Bharatiya Janata Party

28-Koridang Assembly Constituency

Date of Birth: 15.06.1950

Place of Birth: Mangmetong Village

Father’s Name:Late Shri T. Longri Imchen

Mothers Name: Late Smt. Resenyula

Marital Status: Married

Spouse’s Name: Smt. Alila

Children: 3 Sons 2 Daughters

Educational Qualifications: M.Α

Tribe: Ao, Naga

District: Mokokchung

Permanent Address: Mongsenbai Ward, Mokokchung

Present Address: New Ministers’ Hill, Kohima

Contact: 9436000070

STUDENTS/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES:

1979-1981: Vice-President, Ao Students’ Conference

1981-1983: President, Ao Students’ Conference

1983-1985: General Secretary, Naga Students’ Federation (NSF)

1981-1982: Chainman, Action Committee PGSU, NEHU, Shillong

1987-1990: Vice President, Ongpangkong Range

1990-1993: President, Ongpangkong Range Council

1992-1995: Vice President, Ao Senden (Ao Hoho)

1995-1998: President, Ao Senden (Ao Hoho)

POLITICAL CAREER:

1989: General Secretary, Indian National Congress, DCC-1 Mokokchung

1989-1997: President, Indian National Congress, DCCI-I Mokokchung

1998-2003: Vice President, NPCC.

March 2003: Elected to the 10th Nagaland Legislative Assembly as an Independent Candidate

2003-2004: Minister, Rural Development Department

2004-2005: Minister, Power Department

2005-2008: Minister, School Education & SCERT, Technical Education, Science & Technology

March 2008: Re-elected to the 11th Nagaland Legislative Assembly from the Naga People’s Front Party (NPF) (2nd term)

2008-2013: Minister, Home Department

March 2013: Re-elected to the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (3 term)

2013-2014: Minister, Health & Family Welfare

Feb. 2017-July 2017: Minister, Forest Environment and Climate Change

2017-2018: Minister, Health & Family Welfare, Election and Parliamentary Affairs

March 2018: Re-elected to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (4th term)

March 2023: Re-elected to the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (5th term)

March 2023 onwards: Advisor, Information & Public Relations and Soil & Water Conservation

INTERESTS:

Social Services and Reading Books

COUNTRIES VISITED: England, Bahrain and South Africa.