T. R. Zeliang

Taditui Rangkau Zeliang (born 21 February 1952) is an Indian politician who is 4th serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland under Neiphiu Rio alongside Yanthungo Patton. He has served twice as the Chief Minister of Nagaland, from May 2014 to February 2017 and from July 2017 to March 2018. A leader of the Naga People's Front, T. R. Zeliang previously served as a Member of Parliament, representing Nagaland in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He served as the Chairman of United Democratic Alliance (Nagaland) and was former leader of the NPF Legislature Party and former Leader of Opposition in Nagaland Legislative Assembly. He represents the Peren Assembly constituency in Nagaland Legislative Assembly since 2008.

Early life and education T. R. Zeliang was born to Rangleu Zeliang on 21 February 1952 to a Zeliang Naga family of Mbaupungwa village under Peren district.

Political career Zeliang contested the 1982 and 1987 Nagaland Assembly elections unsuccessfully from 6 Tening Assembly Constituency. He then won from Tening four times in a row, beginning with the elections of 1989 as a candidate of the Naga People's Council He formed Nagaland Congress in 2003 and later merged it into Naga People's Front (NPF).

Tenture as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Chief Minister of Nagaland T. R. Zeliang was the Chief Minister of Nagaland from May 2014 to February 2017 With 26 legislators in a House of 60, T.R. Zeliang was the legislature leader of the Naga Peoples' Front, the single largest Party in Nagaland. In 2022 T.R. Zeliang became the Chairman of United Democratic Alliance (Nagaland) in the opposition less Government of Nagaland.

Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland In 2023, he was sworn in as the deputy chief minister along with BJP's Yanthungo Patton.