Birth Name: | Baryl Vanneihsangi Tlau |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1991 |
Nationality: | Indian |
Constituency1: | Aizawl South 3 |
Office1: | Member of the |
Term Start1: | 8 December 2023 |
Office2: | Corporator, Aizawl Municipal Corporation |
Term Start2: | 18 February 2021 |
Alma Mater: | North-Eastern Hill University |
Party: | Zoram People's Movement |
Predecessor1: | F. Lalnunmawia |
Predecessor2: | C. Lalthansanga |
Birth Place: | Aizawl, Mizoram |
Year: | 2021–present |
Constituency2: | Ward no. 19 |
Baryl Vanneihsangi is an Indian TV presenter, radio jockey and politician who is a member of 9th Mizoram Assembly in India. She represents the South 3 constituency of the Aizawl district and is a member of the Zoram People's Movement. She also serves as a corporator in Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC).
Baryl was born on 28 February 1991 as Baryl Vanneihsangi Tlau to Vanrochhuanga in Aizawl. In 2014, she earned a Master of Arts degree in history from North Eastern Hill University in Shillong.[1] [2] [3] Before starting her political career, she was a TV presenter and radio jockey.[4]
In the 2021 Aizawl Municipal Corporation elections, she was elected as a councillor from Ward Number XIX, representing the Zoram People's Movement.[5] [6]
In the 2023 9th Mizoram Assembly elections, she secured a seat as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mizoram, representing the Aizawl South 3 Assembly constituency as a candidate for the Zoram People's Party. She was the youngest member of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly elected in 2023.[7]
Vanneihsangi became the first woman speaker to preside over the 40-member Mizoram Assembly on 7 March 2024.[8]