Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh
9 people have held the office, across 17 terms, from formation to today.
Every Chief Minister
Most recent first, with a short biography where one is available.
Pema Khandu
Incumbent17 Jul 2016 – present · 10 years, 1 month · 3 terms
Pema Khandu (born 21 August 1979) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 9th and current Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh since 2016, as well as serving as leader of the house in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is the son of former Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu. Since assuming the office of the Chief Minister in July 2016, he and his government have twice changed their party affiliation; in September 2016 from the Indian National Congress to the People's Party of Arunachal, and then in December 2016 to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Wikipedia →
Kalikho Pul
19 Feb 2016 – 13 Jul 2016 · 4 months
Kalikho Pul (20 July 1969 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh for a brief time in 2016. He was elected five times from the Hayuliang Vidhan Sabha constituency representing the Indian National Congress. With the support of a few elected members of Congress and the opposing Bharatiya Janata Party, he took Chief Ministership of Arunachal Pradesh. Wikipedia →
1 Nov 2011 – 17 Jul 2016 · 4 years, 2 months · 2 terms
Nabam Tuki (born 7 July 1964) is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He held this position twice between 2011 and 2016. His first term was from November 2011 to January 2016, while the second term merely lasted 3 days in July 2016. Wikipedia →
5 May 2011 – 1 Nov 2011 · 5 months
Jarbom Gamlin (16 April 1961 – 30 November 2014) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress political party in Arunachal Pradesh and briefly served as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. Wikipedia →
9 Apr 2007 – 30 Apr 2011 · 4 years
Dorjee Khandu (19 March 1955 – 30 April 2011) was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh from 2007 until his death in a helicopter crash in April 2011. Wikipedia →
19 Jan 1999 – 3 Aug 2003 · 4 years, 6 months
Mukut Mithi (born 1 January 1952) is an Indian politician and former Member of the Rajya Sabha. He is a former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He served as an MLA consecutively from 1983 until his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry in 2006. Wikipedia →
Gegong Apang
18 Jan 1980 – 9 Apr 2007 · 22 years, 8 months · 5 terms
Gegong Apang (born 10 January 1947) is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh. He served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh from January 1980 to January 1999 and again from 4 August 2003 to 9 April 2007. He is a member of the Janata Dal (Secular) and was a member of the Indian National Congress before 2016. Wikipedia →
Tomo Riba
18 Sep 1979 – 3 Nov 1979 · 1 month
Tomo Riba (July 1934, Arunachal Pradesh, India – 2000) was an Indian politician. He was the President of the Peoples Party of Arunachal and was the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh from September 1979 to November 1979. He was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Arunachal West constituency of Arunachal Pradesh in 1996. Wikipedia →
13 Aug 1975 – 18 Sep 1979 · 4 years, 1 month · 2 terms
Prem Khandu Thungon (born 5 June 1946) is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh. He was the first chief minister subsequent to the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency becoming a union territory in 1972, and the first assembly elections held in 1978. As of 2023, he remains the youngest chief minister of the state. Wikipedia →
Full timeline
Every term and every President's or Governor's Rule interval, most recent first.
| 31 Dec 2016 – present | Pema Khandu | BJP | 9 years, 8 months |
| 16 Sep 2016 – 31 Dec 2016 | Pema Khandu | PPA | 3 months |
| 17 Jul 2016 – 16 Sep 2016 | Pema Khandu | BJP | 1 month |
| 13 Jul 2016 – 17 Jul 2016 | Nabam Tuki | INC | 4 days |
| 19 Feb 2016 – 13 Jul 2016 | Kalikho Pul | PPA | 4 months |
| 26 Jan 2016 – 19 Feb 2016 | President's / Governor's Rule — President's Rule amid political crisis over Nabam Tuki's leadership | 24 days | |
| 1 Nov 2011 – 26 Jan 2016 | Nabam Tuki | INC | 4 years, 2 months |
| 5 May 2011 – 1 Nov 2011 | Jarbom Gamlin | INC | 5 months |
| 9 Apr 2007 – 30 Apr 2011 | Dorjee Khandu | INC | 4 years |
| 16 Oct 2004 – 9 Apr 2007 | Gegong Apang | INC | 2 years, 5 months |
| 30 Aug 2003 – 16 Oct 2004 | Gegong Apang | BJP | 1 year, 1 month |
| 3 Aug 2003 – 30 Aug 2003 | Gegong Apang | UDF | 27 days |
| 19 Jan 1999 – 3 Aug 2003 | Mukut Mithi | INC | 4 years, 6 months |
| 21 Mar 1995 – 19 Jan 1999 | Gegong Apang | AC | 3 years, 9 months |
| 18 Jan 1980 – 21 Mar 1995 | Gegong Apang | INC | 15 years, 2 months |
| 3 Nov 1979 – 18 Jan 1980 | President's / Governor's Rule — President's Rule | 2 months | |
| 18 Sep 1979 – 3 Nov 1979 | Tomo Riba | PPA | 1 month |
| 14 Mar 1978 – 18 Sep 1979 | Prem Khandu Thungon | JNP | 1 year, 6 months |
| 13 Aug 1975 – 14 Mar 1978 | Prem Khandu Thungon | IND | 2 years, 7 months |
Dorjee Khandu died in a helicopter crash on 30 April 2011; Jarbom Gamlin's swearing-in on 5 May 2011 left a brief (~5-day) administrative gap that is not documented as formal President's Rule. Pema Khandu's final entry (BJP, from 31 Dec 2016) is treated as one continuous tenure through the 2019 and 2024 re-elections since he remained continuously in office with no gap or change of party.