List of chief secretaries of Mizoram


The Chief Secretary of Mizoram is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the State of Mizoram in India. The Chief Secretary is the ex-officio head of the state Civil Services Board, the State Secretariat, the state cadre Indian Administrative Service and all civil services under the rules of business of the state government. The Chief Secretary acts as an ex-officio secretary to the state cabinet, therefore called "Secretary to the Cabinet". The Chief Secretary acts as the principal advisor to the chief minister on all matters of state administration.
The Chief Secretary is chosen by the state's Chief Minister. State Chief Secretaries are IAS officers generally equivalent in rank to a Secretary to Government of India and are placed 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence.

History

The present area of Mizoram was annexed by the British Empire after the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90. The North Lushai hills were administered by a political officer stationed at Fort Aijal under the Assam Government. The South Lushai Hills were under the administration of a political officer stationed at Fort Treager. This political officer reported to the commissioner of Chittagong who was under the Bengal Government.
In 1898, the two districts were merged into the Lushai Hills District which was administered by a Superintendent. It was regarded as an Excluded Area, beyond the Inner Line, which meant that the laws and regulations of the province did not apply, and the people from the plains could not access it without a permit. Even as self-government was gradually implemented in British India through Government of India Act 1919 & 1935, the district was placed outside the purview of these acts. The Superintendent remained the sole authority of the District.
After independence, the district became an autonomous district under the Sixth Schedule. After the Mizo Uprising, the Mizo District became the Union Territory of Mizoram in 1972. Hence, R.M. Aggarwal was appointed as the first Chief Secretary of Mizoram.
During the Mizoram Insurgency in 1975, following the assassination of Inspector General of Police G.S. Arya along with two other senior police officers by MNF insurgents, the centre enforced a countermeasure policy wherein an army officer, Brig. G.S. Randhawa was appointed as Inspector General of Police. Additionally, the incumbent Chief Secretary, R.M. Aggarwal, was replaced with the serving Inspector General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Surendra Nath. This event marked the first and only instance wherein an Indian Police Service officer was appointed to the post of Chief Secretary in India.

Chief secretaries

Source:
NameTook officeLeft office
1R.M. Agrawal, IAS16 January 197217 March 1975
2Surendra Nath, IPS18 March 19753 December 1978
3A.J. Kundan, IAS4 December 19788 September 1981
4A.H. Scott, IFAS9 September 198115 July 1984
5Lalkhama, IAS16 July 198414 July 1987
6Rohmingthanga, IAS11 August 198713 September 1988
7Lalkhama, IAS14 September 198820 September 1989
8Lalmanzuala, IAS3 October 198923 August 1990
9F. Pahnuna, IAS23 August 199021 August 1993
10Lalfak Zuala, IAS21 August 19932 December 1998
11Haukhum Hauzel, IAS3 December 199831 January 1999
12H.V. Lalringa, IAS1 February 199931 July 2005
13Haukhum Hauzel, IAS1 August 200520 January 2009
14Vanhela Pachuau, IAS20 January 200931 August 2012
15L Tochhawng, IAS31 August 20121 November 2014
16Lalmalsawma, IAS1 November 201428 February 2018
17Arvind Ray, IAS20182019
18Lalnunmawia Chuaungo, IAS12 March 201931 October 2021
19Renu Sharma, IAS2 November 20212 November 2024
20Khilli Ram Meena, IAS28 November 2024Incumbent