Fourth Rio ministry

This is a list of minister from the Neiphiu Rio fourth cabinet starting from December 2013. Rio is the leader of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party and was sworn in to the Chief Ministers of Nagaland on 8 March 2018. The ministry had 12 Cabinet ministers including the Chief Minister. The following is the list of ministers of his ministry.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Fourth Rio ministry
Ministry of Nagaland
Neiphiu Rio, the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Nagaland
Date formed	March 2018
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor Padmanabha Acharya (till 31 July 2019) R. N. Ravi (1 August 2019 – 9 September 2021) Prof Jagdish Mukhi (Governor of Assam) ( Additional Charge of Nagaland 17 September 2021 – 13 February 2023)
Head of government	Neiphiu Rio
No. of ministers	12
Member parties	NDPP BJP
Status in legislature	Coalition
History
Election	2018
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	T. R. Zeliang ministry
Successor	Fifth Rio ministry

In the current government, five incumbents including the Chief Minister belong to the NDPP, while six including the Deputy Chief Minister belong to the BJP. One Minister is an Independent MLA.

Council of Ministers

SI No.	Cabinet Ministers	Constituency	Department	Party
1.	Neiphiu Rio Chief Minister	Northern Angami-I	Finance. Administrative and Personnel Reforms. Policy issues. Other departments not allocated to a Minister.		NDPP
2.	Yanthungo Patton Deputy Chief Minister	Tyüi	Home. Road and Bridges.		BJP
3.	Pangyu Phom	Longleng	Health and Family welfare.		BJP
4.	P. Paiwang Konyak	Tizit	Transport. Civil Aviation & Railways. Land resources.		BJP
5.	Jacob Zhimomi	Ghaspani-1	Public health engineering.		BJP
6.	Kashiho Sangtham	Seyochung Sitimi	Soil & Water conservation. Women & Child development.		BJP
7.	Temjen Imma Along	Alongtaki	Higher education. Technical education.		BJP
8.	Neiba Kronu	Pfütsero	Planning & Co-ordination. Land revenue.		NDPP
9.	Metsübo Jamir	Mokokchung Town	Rural Development		NDPP
10.	G. Kaito Aye	Satakha	Agriculture. Cooperative.		NDPP
11.	Y. M. Yolow	Wakching	• Forest and Environment		NDPP
12.	Tongpang Ozüküm	Angetyongpang	Housing. Mechanical.		Independent

Former Ministers

SI No.	Cabinet Ministers	Constituency	Department	Party		Term	Reason
1.	C. M. Chang	Noksen	Parliamentary Affairs. Forest. Environment. Climate change.	NDPP		March 2018 – October 2020	Death

See also

• Government of Nagaland
• Nagaland Legislative Assembly

References

1. Ghose, Dipankar (9 March 2018). "Nagaland: Neiphiu Rio takes CM oath, cabinet moves to rename Indira stadium". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
2. "All About Neiphiu Rio, Nagaland's Chief Minister For Fourth Term". NDTV. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
3. "Neiphiu Rio takes oath as Nagaland CM". Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
4. Senior politician Neiphiu Rio back as Nagaland CM
5. Neiphiu Rio, a man born to rule