List of chief ministers of Manipur
Head of the Government of Manipur
The chief minister of Manipur is the chief executive of the Indian state of Manipur . As per the Constitution of India , the governor is a state's de jure de facto chief minister . Following elections to the Manipur 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 are 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]
Since 1963, twelve people have served as chief minister of Manipur. Five of these belonged to the Indian National Congress , including the inaugural officeholder Mairembam Koireng Singh . The current incumbent Nongthombam Biren Singh is the first chief minister belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party .
List
No[ a]
Portrait
Name
Constituency
Term of office
Assembly
(election )
Party[ b]
0
Maharajkumar Priyobarta Singh
N/A
1948
1949
N/A
N/A
1
Mairembam Koireng Singh
Thanga
1 July 1963
11 January 1967
Interim
Indian National Congress
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
12 January 1967
19 March 1967
N/A
(1)
Mairembam Koireng Singh
Thanga
20 March 1967
4 October 1967
1st
(1967 )
Indian National Congress
2
Longjam Thambou Singh
Keishamthong
13 October 1967
24 October 1967
Manipur United Front
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
25 October 1967
18 February 1968
N/A
(1)
Mairembam Koireng Singh
Thanga
19 February 1968
16 October 1969
(5 years, 266 days)
Indian National Congress
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
17 October 1969
22 March 1972
N/A
3
Mohammed Alimuddin
Lilong
23 March 1972
27 March 1973
2nd
(1972 )
Manipur Peoples Party
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
28 March 1973
3 March 1974
N/A
(3)
Mohammed Alimuddin
Lilong
4 March 1974
9 July 1974
(1 year, 131 days)
3rd
(1974 )
Manipur Peoples Party
4
Yangmaso Shaiza
Ukhrul
10 July 1974
5 December 1974
Manipur Hills Union
5
Rajkumar Dorendra Singh
Yaiskul
6 December 1974
15 May 1977
Indian National Congress
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
16 May 1977
28 June 1977
N/A
(4)
Yangmaso Shaiza
Ukhrul
29 June 1977
13 November 1979
(2 years, 285 days)
Janata Party
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
14 November 1979
13 January 1980
N/A
(5)
Rajkumar Dorendra Singh
Yaiskul
14 January 1980
26 November 1980
4th
(1980 )
Indian National Congress
6
Rishang Keishing
Phungyar
27 November 1980
27 February 1981
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
28 February 1981
18 June 1981
N/A
(6)
Rishang Keishing
Phungyar
19 June 1981
3 March 1988
Indian National Congress
5th
(1984 )
7
Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh
Sagolband
4 March 1988
22 February 1990
8
Rajkumar Ranbir Singh
Keishamthong
23 February 1990
6 January 1992
6th
(1990 )
Manipur Peoples Party
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
7 January 1992
7 April 1992
N/A
(5)
Rajkumar Dorendra Singh
Yaiskul
8 April 1992
10 April 1993
(4 years, 114 days)
Indian National Congress
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
31 December 1993
13 December 1994
N/A
(6)
Rishang Keishing
Phungyar
14 December 1994
15 December 1997
(9 years, 351 days)
Indian National Congress
7th
(1995 )
9
Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh
Wangoi
16 December 1997
14 February 2001
8th
(2000 )
Manipur State Congress Party
10
Radhabinod Koijam
Thangmeiband
15 February 2001
1 June 2001
Samata Party
–
Vacant [ c] President's rule )
N/A
2 June 2001
6 March 2002
N/A
11
Okram Ibobi Singh
Khangabok
7 March 2002
1 March 2007
9th
(2002 )
Indian National Congress
Thoubal
2 March 2007
5 March 2012
10th
(2007 )
6 March 2012
14 March 2017
11th
(2012 )
12
N. Biren Singh
Heignang
15 March 2017
21 March 2022
12th
(2017 )
Bharatiya Janata Party
21 March 2022
Incumbent
13th(2022 )
Statistics
#
Chief Minister
Party
Term of office
Longest continuous term
Total duration of chief ministership
1
Okram Ibobi Singh
INC
15 years, 11 days
15 years, 11 days
2
Rishang Keishing
INC
6 years, 258 days
9 years, 351 days
3
N. Biren Singh
BJP *
4
Mairembam Koireng Singh
INC
3 years, 194 days
5 years, 266 days
5
Rajkumar Dorendra Singh
INC
2 years, 160 days
4 years, 114 days
6
Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh
MSCP
3 years, 60 days
3 years, 60 days
7
Yangmaso Shaiza
MHU/JP
2 year, 137 days
2 year, 285 days
8
Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh
INC
1 year, 355 days
1 year, 355 days
9
Rajkumar Ranbir Singh
MPP
1 year, 317 days
1 year, 317 days
10
Mohammed Alimuddin
MPP
1 year, 4 days
1 year, 131 days
11
Maharajkumar Priyobarta Singh
N/A
1 year, 0 days
1 year, 0 days
12
Radhabinod Koijam
SAP
106 days
106 days
13
Longjam Thambou Singh
MUF
11 days
11 days
Timeline
Notes
Footnotes
^ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
^ 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.
^ a b c d e f g h i j 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.[ 2]
References
^ a b 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 Manipur as well.^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule ". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
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