Lalthanhawla

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Lalthanhawla , or Lal Thanhawla (born May 19, 1942 in Aizawl , then British India , now Mizoram , India ) is an Indian politician. From 1989 to 1998 and from December 11, 2008 to December 14, 2018 he was Chief Minister of the Indian state of Mizoram and was both replaced by Zoramthanga from the Mizo National Front.

biography

Lalthanhawla was born during the time of British India in the then princely state of Mizoram as the son of Hmartawnphunga Sailo and Lalsawmliani Chawngthu. His family belongs to the Christian religious community .

After attending school, he studied and earned a BA from Pachhunga University College in 1964 . For a short time he worked as an employee of the Assam Cooperative Apex Bank before he joined the revolutionary underground organization Mizo National Front (MNF) in 1966, at the age of 24, which sought extensive autonomy or independence from Mizoram and the supposed "foreign rule of India “Fought. However, he was arrested and spent a year in prison in Silchar ( Assam ) in 1966/67 . After the release, Lalthanhawla changed his political direction and joined the Congress Party . In 1973 he was elected local Congress Party President in Mizoram, an office he still holds today. He was one of the pioneers who built the party organization of the Congress Party in Mizoram.

The domestic political situation in Mizoram calmed down after the country was separated from the state of Assam in 1973 and gained the status of a Union Territory . 1987, after a CPA (Mizoram Peace Accord) , Mizoram received the status of the State of and MNF transformed into a regular party.

Lalthanhawla won a parliamentary mandate for the first time in the election to parliament of Mizoram in 1978, and was able to maintain this in almost all elections since then (with the exception of 1998) in various constituencies. The 1984 election was won by the Congress Party with 39.8% of the vote and then Lalthanhawla was Chief Minister from May 5, 1984 to August 20, 1986. The next election in 1987 in the new state was won by the MNF. However, the subsequent MNF government did not last long. In the new elections in 1989, the Congress Party again won a majority of the seats, Lalthanhawla became Chief Minister for the second time and served until 1993. His third term as Chief Minister lasted from 1993 to 1998 at the head of a coalition government made up of the Congress Party and Janata Dal . After a ten-year hiatus with an MNF government under Zoramthanga , the Congress Party won the 2008 election and Lalthanhawla was Chief Minister from 2008 to 2013. The 2013 election was also won by the Congress Party, which received 34 of 40 seats with 44.6% of the vote. On December 9, 2013, he was elected Chief Minister for the fifth time.

In an interview in Singapore in 2009 , Lalthanhawla complained that he was a “victim of racism” in India. In India he would be asked if he was really Indian. In South India he was asked if he was from Nepal . These people would forget that India was made up of three races, the Aryans , the Dravids and "we in the northeast ". Back in India, Lalthanhawla denied having used the term "racism".

Since December 15, 2018, Zoramthanga has been Chief Minister of Mizoram again.

Personal

Lalthanhawla is married and has a son and two daughters with his wife Lal Riliani.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sushanta Talukdar: Lal Thanhawla sworn in as Mizoram Chief Minister. The Hindu, December 14, 2013, accessed August 26, 2016 .
  2. ↑ About Government-> Chief Minister: PU LALTHANHAWLA (December 11, 2008 -). Government of Mizoram, accessed August 26, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c IANS: Lal Thanhawla becomes Mizoram CM for record fifth time. (No longer available online.) The Economic Times, December 9, 2013, archived from the original on August 26, 2016 ; accessed on August 26, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / economictimes.indiatimes.com
  4. ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed on August 26, 2016 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).
  5. ^ Mizoram Chief Minister Pu Lalthanhawla Claims He is a Victim of Racism in India. NDTV 24x7, accessed on August 26, 2016 (English, YouTube video).
  6. ↑ Mizoram CM denies he's victim of racism. Times Now, August 2, 2009, accessed August 26, 2016 (English, YouTube video).
personal data
SURNAME Lalthanhawla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lal Thanhawla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Aizawl , then British India , today Mizoram , India