Prestone Tynsong

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Prestone Tynsong
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Preston Tynsong
Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya
Assumed office
6 March 2018
Minister of Public Works Department (Roads), Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Housing, Labour, Parliamentary Affairs
Government of Meghalaya
Assumed office
6 March 2018
Member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
for Pynursla
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyNational People's Party (since 2017)
Indian National Congress (before 2017)
OccupationPolitician

Prestone Tynsong is an Indian politician who is the current Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya.

He is a member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, representing the Pynursla Assembly Constituency where he defeated his UDP rival Nehru Suting by 2,574 votes. He belongs to the NPP.[1]

Political career[edit]

He was elected for the Lyngkyrdem Assembly Constituency in 2003 and 2008 on the Indian National Congress ticket, before shifting his seat to Pynursla Assembly Constituency in 2013.

In 2017, he quit the Indian National Congress for the National People's Party.[2][3][4][5]

In 2018, he became Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya in the Conrad Sangma led cabinet and was also given a charge of Public Works Department (Roads), Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Housing, Labour, Parliamentary Affairs.[6][7][8]

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