Gegong Apang

Gegong Apang
Geong Apang in 2006 at Development Council
3rd Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
In office
4 August 2003 – 9 April 2007
Preceded byMukut Mithi
Succeeded byDorjee Khandu
In office
18 January 1980 – 19 January 1999
Preceded byTomo Riba
Succeeded byMukut Mithi
Personal details
Born (1949-07-08) 8 July 1949 (age 75)
Karko village (Upper Siang District)
Political partyArunachal Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (upto 1996, 2004 - 14), Arunachal Congress(1996 - 2003), Bharatiya Janata Party (2003 - 04, 2014 - 19) United Democratic Front (2003) Janata Dal (Secular) (2019-2024)
Spouse(s)Yadap Apang, late Dipti Apang

Gegong Apang (born 10 January 1947) is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh. He served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh from 18 January 1980 to 19 January 1999 and again from August 2003 to April 2007. He is a member of the Janata Dal (Secular) and was a member of the Indian National Congress before 2016. Apang is the Arunachal Pradesh's longest serving Chief Minister and also the fourth longest serving Chief Minister of an Indian state after Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim,[1][2] Jyoti Basu of West Bengal and Naveen Patnaik of Odisha.

  1. ^ "Sikkim's Chamling pips Jyoti Basu to become India's longest serving CM". The Economic Times. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Sikkim's Pawan Chamling pips Jyoti Basu as India's longest-serving chief minister - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 March 2019.