Lalrinpuii

Lalrinpuii (born 5 March 1962) is an Indian politician in the state of Mizoram. She is a member of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly from the Lunglei East constituency of Lunglei district. She is the first woman to become a minister of Mizoram with cabinet rank on 8 December 2024 when she took oath as the Minister for health, social welfare and tribal affairs, women and child development, and tourism portfolios.

Early life and education Lalrinpuii was born in Lunglei, Mizoram. She completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 2002 at a college affiliated with Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur. She married Sapthanga Khawlhring and together they have three children.

Career Before Lalrinpuii became a minister, Lalhlimpuii Hmar in 1987 and Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu in 2017 were her two predecessors who held the rank of ministers of state. She is one of the three woman MLAs elected in the 2024 Assembly election. In 2018, she contested as an independent candidate but lost to Lawmawma Tochhawng of the Mizo National Front, by a margin of 72 votes. In 2018, she polled 3,991 votes, against 4063 votes for Tochhawng. She was ahead of Congress candidate Joseph Lalhimpuia, who got 3,836 votes.