List of Chief Ministers of Manipur

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India has 28 states and 8 Union territories as of April 2021 in this country. Manipur is the Twenty-three largest state by area and the Twenty-four largest state by population in Indian country.

The Chief Minister of Manipur is the chief executive of the Indian state of Manipur which is appointed by a state’s governor. The chief minister is the leader of the state Legislative assembly. They would be the chief adviser to the nominal head of their respected state. All new principal announcements of policy are made by him on the floor of the house. The Chief Minister supervises and coordinates the policies of the several Ministers involved in the formulation and implementation of a policy and department. For the removal of ministers, the governor dependent on the chief minister because the governor can’t remove/dismiss ministers at his will. The Chief Minister has a free hand in preparing the list of his colleagues and also he may ask anyone of his colleagues to resign.

Manipur has one legislative house and chamber, the Manipur Legislative Assembly has 60 seats, headed by a speaker. Manipur state sends 2 members to the Lok Sabha and 1 member to the Rajya Sabha. The Chief Minister heads the executive, which is made up of the party or coalition elected with a majority in the legislature. Chief minister guide and control the activity of other ministers. The maximum term serves of chief minister is for five years and is subject to no term limits. The first chief minister formed was on 1 July 1963.

Sr No.	Name	Constituency	Tenure	Party
1.	Mairembam Koireng Singh	Thanga	1 July 1963 to 11 January 1967 (3 years 194 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	68 days	N/A
2.	Mairembam Koireng Singh (2nd Term)	Thanga	20 March 1967 to 4 October 1967 (198 days)	Indian National Congress
3.	Longjam Thambou Singh	MLC	13 October 1967 to 24 October 1967 (11 days)	Manipur United Front
	President rule	N/A	116 days	N/A
4.	Mairembam Koireng Singh (3rd Term)	Thanga	19 February 1968 to 16 October 1969 (1 year 239 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	2 years 157 days	N/A
5.	Mohammed Alimuddin	Lilong	23 March 1972 to 27 March 1973 (1 year 5 days)	Manipur Peoples Party
	President rule	N/A	340 days	N/A
6.	Mohammed Alimuddin (2nd Term)	Lilong	4 March 1974 to 9 July 1974 (127 days)	Manipur Peoples Party
7.	Yangmasho Shaiza	Ukhrul	10 July 1974 to 5 December 1974 (148 days)	Manipur Hills Union
8.	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh	Yaiskul	6 December 1974 to 15 May 1977 (2 years 160 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	43 days	N/A
9.	Yangmasho Shaiza (2nd Term)	Ukhrul	29 June 1977 to 13 November 1979 (2 years 137 days)	Janata Party
	President rule	N/A	60 days	N/A
10.	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh (2nd Term)	Yaiskul	14 January 1980 to 26 November 1980 (317 days)	Indian National Congress
11.	Rishang Keishing	Phungyar	27 November 1980 to 27 February 1981 (92 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	110 days	N/A
12.	Rishang Keishing (2nd Term)	Phungyar	19 June 1981 to 3 March 1988 (6 years 258 days)	Indian National Congress (I)
13.	Raj Kumar Jaichandra Singh	Sagolband	4 March 1988 to 22 February 1990 (1 year 355 days)	Indian National Congress (I)
14.	Raj Kumar Ranbir Singh	Keishamthong	23 February 1990 to 6 January 1992 (1 year 317 days)	Manipur Peoples Party
	President rule	N/A	91 days	N/A
15.	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh (3rd Term)	Yaiskul	8 April 1992 to 10 April 1993 (1 year 2 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	347 days	N/A
16.	Rishang Keishing (3rd Term)	Phungyar	14 December 1994 to 15 December 1997 (3 years 1 day)	Indian National Congress
17.	Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh	Wangoi	16 December 1997 to 14 February 2001 (3 years 60 days)	Manipur State Congress Party
18.	Radhabinod Koijam	Thangmeiband	15 February 2001 to 1 June 2001 (106 days)	Samata Party
	President rule	N/A	277 days	N/A
19.	Okram Ibobi Singh	Thoubal	7 March 2002 to 14 March 2017 (15 years 11 days)	Indian National Congress
20.	Nongthombam Biren Singh	Heingang	15 March 2017 to present	Bharatiya Janata party

⦿Did you know?

1.Twelve people have served as Chief Minister of Manipur since 1963.

2.Nongthombam Biren Singh is an Indian politician and former footballer and journalist. He is the current Chief Minister of Manipur.

3.The CBI registered a case on November 20, 2019, against Okram Ibobi Singh under the Prevent of Money Laundering Act.

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