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	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1952\|02\|21\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1952\|02\|21\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Mbaupungwa]], [[~~Nagaland~~]], [[India]]		\| birth_place = [[Mbaupungwa]], [[Naga Hills District, British India\|Naga Hills District]], [[Assam]], [[India]] <br/> (now in [[Peren district\|Peren District]], [[Nagaland]]
	\| residence = Rangkau Mansion, Opp. ARTC Dimapur, Nagaland		\| residence = Rangkau Mansion, Opp. ARTC Dimapur, Nagaland
	\| death_date =		\| death_date =
	\| death_place =		\| death_place =
			\| office = Member of [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]
			\| term_start = 2008
			\| term_end =
			\| predecessor = [[Vatsu Meru]]
			\| successor = Incumbent
			\| constituency = [[Peren (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Peren]]
	\| order1 = 10th		\| order1 = 10th
	\| office1 = Chief Minister of Nagaland		\| office1 = Chief Minister of Nagaland
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	\| termstart1 = 19 July 2017		\| termstart1 = 19 July 2017
	\| termend1 = 8 March 2018		\| termend1 = 8 March 2018
	\| predecessor1 = [[~~Shurhozelie Liezietsu~~]]		\| predecessor1 = [[Shürhozelie Liezietsü]]
	\| successor1 = [[Neiphiu Rio]]		\| successor1 = [[Neiphiu Rio]]
	\| term_start2 = {{start date\|df=y\|2014\|5\|24}}		\| term_start2 = {{start date\|df=y\|2014\|5\|24}}
	\| term_end2 = {{end date\|df=y\|2017\|2\|20}}		\| term_end2 = {{end date\|df=y\|2017\|2\|20}}
	\| governor2 = [[Ashwani Kumar (police officer)\|Ashwani Kumar]]<br>[[Krishan Kant Paul]]<br>[[Padmanabha Acharya]]		\| governor2 = [[Ashwani Kumar (police officer)\|Ashwani Kumar]]<br/>[[Krishan Kant Paul]]<br/>[[Padmanabha Acharya]]
	\| predecessor2 =[[Neiphiu Rio]]		\| predecessor2 =[[Neiphiu Rio]]
	\| successor2 = ~~[[Shurhozelie Liezietsu]]~~		\| successor2 = Shürhozelie Liezietsü
	\| otherparty=		\| otherparty= [[Naga People's Front]]
	~~\| party~~ = [[Naga People's Front]]		\| party = [[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]]
	\| spouse = Kevizenuo Rangkau		\| spouse = Kevizenuo Rangkau
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	'''Taditui Rangkau Zeliang''' (born 21 February 1952)<ref>{{cite web\|title=LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN INDIA\|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/nagaland/mpa.htm\|publisher=National Informatics Centre\|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> is an Indian politician of who served twice as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Nagaland\|Chief Minister]] of [[Nagaland]], a state in [[India]], from May 2014 to February 2017 and from July 2017 to March 2018.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/nagaland-assembly-elections-2018-all-you-need-to-know-about-tr-zeliang-2519883.html \|title=Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018: All you need to know about TR Zeliang \|publisher=Moneycontrol News \|date=3 March 2018 \|accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref> A leader of the [[Naga People's Front]], T.R Zeliang took over the reins as Chief Minister of Nagaland following the shift of [[Neiphiu Rio]] to national-level politics. T.R Zeliang previously served as a Member of Parliament, representing Nagaland in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]]. Currently, he serves as the ~~Leader~~ of the NPF Legislature Party and [[Leader of Opposition]] in [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]].<ref>[[Election Commission of India]]: ''[http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_NL.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529125900/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_NL.pdf \|date=29 May 2005 }}''</ref>		'''Taditui Rangkau Zeliang''' (born 21 February 1952)<ref name="LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN INDIA">{{cite web\|title=LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN INDIA\|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/nagaland/mpa.htm\|publisher=National Informatics Centre\|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> is an Indian politician of who served twice as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Nagaland\|Chief Minister]] of [[Nagaland]], a state in [[India]], from May 2014 to February 2017 and from July 2017 to March 2018.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/nagaland-assembly-elections-2018-all-you-need-to-know-about-tr-zeliang-2519883.html \|title=Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018: All you need to know about TR Zeliang \|publisher=Moneycontrol News \|date=3 March 2018 \|accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref> A leader of the [[Naga People's Front]], T.R Zeliang took over the reins as Chief Minister of Nagaland following the shift of [[Neiphiu Rio]] to national-level politics. T.R Zeliang previously served as a Member of Parliament, representing Nagaland in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]]. Currently, he serves 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]].<ref>[[Election Commission of India]]: ''[http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_NL.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529125900/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_NL.pdf \|date=29 May 2005 }}''</ref> On 29 April 2022, he along with 20 NPF MLA's officially joined NDPP.

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	T. R. Zeliang was born to Rangleu Zeliang at [[Mbaupungwa\|Mbaupunggwa]] Village under [[Peren district\|Peren District]] in 1952<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" />.<ref~~>{{cite web\|title~~=LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN INDIA~~\|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/nagaland/mpa.htm\|publisher=National Informatics Centre\|accessdate=27 May 2014}}<~~/~~ref~~> A [[~~Zeliang~~]] ~~Naga~~, T. R. Zeliang matriculated from Don Bosco High School in [[Dibrugarh]], Assam and served as the President of Zeliangrong Students Union, General Secretary of Zeliangrong Action Committee and Zeliangrong Youth Organisation while in College.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> He later joined Politics and became the President of Peren District Youth Congress of the [[Indian National Congress (I)\|Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=T R Zeliang at helm after four decades in Nagaland politics\|url=~~http~~://www.financialexpress.com/~~news~~/t-r-zeliang-at-helm-after-four-decades-in-nagaland-politics/1253877\|~~accessdate~~=~~27 May 2014~~\|~~newspaper~~=Financial Express\|date=24 May 2014}}</ref>		T. R. Zeliang was born to Rangleu Zeliang at [[Mbaupungwa\|Mbaupunggwa]] Village under [[Peren district\|Peren District]] in 1952.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /><ref name="LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN INDIA"/> A [[Zeme Naga]], T. R. Zeliang matriculated from Don Bosco High School in [[Dibrugarh]], Assam and served as the President of Zeliangrong Students Union, General Secretary of Zeliangrong Action Committee and Zeliangrong Youth Organisation while in College.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> He later joined Politics and became the President of Peren District Youth Congress of the [[Indian National Congress (I)\|Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite news \|agency=PTI \|title=T R Zeliang at helm after four decades in Nagaland politics \|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/t-r-zeliang-at-helm-after-four-decades-in-nagaland-politics/1253877/ \|access-date=26 June 2022 \|work=The Financial Express \|date=24 May 2014}}</ref>

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==
	Zeliang contested the Nagaland Assembly elections of 1982 and 1987 unsuccessfully from 6 Tening Assembly Constituency<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" />.<ref>{{cite web\|title=BIO – DATA OF SHRI T. R. ZELIANG\|url=http://nagaland.nic.in/minister/trzeliang.htm\|publisher=Government of Nagaland\|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> He then won from Tening four times in a row beginning with the elections of 1989 as a candidate of the Naga Peoples' Council<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> and subsequently in 1993, 1998 and 2003 as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" />.<ref>{{cite web\|title=NAGALAND 6 – Tenning (ST) Assembly Constituency\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S17/partycomp06.htm\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref~~>{{cite news\|title~~=~~TR Zeliang became 16th chief minister of Nagaland succeeding Neiphiu Rio. \|url=http://~~timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~City/Guwahati/TR-Zeliang-takes-over-as-16th-chief-minister-of-Nagaland/articleshow/35593109.cms\|accessdate=27 May 2014\|newspaper=Times of India\|date=25 May 2014}}</ref~~> He served as [[Minister of State]] for Information and Tourism during 1989–90 and as Minister of State for Relief & Rehabilitation from 1994 to 1998. During 1998 – 2003, he was the Minister for Environment and Forests and Geology and Mining under the Ministry of [[S C Jamir]]<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" />. <ref>{{cite news\|title=TR Zeliang takes over as 16th chief minister of Nagaland\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Guwahati/TR-Zeliang-takes-over-as-16th-chief-minister-of-Nagaland/articleshow/35593109.cms\|accessdate=27 May 2014\|newspaper=Times of India\|date=25 May 2014}}</ref> He formed Nagaland Congress in year 2003 and later merged it into [[Nagaland People's Front]](NPF).<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> From 2004 to 2008, he was a [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]] to the [[Rajya Sabha]] from Nagaland.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> Returning to State politics in 2008, he was Minister for Planning, Geology and Mining, Animal Husbandry and Parliamentary Affairs under the Ministry of [[Neiphiu Rio]]. He contested State elections 9 times out of which he lost the first two elections and won the remaining 7. He won the assembly elections of 2008, 2013 and 2018 from Peren.<ref~~>{{cite news\|title~~=~~TR Zeliang takes over as 16th chief minister of Nagaland\|url=http://~~timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~City/Guwahati/TR-Zeliang-takes-over-as-16th-chief-minister-of-Nagaland/articleshow/35593109.cms\|accessdate=27 May 2014\|newspaper=Times of India\|date=25 May 2014}}</ref~~><ref>{{cite web\|title=Declaration of Result – Peren\|url=http://eci.nic.in/ECI_Main/Elec_Results2013/Nagaland/7-Peren.pdf\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>		Zeliang contested the Nagaland Assembly elections of 1982 and 1987 unsuccessfully from 6 Tening Assembly Constituency.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=BIO – DATA OF SHRI T. R. ZELIANG\|url=http://nagaland.nic.in/minister/trzeliang.htm\|publisher=Government of Nagaland\|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> He then won from Tening four times in a row beginning with the elections of 1989 as a candidate of the Naga Peoples' Council<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> and subsequently in 1993, 1998 and 2003 as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=NAGALAND 6 – Tenning (ST) Assembly Constituency\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S17/partycomp06.htm\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> He served as [[Minister of State]] for Information and Tourism during 1989–90 and as Minister of State for Relief & Rehabilitation from 1994 to 1998. During 1998 – 2003, he was the Minister for Environment and Forests and Geology and Mining under the Ministry of [[S C Jamir]].<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /><ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news\|title=TR Zeliang takes over as 16th chief minister of Nagaland\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Guwahati/TR-Zeliang-takes-over-as-16th-chief-minister-of-Nagaland/articleshow/35593109.cms\|accessdate=27 May 2014\|newspaper=Times of India\|date=25 May 2014}}</ref> He formed Nagaland Congress in year 2003 and later merged it into [[Nagaland People's Front\|Naga People's Front]](NPF).<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> From 2004 to 2008, he was a [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]] to the [[Rajya Sabha]] from Nagaland.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> Returning to State politics in 2008, he was Minister for Planning, Geology and Mining, Animal Husbandry and Parliamentary Affairs under the Ministry of [[Neiphiu Rio]]. He contested State elections 9 times out of which he lost the first two elections and won the remaining 7. He won the assembly elections of 2008, 2013 and 2018 from Peren.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Declaration of Result – Peren\|url=http://eci.nic.in/ECI_Main/Elec_Results2013/Nagaland/7-Peren.pdf\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>

	== Chief Minister of Nagaland ==		== Chief Minister of Nagaland ==
	T.R Zeliang was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Nagaland\|Chief Minister]] of [[Nagaland]] from May 2014 to February 2017<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> and from July 2017 to March 2018 as 19th Chief Minister of Nagaland.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1">{{cite news \|title=Who is T R Zeliang, the new chief minister of Nagaland \|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-t-r-zeliang-the-new-chief-minister-of-nagaland/771511/ \|access-date=27 February 2021 \|publisher=The Financial Express \|date=20 July 2017}}</ref> Currently, with 26 Legislators in a House of 60, T.R Zeliang ~~leads~~ the ~~Opposition Party,~~ the [[Naga People's Front\|Naga Peoples' Front]], the single largest Party in [[Nagaland]].		T.R Zeliang was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Nagaland\|Chief Minister]] of [[Nagaland]] from May 2014 to February 2017<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> and from July 2017 to March 2018 as 19th Chief Minister of Nagaland.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1">{{cite news \|title=Who is T R Zeliang, the new chief minister of Nagaland \|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-t-r-zeliang-the-new-chief-minister-of-nagaland/771511/ \|access-date=27 February 2021 \|publisher=The Financial Express \|date=20 July 2017}}</ref> Currently, with 26 Legislators in a House of 60, T.R Zeliang is the legislature leader of the [[Naga People's Front\|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]]

	==References==		==References==
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'''Taditui Rangkau Zeliang''' (born 21 February 1952)<ref>{{cite web|title=LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN INDIA|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/nagaland/mpa.htm|publisher=National Informatics Centre|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> is an Indian politician of who served twice as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Nagaland|Chief Minister]] of [[Nagaland]], a state in [[India]], from May 2014 to February 2017 and from July 2017 to March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/nagaland-assembly-elections-2018-all-you-need-to-know-about-tr-zeliang-2519883.html |title=Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018: All you need to know about TR Zeliang |publisher=Moneycontrol News |date=3 March 2018 |accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref> A leader of the [[Naga People's Front]], T.R Zeliang took over the reins as Chief Minister of Nagaland following the shift of [[Neiphiu Rio]] to national-level politics. T.R Zeliang previously served as a Member of Parliament, representing Nagaland in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]]. Currently, he serves as the Leader of the NPF Legislature Party and [[Leader of Opposition]] in [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]].<ref>[[Election Commission of India]]: ''[http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_NL.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529125900/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_NL.pdf |date=29 May 2005 }}''</ref>

== Early life and education ==
T. R. Zeliang was born to Rangleu Zeliang at [[Mbaupungwa|Mbaupunggwa]] Village under [[Peren district|Peren District]] in 1952<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" />.<ref>{{cite web|title=LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN INDIA|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/nagaland/mpa.htm|publisher=National Informatics Centre|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> A [[Zeliang]] Naga, T. R. Zeliang matriculated from Don Bosco High School in [[Dibrugarh]], Assam and served as the President of Zeliangrong Students Union, General Secretary of Zeliangrong Action Committee and Zeliangrong Youth Organisation while in College.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> He later joined Politics and became the President of Peren District Youth Congress of the [[Indian National Congress (I)|Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite news|title=T R Zeliang at helm after four decades in Nagaland politics|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/t-r-zeliang-at-helm-after-four-decades-in-nagaland-politics/1253877|accessdate=27 May 2014|newspaper=Financial Express|date=24 May 2014}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Zeliang contested the Nagaland Assembly elections of 1982 and 1987 unsuccessfully from 6 Tening Assembly Constituency<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" />.<ref>{{cite web|title=BIO – DATA OF SHRI T. R. ZELIANG|url=http://nagaland.nic.in/minister/trzeliang.htm|publisher=Government of Nagaland|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> He then won from Tening four times in a row beginning with the elections of 1989 as a candidate of the Naga Peoples' Council<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> and subsequently in 1993, 1998 and 2003 as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" />.<ref>{{cite web|title=NAGALAND 6 – Tenning (ST) Assembly Constituency|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S17/partycomp06.htm|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=TR Zeliang became 16th chief minister of Nagaland succeeding Neiphiu Rio. |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Guwahati/TR-Zeliang-takes-over-as-16th-chief-minister-of-Nagaland/articleshow/35593109.cms|accessdate=27 May 2014|newspaper=Times of India|date=25 May 2014}}</ref> He served as [[Minister of State]] for Information and Tourism during 1989–90 and as Minister of State for Relief & Rehabilitation from 1994 to 1998. During 1998 – 2003, he was the Minister for Environment and Forests and Geology and Mining under the Ministry of [[S C Jamir]]<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" />. <ref>{{cite news|title=TR Zeliang takes over as 16th chief minister of Nagaland|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Guwahati/TR-Zeliang-takes-over-as-16th-chief-minister-of-Nagaland/articleshow/35593109.cms|accessdate=27 May 2014|newspaper=Times of India|date=25 May 2014}}</ref> He formed Nagaland Congress in year 2003 and later merged it into [[Nagaland People's Front]](NPF).<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> From 2004 to 2008, he was a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] to the [[Rajya Sabha]] from Nagaland.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> Returning to State politics in 2008, he was Minister for Planning, Geology and Mining, Animal Husbandry and Parliamentary Affairs under the Ministry of [[Neiphiu Rio]]. He contested State elections 9 times out of which he lost the first two elections and won the remaining 7. He won the assembly elections of 2008, 2013 and 2018 from Peren.<ref>{{cite news|title=TR Zeliang takes over as 16th chief minister of Nagaland|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Guwahati/TR-Zeliang-takes-over-as-16th-chief-minister-of-Nagaland/articleshow/35593109.cms|accessdate=27 May 2014|newspaper=Times of India|date=25 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Declaration of Result – Peren|url=http://eci.nic.in/ECI_Main/Elec_Results2013/Nagaland/7-Peren.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>

== Chief Minister of Nagaland ==
T.R Zeliang was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Nagaland|Chief Minister]] of [[Nagaland]] from May 2014 to February 2017<ref name="Zeliang Reference1" /> and from July 2017 to March 2018 as 19th Chief Minister of Nagaland.<ref name="Zeliang Reference1">{{cite news |title=Who is T R Zeliang, the new chief minister of Nagaland |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-t-r-zeliang-the-new-chief-minister-of-nagaland/771511/ |access-date=27 February 2021 |publisher=The Financial Express |date=20 July 2017}}</ref> Currently, with 26 Legislators in a House of 60, T.R Zeliang leads the Opposition Party, the [[Naga People's Front|Naga Peoples' Front]], the single largest Party in [[Nagaland]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx Profile on Rajya Sabha website]

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