Lalduhoma | |
|---|---|
 Lalduhoma in 2011 | |
| 6th Chief Minister of Mizoram | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2023 | |
| Governor | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
| Preceded by | Zoramthanga |
| Member of Mizoram Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Lal Thanhawla |
| Constituency | Serchhip |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| Constituency | Aizawl West 1 |
| In office 2003–2008 | |
| Constituency | Ratu |
| Member of Parliament for Mizoram | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | R. Rothuama |
| Succeeded by | C. Silvera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1949 Tualpui, Mizoram |
| Political party | Zoram People's Movement |
| Spouse | Liansailovi |
| Children | Three sons |
| Residence(s) | Aizawl, Mizoram |
Lalduhoma (alternatively spelled Lalduhawma;[1] born 22 February 1949)[2] is an Indian politician who serves as the 6th Chief Minister of Mizoram since 8 December 2023. Formerly an Indian Police Service officer, he resigned from the security service to the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and was elected as Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha from Mizoram and President of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (a branch of the Indian National Congress) in 1984. He however left the party from which he was elected two years later, for which he was disqualified from the Parliament. He became the first MP in India to be discharged based upon its anti-defection law.[3]
Lalduhoma is the founder and president of Zoram Nationalist Party, a regional political party in Mizoram. His party joined the coalition party Zoram People's Movement, and he was chosen as its first Chief Ministerial candidate in the 2018 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election.[4] He was elected from Aizawl West I and Serchhip constituencies, and chose to represent Serchhip since 2018.
While serving as leader of the legislature's opposition, he was disqualified as a Member of the Legislative Assembly on a charge of breaching the anti-defection law in 2020, becoming the first such case in India's state legislatures.[5] He was re-elected via the same Serchhip constituency in a by-election in 2021.[6] In the 2023 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, the ZPM was elected in a landslide, defeating the ruling MNF.
- ^ "Entire Northeast burning because of Citizenship Bill: Lalduhawma". The Indian Express. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Biodata of Shri Lalduhoma". mizoram.nic.in. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Parashar, Utpal (27 November 2020). "Ex IPS officer-in-charge of former PM Indira Gandhi's security disqualified as Independent MLA". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ ToMZ. "ZPM Chief Ministerial Candidate Pu Lalduhawman Zahthlak A Ti". TIMES OF MIZORAM. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Karmakar, Rahul (27 November 2020). "Mizoram Assembly Speaker disqualifies Zoram People's Movement MLA Lalduhoma". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ PTI (2 May 2021). "Mizoram's opposition party ZPM wins Serchip assembly bypoll". ThePrint. Retrieved 3 May 2021.