🏛️ Fifth Neiphiu Rio Ministry (NDPP / BJP Coalition)
Nagaland Ministers List 2024
Official Council of Ministers in Nagaland headed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Deputy Chief Ministers T. R. Zeliang and Yanthungo Patton. Explore all 12 cabinet ministers, portfolios, department responsibilities, and constituencies with direct profile links.
12
Cabinet Ministers
1 CM + 2 Deputy CMs + 9 Ministers
2 Parties
Party Composition
NDPP (7) · BJP (5)
1
Women Ministers
Women Resource Dev, Horticulture
60 Seats
Nagaland Assembly
Max Permissible Cabinet: 12
Chief Minister
NDPP
Neiphiu Rio
Portfolios: Finance, Personnel & Administrative Reforms, General Administration, and all unallocated departments.
Leading Nagaland’s Indo-Naga political peace dialogue, Hornbill Festival global cultural tourism, and Eastern Nagaland ENPO development.
Managing state development planning, multi-lane national highway corridors linking Kohima & Dimapur to interior districts.
Directing internal peace, police modernizations, and inter-state border settlement coordination.
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| # | Minister & Designation | Constituency | Party | Portfolios & Responsibilities |
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| 1 |
Neiphiu Rio
Chief Minister
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📍 Northern Angami II | NDPP |
Finance, Personnel & Administrative Reforms, General Administration, and unallocated departments
Executive leadership, Indo-Naga peace resolution, state fiscal planning, and Hornbill festival.
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| 2 |
T. R. Zeliang
Deputy Chief Minister
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📍 Peren | NDPP |
Planning & Transformation, National Highway
National highway corridors connectivity, district planning targets, and economic transformation.
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| 3 |
Yanthungo Patton
Deputy Chief Minister
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📍 Tyui | BJP |
Home, Border Affairs
Law and order enforcement, police battalion modernizations, and inter-state border peace.
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| 4 |
G. Kaito Aye
Cabinet Minister
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📍 Satakha | NDPP |
Roads & Bridges
State road networks maintenance, district bridge constructions, and rural blacktopping.
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| 5 |
Jacob Zhimomi
Cabinet Minister
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📍 Ghaspani-I | BJP |
Public Health Engineering, Co-operation
Jal Jeevan Mission tap water coverage across hill villages and cooperative society credits.
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| 6 |
K. G. Kenye
Cabinet Minister
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📍 Chizami | NDPP |
Power, Parliamentary Affairs
Rural power transmission lines, hydel project exploration, and legislative floor coordination.
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| 7 |
P. Paiwang Konyak
Cabinet Minister
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📍 Tizit | BJP |
Health and Family Welfare
Establishment of Kohima Medical College and district hospital tele-clinics across Eastern Nagaland.
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| 8 |
Metsubo Jamir
Cabinet Minister
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📍 Mokokchung Town | NDPP |
Rural Development, State Institute of Rural Development
Village development board (VDB) autonomy, rural community halls, and self-help group training.
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| 9 |
Temjen Imna Along
Cabinet Minister
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📍 Alongtaki | BJP |
Tourism, Higher Education
International cultural tourism promotion, collegiate education quality, and youth skilling.
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| 10 |
C. L. John
Cabinet Minister
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📍 Tehok | NDPP |
Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Village Guards
Community forest conservation reserves and border Village Guard force welfare.
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| 11 |
Salhoutuonuo Kruse
Cabinet Minister
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📍 Western Angami | NDPP |
Women Resource Development, Horticulture
Women self-help group enterprise grants and high-value kiwi, dragon fruit, and organic vegetable farming.
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| 12 |
P. Bashangmongba Chang
Cabinet Minister
|
📍 Tuensang Sadar-I | BJP |
Housing, Mechanical Engineering
Government housing quarters modernizations and heavy machinery deployment for hill road slips.
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📋 Key Department Portfolios & Flagship Priorities
🎉 Hornbill Festival & Cultural Tourism
Positioning Kisama Heritage Village as the international festival capital, bringing global travelers and economic boom to local tribes.
👩 Historic Female Representation in Cabinet
Swearing in Salhoutuonuo Kruse as the first female cabinet minister in Nagaland’s 60-year statehood history.
🛣️ Trans-Nagaland Highway Grid
Constructing the four-lane Dimapur-Kohima economic corridor and expanding all-weather connectivity into eastern border areas.