Chief minister ofMeghalaya
Incumbent Conrad Sangma since 6 March 2018
Style	The Honourable(Formal) Mr. Chief Minister(Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Meghalaya Legislative Assembly and Meghalaya Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Meghalaya
Appointer	Governor of Meghalaya
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to noterm limits.[1]
Inaugural holder	Williamson A. Sangma
Formation	2 April 1970 (55 years ago) (1970-04-02)
Deputy	DCM
Salary	₹1.09 lakh (gross) per month[2]

Thechief minister of Meghalaya is thechief executive of theIndian state ofMeghalaya. As per theConstitution of India, thegovernor is a state'sde jure head, butde facto executive authority rests with thechief minister. Following elections to theMeghalaya Legislative Assembly, thestate's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form thegovernment. The governor appoints the chief minister, whosecouncil of ministers iscollectively 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 noterm limits.^[1] Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.^[3]

Since 1970, twelve people have served as chief minister of Meghalaya. Six of these belonged to theIndian National Congress, including the inaugural officeholderWilliamson A. Sangma. The current incumbent isConrad Sangma of theNational People's Party since 6 March 2018.

The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the chief minister of state:

I, <Name of Chief Minister>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of () and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.

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

#	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Election	Term of office[4]			Political party	Ministry
					From	To	Period
1			Williamson A. Sangma (1919–1990) MLA forBaghmara	– (Interim)	2 April 1970	20 January 1972	1 year, 293 days	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Williamson I

#	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Election	Term of office[4]			Political party	Ministry
					From	To	Period
(1)			Williamson A. Sangma (1919–1990) MLA forBaghmara	– (Interim)	21 January 1972	3 March 1978	6 years, 41 days	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Williamson I
				1972 (1st)					Williamson II
								Indian National Congress
2			Darwin Diengdoh Pugh (1927–2008) MLA forMawkhar	1978 (2nd)	10 March 1978	6 May 1979	1 year, 57 days	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Pugh
3			B. B. Lyngdoh (1922–2003) MLA forLyngkyrdem		7 May 1979	7 May 1981	2 years, 0 days		Lyngdoh I
(1)			Williamson A. Sangma (1919–1990) MLA forBaghmara		7 May 1981[§]	2 March 1983	1 year, 299 days	Indian National Congress	Williamson III
(3)			B. B. Lyngdoh (1922–2003) MLA forLyngkyrdem	1983 (3rd)	2 March 1983[§]	1 April 1983	30 days	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Lyngdoh II
(1)			Williamson A. Sangma (1919–1990) MLA forBaghmara		2 April 1983[§]	5 February 1988	4 years, 309 days	Indian National Congress	Williamson IV
4			Purno Agitok Sangma (1947–2016) MLA forTura	1988 (4th)	6 February 1988	25 March 1990	2 years, 47 days		Purno
(3)			B. B. Lyngdoh (1922–2003) MLA forLyngkyrdem		26 March 1990[§]	10 October 1991	1 year, 198 days	Hill People's Union	Lyngdoh III
Position vacant (11 October 1991 – 5 February 1992) President's rule was imposed during this period[a]
5			D. D. Lapang (1934-2025) MLA forNongpoh	– (4th)	5 February 1992	19 February 1993	1 year, 14 days	Indian National Congress	Lapang I
6			S. C. Marak (1941–2024) MLA forResubelpara	1993 (5th)	19 February 1993	10 March 1998	5 years, 19 days		Marak I
				1998 (6th)					Marak II
(3)			B. B. Lyngdoh (1922–2003) MLA forLyngkyrdem		10 March 1998[§]	8 March 2000	1 year, 364 days	United Democratic Party	Lyngdoh IV
7			E. K. Mawlong (1946–2008) MLA forUmroi		8 March 2000	8 December 2001	1 year, 275 days		Mawlong
8			Flinder Anderson Khonglam (1945–2012) MLA forSohra		8 December 2001	4 March 2003	1 year, 86 days	Independent	Khonglam
(5)			D. D. Lapang (1934-2025) MLA forNongpoh	2003 (7th)	4 March 2003[§]	15 June 2006	3 years, 103 days	Indian National Congress	Lapang II
9			J. Dringwell Rymbai (1934–2022) MLA forJirang		15 June 2006	10 March 2007	268 days		Rymbai
(5)			D. D. Lapang (1934-2025) MLA forNongpoh		10 March 2007[§]	19 March 2008	1 year, 9 days		Lapang III
				2008 (8th)					Lapang IV
10			Donkupar Roy (1954–2019) MLA forShella		19 March 2008	19 March 2009	1 year, 0 days	United Democratic Party	Roy
Position vacant (19 March – 12 May 2009) President's rule was imposed during this period[a]
(5)			D. D. Lapang (1934-2025) MLA forNongpoh	– (8th)	13 May 2009[§]	19 April 2010	341 days	Indian National Congress	Lapang V
11			Mukul Sangma (born 1965) MLA forAmpati		20 April 2010	6 March 2018	7 years, 320 days		Mukul I
				2013 (9th)					Mukul II
12			Conrad Sangma (born 1978) MLA forSouth Tura	2018 (10th)	6 March 2018	Incumbent	7 years, 348 days	National People's Party	Conrad I
				2023 (11th)					Conrad II

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• Chief Ministers of India

Footnotes

References

• Meghalaya Legislative Assembly

• Chief ministers of Meghalaya
• Lists of chief ministers of Indian states
• Meghalaya-related lists

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• Use dmy dates from February 2021