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| name = Hiphei<br />
| image = <br />
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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1937|08|23|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Chapui Village, [[Saiha District]], [[Mizoram]]<br />
| residence = [[Aizawl]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|8|1937|8|23|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Aizawl]]<br />
| office = Member of the [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start = 1990<br />
| term_end = 2002<br />
| constituency = [[Mizoram]] (Rajya Sabha Constituency)<br />
| predecessor = [[C. Silvera]]<br />
| successor = [[Lalhming Liana]]<br />
| party =[[Bhartiya Janta Party]]<br />
| spouse = Sathlie<br />
| children = 2<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 16 June |<br />
| year = 2021 | <br />
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Shri '''Hiphei''' (23 August 1937 – 8 April 2020) was an Indian politician from [[Mizoram]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Hiphei began his political career with the Mara Freedom Party in September 1963. He was then elected to the state assembly from the [[Tuipang]] constituency as an independent in 1972 and was made deputy speaker.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Mizoram Assembly speaker Hiphei dies at 82 |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/former-mizoram-assembly-speaker-hiphei-dies-at-82/1795372 |publisher=Outlook India |accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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Between 1972 and 2013, he won Mizoram Assembly elections seven times; [[1972 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|1972]], [[1978 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|1978]], [[1979 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|1979]], [[1984 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|1984]], [[1987 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|1987]], [[1989 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|1989]] and [[2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|2013]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Mizoram Speaker Hiphei Passes Away |url=http://theshillongtimes.com/2020/04/08/former-mizoram-speaker-hiphei-passes-away/ |publisher=Shilong Times |accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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He joined the [[Janata Party]] in 1978 and then in 1984 switched his affiliation to the [[Indian National Congress]].<br />
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He was elected to the upper house of India's Parliament, the [[Rajya Sabha]], for two terms, from 1990 to 1996 and from 1996 to 2002, as a member of the Indian National Congress.<ref name="Rajya Sabha">{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |title=List of Rajya Sabha members Since 1952 }}</ref> He served as the Speaker of [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly]] from 1989 to 1990, and from 2013 until 5 November 2018, but, resigned from the post and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] a few hours later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hiphei elected Speaker of Mizoram assembly|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/hiphei-elected-speaker-of-mizoram-assembly/article5466108.ece|date=16 December 2013|accessdate=9 December 2018|agency=PTI|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Hiphei died in Aizawl on 8 April 2020 following a long illness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Mizoram Assembly speaker Hiphei dies at 82 |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/998422-former-mizoram-assembly-speaker-hiphei-dies-at-82 |publisher=Devdiscourse |accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref> He was 82.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Mizoram]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Mizoram Rajya Sabha constituency}}<br />
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[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Mizoram]]<br />
[[Category:Speakers of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:1937 births]]<br />
[[Category:2020 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Saiha district]]<br />
[[Category:Mizo people]]<br />
[[Category:Mizoram MLAs 1984–1987]]<br />
[[Category:Mizoram MLAs 1987–1989]]<br />
[[Category:Mizoram MLAs 1989–1993]]<br />
[[Category:Mizoram MLAs 2013–2018]]<br />
[[Category:Mizoram MLAs 1972–1977]]<br />
[[Category:Mizoram MLAs 1978–1979]]</div>UpdateBot