Salhoutuonuo Kruse
Cabinet Minister, Government of Nagaland
Assumed office
7 March 2023
GovernorLa. Ganesan
CabinetFifth Rio ministry
Chief MinisterNeiphiu Rio
Ministry and Departments
  • Women Resource Development
  • Horticulture
Member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
March 2023
Preceded byKeneizhakho Nakhro
ConstituencyWestern Angami
Personal details
Born
Salhoutuonuo Kruneilie

1967 (1967) (age 57–56)
Kiruphema, Kohima District, Nagaland, India
Political partyNationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Spouse
Kevisekho Kruse
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(m. 1986; died 2021)​
Children2
ResidenceKohima
EducationMinisters' Hill Baptist Higher Secondary School
Alma materKohima College (BA)
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Salhoutuonuo Kruse (née Kruneilie; born 1967) is an Indian politician from Nagaland.[1] In 2023, She along with Hekani Jakhalu Kense became the first women from Nagaland to be elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.[2][3] She was sworn in as a Minister of Women Resource Development & Horticulture in the 5th Rio ministry, making her the first female Minister in the history of the Indian state of Nagaland.[4][5]

Kruse was elected from the Western Angami Assembly constituency as a candidate of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party. She previously served as the President of the Angami Women Organization.[6]

Early life

Salhoutuonuo Kruneilie was born in 1967 to an Angami Naga family from Kiruphema. She did her schooling from Ministers' Hill Baptist Higher Secondary School in Kohima and later completed her graduation from Kohima College.[7]

Career

Kruse served as the President of the Angamimiapfü Mechü Krotho (now known as Angami Women Organization) from 2011 to 2014.[8]

In 2023, Kruse was elected as a candidate of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party from the Western Angami Assembly constituency in the 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election defeating Keneizhakho Nakhro, an independent candidate. She along with Hekani Jakhalu became the first ever elected women MLA from Nagaland.[9]

Her late husband Kevisekho Kruse previously contested from the same constituency and party in the 2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election but lost to Keneizhakho Nakhro from the Naga People's Front party.

Personal life

Kruse is a Baptist Christian and she attends Ministers' Hill Baptist Church in Kohima.

She was married to Kevisekho Kruse. They married on 2 October 1986 and had two daughters together.[7] He later died from complications of COVID-19 on 4 June 2021 at age 60.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ Salhoutuonuo Kruse (NDPP) : Constituency- WESTERN ANGAMI
  2. ^ Dhar, Aniruddha (2 March 2023). "Nagaland scripts history in assembly election, elects 2 women candidates for first time". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Nagaland Creates History By Electing Two Women Candidates In Assembly Elections". Guwahati Plus. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Nagaland Cabinet allots portfolios". The Morung Express. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  5. ^ Gupta, Shobhit (7 March 2023). "Who is Salhoutuonuo Kruse — first woman minister of Nagaland? 5 things". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. ^ Kalita, Kangkan (3 March 2023). "Nagaland gets its 1st women MLAs". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Salhoutuonuo Kruse, the first woman minister of Nagaland, made history in her debut fight". CNBC TV18. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Angami Women Organization triennial meet held". The Morung Express. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Hekhani Jakhalu, Salhoutuonuo Kruse become first women MLAs in Nagaland assembly". Deccan Herald. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  10. ^ "NDPP holds memorial service in memory of K Kruse". Eastern Mirror. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Various Organisations Mourn Death Of Kruse". Nagaland Page. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

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