 election) 		Mizoram People's Conference
– Vacant[b]
(President's rule) 		N/A 10 November 1978 8 May 1979 179 days N/A
(2) T. Sailo Aizawl North 8 May 1979 4 May 1984 4 years, 362 days 3rd
(1979 election) 		Mizoram People's Conference
3 Lal Thanhawla Serchhip 5 May 1984 20 August 1986 2 years, 107 days 4th
(1984 election) 		Indian National Congress
4 Laldenga Aizawl North II 21 August 1986 19 February 1987 2 years, 17 days Mizo National Front
20 February 1987 7 September 1988 5th
(1987 election)
– Vacant[b]
(President's rule) 		N/A 7 September 1988 24 January 1989 139 days N/A
(3) Lal Thanhawla Serchhip 24 January 1989 7 December 1993 9 years, 313 days 6th
(1989 election) 		Indian National Congress
8 December 1993 3 December 1998 7th
(1993 election)
5 Zoramthanga Champhai 3 December 1998 4 December 2003 10 years, 8 days 8th
(1998 election) 		Mizo National Front
4 December 2003 11 December 2008 9th
(2003 election)
(3) Lal Thanhawla Serchhip 11 December 2008 11 December 2013 10 years, 3 days 10th
(2008 election) 		Indian National Congress
12 December 2013 14 December 2018 11th
(2013 election)
(5) Zoramthanga Aizawl East 1 15 December 2018 7 December 2023 4 years, 357 days 12th
(2018 election) 		Mizo National Front
6 Lalduhoma Serchhip 8 December 2023 Incumbent 136 days 13th
(2023 election) 		Zoram People's Movement

Notes

Footnotes
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c 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.[4]
References
  1. ^ a b 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 Mizoram as well.
  2. ^ "ZPM's Lalduhoma to become Mizoram Chief Minister, take oath on Dec 8".
  3. ^ "About Government-Chief Minister". Mizoram state official website.
  4. ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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Chief Ministers of Mizoram
List of current incumbent chief ministers of Indian states and union territories
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