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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (1942–2020)}}<br />
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| name = Chongshen Mongkosungkum Chang<br />
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| birth_name = Chongshen Mongkosungkum Chang<br />
| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|1942|04|01|df=y}} --><br />
| birth_place = Noksen<br />
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|2020|10|12|df=y}} --><br />
| death_place = [[Kohima]], [[Nagaland]]<br />
| death_cause = Complications from Covid19<br />
| resting_place = Noksen, Tuensang District<br />
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| citizenship = [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| party = Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]] of the [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency|Nagaland]]<br />
| term_start2 = 25 May 2009<br />
| term_end2 = 23 February 2014<br />
| predecessor2 = [[W. Wangyuh]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Neiphiu Rio]]<br />
| office = Member of the [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 23 February 2014<br />
| term_end = 12 October 2020<br />
| predecessor = [[H. Chuba Chang]]<br />
| successor = H. Chuba Chang<br />
| children = 10 (5 sons, and 5 daughters)<br />
| spouse = Alema<br />
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'''Chongshen Mongkosungkum Chang''' (1 April 1942 – 12 October 2020) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician from [[Nagaland]]. He belonged to the [[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Chang was born in [[Noksen (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Noksen]] in [[Tuensang]] district. He graduated from [[Guwahati University]]. He married Mrs. Alemla and they had five sons and five daughters. They lived in [[Dimapur]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha Member's Bioprofile|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4365|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101011936/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4365|archive-date=1 January 2012|accessdate=13 February 2012}}</ref> He died at Naga Hospital Authority, [[Kohima]] due to [[typhoid fever]] and complications from [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 October 2020|title=Nagaland minister dies of Covid-19 complications, death toll climbs to 18|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nagaland-minister-dies-of-covid-19-complications-death-toll-climbs-to-18/story-H9KIdFB1JotbIdHJ5FUpFI.html|access-date=18 October 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Chang served as an [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer. He worked as Secretary in the Department of Youth Resources and Sports in the Government of Nagaland. He retired from this position in 2002 to contest his first unsuccessful 2003 [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]] (NLA) General Election. He lost for the second time in the 2008 general election.<br />
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In the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 election]] he was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from the [[Nagaland (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagaland Lok Sabha]] constituency. In the 2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly elections, he was elected from 51/[[Noksen (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] and became Minister of Education. He contested 2003, 2008, and 2013 general elections as well as the 2009 Lok Sabha election from NPF party ticket. In 2018, he joined the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party and won the general election for NLA for the second time and was appointed Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate change, and Justice & Law.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/frmWinnerList.aspx |title=Election Commission of India-General Elections 2009 Results |access-date=13 February 2012 |archive-date=27 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627024230/http://eciresults.nic.in/frmWinnerList.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120101011936/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4365 Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile] in Lok Sabha website<br />
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[[Category:1942 births]]<br />
[[Category:2020 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 2009–2014]]<br />
[[Category:People from Tuensang district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Christians]]<br />
[[Category:Naga People's Front politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Nagaland]]<br />
[[Category:Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 2018–2023]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from typhoid fever in India]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]<br />
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