Conrad Kongkal Sangma

Conrad Kongkal Sangma is an Indian politician who has been the 12th and current Chief Minister of Meghalaya since 2018. He is the national president of the National People's Party. His father, P. A. Sangma, was the former Chief Minister and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Conrad Sangma was a Member of Parliament from Tura. He was the Minister of Finance, Power, and Tourism, Government of Meghalaya. He has served as the leader of the Opposition in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. He has served as the National President of the Nationalist Youth Congress.

Conrad Sangma started his political career as the campaign manager for his father, P. A. Sangma, for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He was first elected to the State Assembly along with his brother James, both as NCP members in the 2008 state elections, and later held several important portfolios in the state cabinet, including those of Finance, Power, Tourism, GAD, and IT, and presented his first annual budget for Meghalaya. In March 2016, he was elected National President of the National People's Party (NPP) following his father's death earlier that year.  Sangma's party, the NPP, came second, winning 19 seats at the 2018 Meghalaya legislative assembly election, and was declared the Chief Minister-elect.  He was elected as Meghalaya Chief Minister for the second term in March 2023.

He was born on 27 January 1978 in Tura, a town in the West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya. He was brought up in Delhi and was educated at  St. Columba's School. He received a bachelor's degree in business administration in entrepreneurial management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, before completing his MBA in finance from Imperial College London.

Apart from politics, he is the President of the PA Sangma Foundation, which functions for the betterment of sectors of education and environment, and also runs four colleges in rural Meghalaya. He also currently serves as President of the Meghalaya Cricket Association and Sports Academy. He plays the electric guitar.

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*Updated on 20/08/2025