List of chief ministers of Mizoram

Chief Minister of Mizoram
	Emblem of Mizoram
	Incumbent; Zoramthanga; since 15 December 2018
Style	The Honourable (Formal); Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Mizoram Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Governor of Mizoram
Appointer	Governor of Mizoram
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	C. Chhunga
Formation	3 May 1972
Deputy	Tawnluia

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 Zoramthanga of the Mizo National Front who assumed office on 15 December 2018.

List

Lal Thanhawla is Mizoram's longest-serving chief minister, having held office for over 22 years.

No	Name	Constituency	Term[2]			Party[lower-alpha 1]	Assembly (Election)	Appointed by (Governor)
1	C. Chhunga	Kolasib	3 May 1972	10 May 1977	5 years, 7 days	Mizo Union
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (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	Mizo People's Conference
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (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	Mizo People's Conference
3	Lal Thanhawla	Serchhip	5 May 1984	20 August 1986	2 years, 107 days	Indian National Congress
4	Laldenga	Aizawl North II	21 August 1986	19 February 1987	2 years, 17 days	Mizo National Front
4	Laldenga	Aizawl North II	20 February 1987	7 September 1988	2 years, 17 days	Mizo National Front	1st Assembly (1987–89) (1987 election)	Hiteswar Saikia
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule)	N/A	7 September 1988	24 January 1989	139 days	N/A	1st Assembly (1987–89) (1987 election)
(3)	Lal Thanhawla	Serchhip	24 January 1989	7 December 1993	9 years, 313 days	Indian National Congress	2nd Assembly (1989–93) (1989 election)	Hiteswar Saikia
(3)	Lal Thanhawla	Serchhip	8 December 1993	3 December 1998	9 years, 313 days	Indian National Congress	3rd Assembly (1993–98) (1993 election)	Paty Ripple Kyndiah
5	Zoramthanga	Champhai	3 December 1998	4 December 2003	10 years, 8 days	Mizo National Front	4th Assembly (1998–03) (1998 election)	Dr A.P. Mukherjee
5	Zoramthanga	Champhai	4 December 2003	11 December 2008	10 years, 8 days	Mizo National Front	5th Assembly (2003–08) (2003 election)	Amolak Rattan Kohli
(3)	Lal Thanhawla	Serchhip	11 December 2008	11 December 2013	10 years, 3 days	Indian National Congress	6th Assembly (2008–13) (2008 election)	Madan Mohan Lakhera
(3)	Lal Thanhawla	Serchhip	12 December 2013	14 December 2018	10 years, 3 days	Indian National Congress	7th Assembly (2013–18) (2013 election)	Vakkom Purushothaman
(5)	Zoramthanga	Aizawl East I	15 December 2018	Incumbent	2 years, 56 days	Mizo National Front	8th Assembly (2018–23) (2018 election)	Kummanam Rajasekharan

Notes

Footnotes

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.
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.[3]

References

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.
"About Government-Chief Minister". Mizoram state official website.
Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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[3] 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.

[PR-4] 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.[3]

[term1-1] 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] "About Government-Chief Minister". Mizoram state official website.

[5] Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

Chief Ministers of Mizoram
Union Territory: 1972-1986	C. Chhunga (1972-1977) President's rule (1977-1978) T. Sailo (1978) President's rule (1979) T. Sailo (1979-1984) Lal Thanhawla (1984-1986)
State: since 1986	Laldenga (1986-1988) President's rule (1989) Lal Thanhawla (1989-1998) Zoramthanga (1998-2008) Lal Thanhawla (2008-2018) Zoramthanga (2018-till date)