Pema Khandu

Pema Khandu
Khandu in 2016
9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Assumed office
17 July 2016
GovernorJyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
Tathagata Roy
V. Shanmuganathan
Padmanabha Acharya
B. D. Mishra
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
DeputyChowna Mein
Preceded byNabam Tuki
Member of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2011
Preceded byDorjee Khandu
ConstituencyMukto
Leader of the House in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
17 July 2016
DeputyChowna Mein
Preceded byNabam Tuki
Personal details
Born (1979-08-21) 21 August 1979 (age 45)
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (since 2016)[1]
Other political
affiliations
Children4 (2 sons and 2 daughter)
RelativesDorjee Khandu (father)
Tsering Tashi (brother)
Residence(s)Tawang and Itanagar
Alma materHindu College, University of Delhi
Source: [[2]]

Pema Khandu (born 21 August 1979) is an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu. Since assuming the office of the Chief Minister in July 2016, he and his government have twice changed their party affiliation; in September from the Indian National Congress to the Peoples Party of Arunachal,[3] and then in December 2016 to the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] Previously he had served as Minister of Tourism, Urban Development and Water Resources in Nabam Tuki's government.[2]

  1. ^ Shankar Bora, Bijay (31 December 2016). "Arunachal CM Pema Khandu joins BJP, ends political crisis". The Tribune. Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki: Cabinet Minister Profile". Arunachalpradeshcm.in. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Times of India" 16/9/16
  4. ^ Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (31 December 2016). "Arunachal gets full-fledged BJP govt as Pema Khandu, 32 others join saffron party". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 April 2021.