AIZAWL, Dec 15 ? Former minister of state for finance, environment, forests and taxation Lalchamliana was elected Speaker of Mizoram Assembly unopposed on the first day of the session of the newly-constituted House here Monday, reports PTI.
Lalchamliana was declared elected unopposed by Protem Speaker R Khawpuithanga and was escorted to the Speaker?s chair by Chief Minister Zoramthanga and Opposition Leader Lal Thanhawla.
The new Speaker sought whole-hearters in maintaining the sanctity of the House.
Zoramthanga, Lal Thanhawla, Mizoram People?s Conference (MPC) chief Lalhmingthanga and PP Thawla of the Mara democratic front (MDF) congratulated Lalchamliana.
Born on August eight, 1949 at Aizawl, Lalchamliana is Master of Arts in Political Science and a lecturer by profession. Married to Nuchhungi, he has two sons and two daughters.
He joined the underground Mizo National front (MNF) when the organisation launched independence movement against the Indian union and was lieutenant in the Mizo National Front.
He was arrested and came overground in 1974 and continued his studies since then.
He contested the State assembly polls in 1989 as official candidate of the People?s Conference from Lungpho constituency and lost.
He successfully contested the 1998 assembly elections from Mizoram-Assam border constituency of Bilkhawthlir as MNF candidate.
He was inducted as minister of state of health and taxation, and later allotted finance and environment and forest in the previous Zoramthanga ministry.
Lalchamliana was re-elected from Bilkhawthlir in the state assembly polls held on November 20 last.
Earlier in the session all the 39 newly-elected members were sworn-in by the Protem Speaker R Khawpuithanga.
Among those who took oath, 14 of them were first timers and nine of them entered the Assembly for the second time while Lal Thanhawla was the seniormost, being elected for seventh time.