Shürhozelie Liezietsu

Shürhozelie Liezietsu (born 20 November 1936) is an Indian politician from Nagaland. He was the 11th Chief Minister of Nagaland. He also served as the president of Naga People's Front.

Early life Shürhozelie was born on 20 November 1936 in Kohima Village to an Angami Naga family. He did his initial schooling in Mission Public School, Kohima and completed his matriculation from Kohima Government High School in 1956. He completed his graduation from St. Edmund's College, Shillong. He started his career as a clerk in state secretariat before switching to teaching.

He also has an interest in gardening apart from writing and politics. He was also the president of Ura Academy, the state's highest literary body and was conferred an honorary D.Litt. by the Nagaland University in 2003.

He retained his constituency in the 2008 election, He is one of the most decorated educationists in Angami language literature and has authored more than 40 books on poetry, novels, history, drama, translations and several of his books are part of the syllabus at Nagaland University.