Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

The chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh is chief executive of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Arunachal Pradesh is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the 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.^[2] Pema Khandu of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the current incumbent.

Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Emblem of Arunachal Pradesh
Incumbent Pema Khandu since 17 July 2016[1]
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly & Arunachal Pradesh Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Appointer	Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]
Inaugural holder	Prem Khandu Thungan
Formation	13 August 1975 (50 years ago) (1975-08-13)
Deputy	Chowna Mein, Deputy Chief Minister
Website	www.arunachalpradeshcm.in

List

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh (1975–1987)

#	Portrait	Name (born – died) Constituency)	Election	Tenure in office			Party		Ministry
				From	To	Time in office
1		Prem Khandu Thungan (born 1946) MLA for Dirang Kalaktang	–	13 August 1975	18 September 1979	4 years, 36 days		Janata Party	Thungan I
			1978 (1st)						Thungan II
2		Tomo Riba (1934–2000) MLA for Basar		18 September 1979	3 November 1979	46 days		People's Party of Arunachal	Riba
Position vacant (3 November 1979 – 18 January 1980) President's rule was imposed during this period[a]
3		Gegong Apang (born 1947) MLA for Tuting–Yingkiong	1980 (2nd)	18 January 1980	19 February 1987	7 years, 32 days		Indian National Congress	Apang I
			1984 (3rd)						Apang II

Arunachal Pradesh state (1987–present)

#	Portrait	Name (born – died) Constituency)	Election	Tenure in office			Party		Ministry
				From	To	Time in office
(3)		Gegong Apang (born 1947) MLA for Tuting–Yingkiong	1984 (3rd)	19 February 1987	19 January 1999	11 years, 334 days		Indian National Congress	Apang II
			1990 (4th)						Apang III
			1995 (5th)					Arunachal Congress	Apang IV
4		Mukut Mithi (born 1952) MLA for Roing	1999 (6th)	19 January 1999	3 August 2003	4 years, 196 days		Indian National Congress	Mithi
(3)		Gegong Apang (born 1947) MLA for Tuting–Yingkiong		3 August 2003	9 April 2007	3 years, 249 days		United Democratic Front	Apang V
								Bharatiya Janata Party
			2004 (7th)					Indian National Congress	Apang VI
5		Dorjee Khandu (1955–2011) MLA for Mukto		9 April 2007	30 April 2011	4 years, 21 days			Dorjee Khandu I
			2009 (8th)						Dorjee Khandu II
6		Jarbom Gamlin (1961–2014) MLA for Liromoba		5 May 2011	1 November 2011	180 days			Gamlin
7		Nabam Tuki (born 1964) MLA for Sagalee		1 November 2011	26 January 2016	4 years, 86 days			Tuki I
			2014 (9th)						Tuki II
Position vacant (26 January 2016 – 19 February 2016) President's rule was imposed during this period[a]
8		Kalikho Pul (1969–2016) MLA for Hayuliang	– (9th)	19 February 2016	13 July 2016	145 days		People's Party of Arunachal	Pul
(7)		Nabam Tuki (born 1964) MLA for Sagalee		13 July 2016	17 July 2016	4 days		Indian National Congress	–
8		Pema Khandu (born 1979) MLA for Mukto		17 July 2016	Incumbent	9 years, 42 days			Pema Khandu I
								People's Party of Arunachal	Pema Khandu II
								Bharatiya Janata Party	Pema Khandu III
			2019 (10th)						Pema Khandu IV
			2024 (11th)						Pema Khandu V

Statistics

List by chief minister

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Gegong Apang		INC/AC/UDF/BJP	19 years, 1 day	22 years, 250 days
2	Pema Khandu		BJP/INC/PPA	9 years, 42 days	9 years, 42 days
3	Mukut Mithi		AC(M)	4 years, 196 days	4 years, 196 days
4	Nabam Tuki		INC	4 years, 86 days	4 years, 90 days
5	Prem Khandu Thungan		JP	4 years, 36 days	4 years, 36 days
6	Dorjee Khandu		INC	4 years, 21 days	4 years, 21 days
7	Jarbom Gamlin		INC	180 days	180 days
8	Kalikho Pul		PPA	145 days	145 days
9	Tomo Riba		PPA	45 days	45 days

Timeline

Notes

1. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[3]