List of chief ministers of Meghalaya

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.^[1]

Chief minister of Meghalaya
Incumbent Conrad Sangma since 6 March 2018
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Meghalaya Legislative Assemblyand Meghalaya Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Meghalaya
Appointer	Governor of Meghalaya
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	Williamson A. Sangma
Formation	2 April 1970 (54 years ago) (1970-04-02)
Deputy	DCM
Salary	₹1.09 lakh (gross) per month[2]

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.

List

No[a]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office[3]		Days in office	Assembly (election)	Party[b]
1		Williamson A. Sangma	Baghmara	2 April 1970	18 March 1972	7 years, 335 days	Interim	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
				18 March 1972	21 November 1976		1st (1972 election)
				22 November 1976	3 March 1978			Indian National Congress
2		Darwin Diengdoh Pugh	Mawkhar	10 March 1978	6 May 1979	1 year, 57 days	2nd (1978 election)	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
3		B. B. Lyngdoh	Lyngkyrdem	7 May 1979	7 May 1981	2 years, 0 days
(1)		Williamson A. Sangma	Baghmara	7 May 1981	24 February 1983	1 year, 293 days		Indian National Congress
(3)		B. B. Lyngdoh	Lyngkyrdem	2 March 1983	31 March 1983	29 days	3rd (1983 election)	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
(1)		Williamson A. Sangma	Baghmara	2 April 1983	5 February 1988	4 years, 309 days		Indian National Congress
4		P. A. Sangma	Tura	6 February 1988	25 March 1990	2 years, 47 days	4th (1988 election)
(3)		B. B. Lyngdoh	Lyngkyrdem	26 March 1990	10 October 1991	1 year, 198 days		Hill People's Union
–		Vacant[c] (President's rule)	N/A	11 October 1991	5 February 1992	117 days		N/A
5		D. D. Lapang	Nongpoh	5 February 1992	19 February 1993	1 year, 14 days		Indian National Congress
6		S. C. Marak	Resubelpara	19 February 1993	27 February 1998	5 years, 19 days	5th (1993 election)
				27 February 1998	10 March 1998		6th (1998 election)
(3)		B. B. Lyngdoh	Lyngkyrdem	10 March 1998	8 March 2000	1 year, 364 days		United Democratic Party
7		E. K. Mawlong	Umroi	8 March 2000	8 December 2001	1 year, 275 days
8		Flinder Anderson Khonglam	Sohra	8 December 2001	4 March 2003	1 year, 86 days		Independent
(5)		D. D. Lapang	Nongpoh	4 March 2003	15 June 2006	3 years, 103 days	7th (2003 election)	Indian National Congress
9		J. Dringbell Rymbai	Jirang	15 June 2006	10 March 2007	268 days
(5)		D. D. Lapang	Nongpoh	10 March 2007	4 March 2008	1 year, 9 days
				4 March 2008	19 March 2008		8th (2008 election)
10		Donkupar Roy	Shella	19 March 2008	19 March 2009	1 year, 0 days		United Democratic Party
–		Vacant[c] (President's rule)	N/A	19 March 2009	12 May 2009	54 days		N/A
(5)		D. D. Lapang	Nongpoh	13 May 2009	19 April 2010	341 days		Indian National Congress
11		Mukul Sangma	Ampati	20 April 2010	5 March 2013	7 years, 320 days
				5 March 2013	6 March 2018		9th (2013 election)
12		Conrad Sangma	South Tura	6 March 2018	7 March 2023	6 years, 263 days	10th (2018 election)	National People's Party
				7 March 2023	Incumbent		11th (2023 election)

See also

• Government of Meghalaya
• Chief Ministers of India

Notes

Footnotes

1. A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
2. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
3. 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.^[4]

References

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 Meghalaya as well.
2. "Meghalaya Assembly Passes Bill to Double MLAs' Salaries". The Northeast Today. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
3. "NAME OF THE GOVERNORS/CHIEF MINISTER AND CHAIN OF EVENTS IN MEGHALAYA". Archived from the original on 9 January 2009.
4. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

External links

• Meghalaya Legislative Assembly