PROFILE

DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER

Hon’ble Deputy CM

Shri. T.R. Zeliang

PERSONAL DETAILS

Father’s Name:

Lt.Rangleu

Date of Birth:

21 Feb 1952

Email id:

trzeliang@yahoo.com

Party name:

Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)

Constituency name:

Peren

State Name:

Nagaland

Children:

No Of Son(s) : 2

No Of Daughter(s) : 1

Local Address:

Old Minister’s Hill, Kohima

Permanent Address:

Mbaupungwa Village, Peren District

Highest Qualification:

B.A (appeared)

Other Qualification:

Shri T.R. Zeliang did his Marticulation from Don Bosco Dibrugarh, Assam 1975; B.A (appeared) from Kohima College, 1979.

OTHER DETAILS

Shri T.R. Zeliang is married to Smti. Kevizenuo and has 3(three) children, two sons and one daughter.

He was involved in various activities:

President Zeliangrong Students Union, Kohima, 1975-79; General Secretary, Zeliangrong action Committee, 1982-86; General Secretary, Zeliangrong Youth Organisation, 1982-85.

Joined active politics as:

President, District Youth Congress (I) 1976-78; contested to the 5^th Nagaland Legislative Assembly in 1982 from 6-Tening Assembly Constituency as an Independent Candidate but lost; re-contested to the 6^th Assembly in 1987 on NNDP ticket but lost; re-contested to the 7^th Assembly in 1989 as NPC Candidate and won and appointed Minister for Information & Public Relations, Tourism, Parliamentary Affairs; re-elected to the 8^th Assembly, 1993 on INC ticket and appointed as Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation; re-elected to the 9^th Assembly, 1998 on INC ticket and subsequently appointed Minister for Forest, Environment and Wildlife; re-elected to the 10^th Assembly, 2003 on INC ticket and appointed as Geology & Mining; defected to National Congress on 27^th June 2003 and later merged to NPF party on 30^th June, 2003; on being elected as Member of Rajya Sabha in 2004 he vacated his seat and held the post till 2008; re-elected to the 11^th Nagaland Legislative Assembly in 2008 from 7-Peren Assembly Constituency on NPF ticket and appointed as Minister for Planning & Co-ordination, Evaluation, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Parliamentary Affairs, Again elected to the 12^th Assembly held on 23^rd February 2013 and appointed as Minister for Planning & Co-ordination, Evaluation & Geology & Mining on 5^th March 2013. Appointed as Chief Minister on 24^th May 2014 but resigned on moral ground on 19th February 2017 due to breakdown in Law and Order on 33% Women Reservation issue in the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) however regained the Chief Minister seat on 19 July 2017 till 6^th March 2018. Re-elected to the 13^th Nagaland Legislative Assembly on NPF Party ticket election held on 27^th February 2018 and appointed Leader of Opposition (NPF Party).