Pema Khandu

Pema Khandu
Pema Khandu
पेमा खांडू
	Khandu in 2018
9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 July 2016
Governor	Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa; Tathagata Roy; V. Shanmuganathan; Padmanabha Acharya; B. D. Mishra; Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
Deputy Chief Minister	Chowna Mein
Preceded by	Nabam Tuki
Leader of the House in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 July 2016
Deputy	Chowna Mein
Speaker	Tesam Pongte
Preceded by	Nabam Tuki
Member of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 May 2011
Preceded by	Dorjee Khandu
Personal details
Born	21 August 1979; Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2016)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (till September 2016); Peoples Party of Arunachal (September 2016 – December 2016); ;
Spouse(s)	Tsering Dolma
Children	5 (2 sons and 3 daughters)
Parents	Dorjee Khandu (father)
Residence	DK House, Doordarshan Kendra Road, Itanagar
Alma mater	Hindu College, University of Delhi

Pema Khandu (born 21 August 1979) is an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He is the son of former Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu. He became Chief Minister in July 2016. Since then, he and his government changed political parties twice—first from the Indian National Congress to the Peoples Party of Arunachal in September, and then to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in December 2016. Earlier, he was the Minister of Tourism, Urban Development, and Water Resources in Nabam Tuki’s government.^[3]^[2]

References

↑ Shankar Bora, Bijay (31 December 2016). "Arunachal CM Pema Khandu joins BJP, ends political crisis". The Tribune. Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki: Cabinet Minister Profile". Arunachalpradeshcm.in. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
↑ Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (31 December 2016). "Arunachal gets full-fledged BJP govt as Pema Khandu, 32 others join saffron party". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[1] Shankar Bora, Bijay (31 December 2016). "Arunachal CM Pema Khandu joins BJP, ends political crisis". The Tribune. Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[c-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki: Cabinet Minister Profile". Arunachalpradeshcm.in. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

[3] Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (31 December 2016). "Arunachal gets full-fledged BJP govt as Pema Khandu, 32 others join saffron party". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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