Lalrinpuii | |
Office: | Minister of Tourism of Mizoram |
Term Start: | 8 December 2023 |
Governor: | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Lalduhoma |
Predecessor: | Robert Romawia Royte |
Office1: | Minister of Health and Family Welfare of Mizoram |
Term Start1: | 8 December 2023 |
Governor1: | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Lalduhoma |
Predecessor1: | R Lalthangliana |
Office2: | Minister of Social Welfare and Tribal Affairs of Mizoram |
Term Start2: | 8 December 2023 |
Governor2: | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
Predecessor2: | Lalrinawma |
Office3: | Member of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly |
Term Start3: | December 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Lawmawma Tochhawng |
Constituency3: | Lunglei East Assembly constituency |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1967 |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Zoram People's Movement (since 2017) |
Spouse: | Sapthanga Khawlhring |
Education: | BA |
Alma Mater: | Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University |
Mawards: | is not set --> |
Lalrinpuii (born 1962)[1] is an Indian politician in the state of Mizoram. She is currently serving as an MLA from Lunglei East constituency of Lunglei district.[2] She is the first woman to become a minister of Mizoram with cabinet rank on 8 December 2024 when she took oath as the Minister for health, social welfare and tribal affairs, women and child development, and tourism portfolios.[3] [4]
She completed here Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 2002 from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur.[5] She married Sapthanga Khawlhring.
Before Lalrinpuii became a minister, Lalhlimpuii Hmar in 1987 and Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu in 2017 were her two predecessors who held the rank of ministers of state.[6] She is elected as an MLA representing Zoram People's Movement party in the 2023 Mizoram Legislative Assembly elections. She defeated Joseph Lalhimpuia of Congress by a margin of 1646 votes.[7] She is one of the three woman MLAs elected in the 2024 Assembly election. [8] [9] [10] [11] In 2018, she lost to MNF's Lawmawma Tochhawng by 72 votes.