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.[1]
| Chief minister of Meghalaya | |
|---|---|
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| Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal) |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | Meghalaya Legislative Assemblyand Meghalaya Council of Ministers |
| Reports to | Governor of Meghalaya |
| Appointer | Governor of Meghalaya |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Inaugural holder | Williamson A. Sangma |
| Formation | 2 April 1970 |
| Deputy | DCM |
| Salary | ₹1.09 lakh (gross) per month[2] |
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
edit| No[a] | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office[3] | Days in office | Assembly
(election) |
Party[b] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Williamson A. Sangma | Baghmara | 2 April 1970 | 18 March 1972 | 7 years, 335 days | Interim | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | |
| 18 March 1972 | 21 November 1976 | 1st | |||||||
| 22 November 1976 | 3 March 1978 | Indian National Congress | |||||||
| 2 |
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Darwin Diengdoh Pugh | Mawkhar | 10 March 1978 | 6 May 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | 2nd | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | |
| 3 |
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B. B. Lyngdoh | Lyngkyrdem | 7 May 1979 | 7 May 1981 | 2 years, 0 days | |||
| (1) |
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Williamson A. Sangma | Baghmara | 7 May 1981 | 24 February 1983 | 1 year, 293 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| (3) |
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B. B. Lyngdoh | Lyngkyrdem | 2 March 1983 | 31 March 1983 | 29 days | 3rd | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | |
| (1) |
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Williamson A. Sangma | Baghmara | 2 April 1983 | 5 February 1988 | 4 years, 309 days | Indian National Congress | ||
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P. A. Sangma | Tura | 6 February 1988 | 25 March 1990 | 2 years, 47 days | 4th | ||
| (3) |
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B. B. Lyngdoh | Lyngkyrdem | 26 March 1990 | 10 October 1991 | 1 year, 198 days | Hill People's Union | ||
| – | 
|
Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 11 October 1991 | 5 February 1992 | 117 days | N/A | ||
| 5 | 
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D. D. Lapang | Nongpoh | 5 February 1992 | 19 February 1993 | 1 year, 14 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 6 |
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S. C. Marak | Resubelpara | 19 February 1993 | 27 February 1998 | 5 years, 19 days | 5th | ||
| 27 February 1998 | 10 March 1998 | 6th | |||||||
| (3) |
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B. B. Lyngdoh | Lyngkyrdem | 10 March 1998 | 8 March 2000 | 1 year, 364 days | United Democratic Party | ||
| 7 |
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E. K. Mawlong | Umroi | 8 March 2000 | 8 December 2001 | 1 year, 275 days | |||
| 8 | Flinder Anderson Khonglam | Sohra | 8 December 2001 | 4 March 2003 | 1 year, 86 days | Independent | |||
| (5) |
|
D. D. Lapang | Nongpoh | 4 March 2003 | 15 June 2006 | 3 years, 103 days | 7th | Indian National Congress | |
| 9 | 
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J. Dringbell Rymbai | Jirang | 15 June 2006 | 10 March 2007 | 268 days | |||
| (5) |
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D. D. Lapang | Nongpoh | 10 March 2007 | 4 March 2008 | 1 year, 9 days | |||
| 4 March 2008 | 19 March 2008 | 8th | |||||||
| 10 |
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Donkupar Roy | Shella | 19 March 2008 | 19 March 2009 | 1 year, 0 days | United Democratic Party | ||
| – |
|
Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 19 March 2009 | 12 May 2009 | 54 days | N/A | ||
| (5) |
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D. D. Lapang | Nongpoh | 13 May 2009 | 19 April 2010 | 341 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 11 | 
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Mukul Sangma | Ampati | 20 April 2010 | 5 March 2013 | 7 years, 320 days | |||
| 5 March 2013 | 6 March 2018 | 9th | |||||||
| 12 |
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Conrad Sangma | South Tura | 6 March 2018 | 7 March 2023 | 6 years, 260 days | 10th | National People's Party | |
| 7 March 2023 | Incumbent | 11th | |||||||
See also
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edit- Footnotes
- ^ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ 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 Meghalaya as well.
- ^ "Meghalaya Assembly Passes Bill to Double MLAs' Salaries". The Northeast Today. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "NAME OF THE GOVERNORS/CHIEF MINISTER AND CHAIN OF EVENTS IN MEGHALAYA". Archived from the original on 9 January 2009.
- ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.