Chief Minister of Meghalaya

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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. Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.

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.

Oath as the state chief minister

The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the chief minister of state: Template:Blockquote

List of chief ministers (1970-present)

• Template:Note label Died in office
• Template:Note label Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

Autonomous state of Meghalaya (1970Template:Ndash1972)

#	Portrait		Minister Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
					From	To	Period
1	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	Williamson A. Sangma Template:Small	Template:Ndash Template:Small	2 April 1970	20 January 1972	Template:Ayd	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Williamson I

Meghalaya state (1972Template:Ndashpresent)

#	Portrait		Minister Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
					From	To	Period
(1)	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	Williamson A. Sangma Template:Small	Template:Ndash Template:Small	21 January 1972	3 March 1978	Template:Ayd	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Williamson I
	1972 Template:Small			Williamson II
								bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indian National Congress
2	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	Darwin Diengdoh Pugh Template:Small	1978 Template:Small	10 March 1978	6 May 1979	Template:Ayd	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Pugh
3	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	B. B. Lyngdoh Template:Small		7 May 1979	7 May 1981	Template:Ayd		Lyngdoh I
(1)	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	Williamson A. Sangma Template:Small		7 May 1981Template:Ref label	2 March 1983	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Williamson III
(3)	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	B. B. Lyngdoh Template:Small	1983 Template:Small	2 March 1983Template:Ref label	1 April 1983	Template:Ayd	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Lyngdoh II
(1)	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	Williamson A. Sangma Template:Small		2 April 1983Template:Ref label	5 February 1988	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Williamson IV
4	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:P. A. Sangma official portrait.jpg	Purno Agitok Sangma Template:Small	1988 Template:Small	6 February 1988	25 March 1990	Template:Ayd		Purno
(3)	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	B. B. Lyngdoh Template:Small		26 March 1990Template:Ref label	10 October 1991	Template:Ayd	Hill People's Union	Lyngdoh III
Position vacant (11 October 1991Template:Snd5 February 1992) President's rule was imposed during this periodTemplate:Efn
5	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:D. D. Lapang.png	D. D. Lapang Template:Small	Template:Ndash Template:Small	5 February 1992	19 February 1993	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Lapang I
6	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	S. C. Marak Template:Small	1993 Template:Small	19 February 1993	10 March 1998	Template:Ayd		Marak I
	1998 Template:Small			Marak II
(3)		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	B. B. Lyngdoh Template:Small	10 March 1998Template:Ref label	8 March 2000	Template:Ayd	United Democratic Party	Lyngdoh IV
7		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Blank.svg	E. K. Mawlong Template:Small	8 March 2000	8 December 2001	Template:Ayd		Mawlong
8		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Flinder Anderson Khonglam.jpg	Flinder Anderson Khonglam Template:Small	8 December 2001	4 March 2003	Template:Ayd	Independent	Khonglam
(5)	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:D. D. Lapang.png	D. D. Lapang Template:Small	2003 Template:Small	4 March 2003Template:Ref label	15 June 2006	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Lapang II
9	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:J. D. Rymbai.png	J. Dringwell Rymbai Template:Small		15 June 2006	10 March 2007	Template:Ayd		Rymbai
(5)	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:D. D. Lapang.png	D. D. Lapang Template:Small		10 March 2007Template:Ref label	19 March 2008	Template:Ayd		Lapang III
	2008 Template:Small			Lapang IV
10		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Donkupar Roy (cropped).jpg	Donkupar Roy Template:Small	19 March 2008	19 March 2009	Template:Ayd	United Democratic Party	Roy
Position vacant (19 MarchTemplate:Snd12 May 2009) President's rule was imposed during this periodTemplate:Efn
(5)	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:D. D. Lapang.png	D. D. Lapang Template:Small	Template:Ndash Template:Small	13 May 2009Template:Ref label	19 April 2010	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Lapang V
11	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Mukul Sangma 2014.jpg	Mukul Sangma Template:Small		20 April 2010	6 March 2018	Template:Ayd		Mukul I
	2013 Template:Small			Mukul II
12	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma.JPG	Conrad Sangma Template:Small	2018 Template:Small	6 March 2018	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	National People's Party	Conrad I
	2023 Template:Small			Conrad II

Statistics

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
	Williamson A. Sangma	Template:Party name with color/INC	7 years, 335 days	14 years, 207 days
	Conrad Sangma	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
	Mukul Sangma	Template:Party name with color	7 years, 320 days	7 years, 320 days
	B. B. Lyngdoh	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 0 days	6 years, 102 days
	D. D. Lapang	Template:Party name with color	3 years, 103 days	5 years, 226 days
	P. A. Sangma	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 47 days	2 years, 47 days
	S. C. Marak	Template:Party name with color	5 years, 19 days	5 years, 19 days
	E. K. Mawlong	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 275 days	1 year, 275 days
	Flinder Anderson Khonglam	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 86 days	1 year, 86 days
	Darwin Diengdoh Pugh	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 57 days	1 year, 57 days
	Donkupar Roy	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 0 days	1 year, 0 days
	J. Dringbell Rymbai	Template:Party name with color	268 days	268 days

See also

• Government of Meghalaya
• Chief Ministers of India

Notes

Footnotes

References

External links

• Meghalaya Legislative Assembly