Chief Minister of Nagaland

Chief Minister of Nagaland
Emblem of Nagaland
Incumbent Neiphiu Rio since 8 March 2018
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Nagaland Legislative Assembly& Nagaland Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Nagaland
Appointer	Governor of Nagaland
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	P. Shilu Ao
Formation	1 December 1963 (1963-12-01)
Deputy	T. R. Zeliang and Yanthungo Patton, Deputy Chief Minister’s
Website	chiefminister.nagaland.gov.in

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.^[1]

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.

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

#	Portrait	Name (born – died) Constituency)	Election (Assembly)	Tenure in office			Party		Ministry	Appointer (Governor)
				From	To	Time in office
1		P. Shilu Ao (1916–1988) MLA for Impur	–	1 December 1963	14 August 1966	2 years, 256 days		Nagaland Nationalist Organisation	Shilu I	Vishnu Sahay
			1964 (1st)						Shilu II
2		Thepfülo-u Nakhro (1913–1986) MLA for Western Angami		14 August 1966	22 February 1969	2 years, 192 days			Nakhro
3		Hokishe Sema (1921–2007) MLA for Akuluto	1969 (2nd)	22 February 1969	26 February 1974	5 years, 4 days			Sema I	Braj Kumar Nehru
4		Vizol Angami (1914–2008) MLA for Southern Angami II	1974 (3rd)	26 February 1974	10 March 1975	1 year, 12 days		United Democratic Front	Angami I	Lallan Prasad Singh
5		John Bosco Jasokie (1927–2005) MLA for Kohima Town		10 March 1975	20 March 1975	10 days		Naga National Democratic Party	Jasokie I
Position vacant (20 March 1975 – 25 November 1977) President's rule was imposed during this period[a]
(4)		Vizol Angami (1914–2008) MLA for Southern Angami II	1977 (4th)	25 November 1977[§]	18 April 1980	2 years, 145 days		United Democratic Front	Angami II	Lallan Prasad Singh
6		S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MLA for Aonglenden		18 April 1980	5 June 1980	48 days		United Democratic Front-Progressive	Jamir I
(5)		John Bosco Jasokie (1927–2005) MLA for Kohima Town		5 June 1980[§]	18 November 1982	2 years, 166 days		Naga National Democratic Party	Jasokie II
(6)		S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MLA for Aonglenden	1982 (5th)	18 November 1982[§]	28 October 1986	3 years, 344 days		United Democratic Front-Progressive	Jamir II	S. M. H. Burney
(3)		Hokishe Sema (1921–2007) MLA for Dimapur I		28 October 1986[§]	7 August 1988	1 year, 284 days		Indian National Congress	Sema II	K. V. Krishna Rao
			1987 (6th)						Sema III
Position vacant (7 August 1988 – 25 January 1989) President's rule was imposed during this period[a]
(6)		S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MLA for Mokokchung Town	1989 (7th)	25 January 1989[§]	10 May 1990	1 year, 105 days		Indian National Congress	Jamir III	K. V. Krishna Rao
7		K. L. Chishi (born 1944) MLA for Atoizü		16 May 1990	19 June 1990	34 days			Chishi	M. M. Thomas
8		Vamüzo Phesao (1938–2000) MLA for Chozuba		19 June 1990	2 April 1992	1 year, 288 days		Nagaland People's Council	Phesao
Position vacant (2 April 1992 – 22 February 1993) President's rule was imposed during this period[a]
(6)		S. C. Jamir (born 1931) MLA for Aonglenden	1993 (8th)	22 February 1993[§]	6 March 2003	10 years, 12 days		Indian National Congress	Jamir IV	Lokanath Misra
			1998 (9th)						Jamir V	Om Prakash Sharma
7		Neiphiu Rio (born 1950) MLA for Northern Angami II	2003 (10th)	6 March 2003	3 January 2008	4 years, 303 days		Naga People's Front	Rio I	Shyamal Datta
Position vacant (3 January – 12 March 2008) President's rule was imposed during this period[a]
(7)		Neiphiu Rio (born 1950) MLA for Northern Angami II	2008 (11th)	12 March 2008[§]	24 May 2014	6 years, 73 days		Naga People's Front	Rio II	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
			2013 (12th)						Rio III	Nikhil Kumar
8		T. R. Zeliang (born 1952) MLA for Peren		24 May 2014	22 February 2017	2 years, 274 days			Zeliang I	Ashwani Kumar
9		Shürhozelie Liezietsu (born 1936) MLA for Northern Angami I		22 February 2017	19 July 2017	147 days			Liezietsu	Padmanabha Acharya
(8)		T. R. Zeliang (born 1952) MLA for Peren		19 July 2017[§]	8 March 2018	232 days			Zeliang II
(7)		Neiphiu Rio (born 1950) MLA for Northern Angami II	2018 (13th)	8 March 2018[§]	Incumbent	7 years, 167 days		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Rio IV
			2023 (14th)						Rio V	La. Ganesan

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• States of India since 1947