Kyrmen Shylla (born 22 November 1988) is a politician from United Democratic Party and an MLA of the

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Meghalaya. Constituted as a directly elected body in 1972, it has 60 members, filled through direct elections held e ...

from

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

, India. He is the youngest minister sworn in as one of the Cabinet Ministers by the then Governor of Meghalaya, Ganga Prasad, in the NPP-led coalition of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government in the state.

Early life and career

Kyrmen Shylla is the son of Smti. Kle Shylla and Shri. Kor Sympli, former MDC of the Jaitia Hilla Autonomous District Council. Shylla has fifteen siblings. He is the sixth child of the family. Shylla is a businessman.

Education

Shylla completed his Secondary School Leaving Certificate, MBOSE, from Khliehriat Higher Secondary School,

Khliehriat Khliehriat is the headquarters of the East Jaintia Hills district in the Meghalaya state of India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-larg ...

in 2004.

Political career

Kyrmen Shylla won the Assembly election from Khliehriat Constituency as a UDP candidate in the year 2018.

Electoral records

In 2018, Shylla contested the

constituency as a UDP candidate, winning his first election to the state assembly. He won against Justine Dkhar of

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with a victory margin of 8181 votes.

United Democratic Party

Shylla was elected to the

in 2018 from

constituency as a candidate of the United Democratic Party.

Positions in government

Kyrmen Shylla is presently in charge of Revenue & Disaster Management Department, Social Welfare Department, Excise.

Personal life

Shylla is unmarried. He is keen to adopt a girl child to his family which was abandoned at his residence in November 2019.

External links

Kyrmen Shylla On Facebook

Kyrmen Shylla On Twitter

Kyrmen Shylla On Instagram

References

Living people United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) politicians Meghalaya MLAs 2018–2023 People from East Jaintia Hills district 1988 births {{Meghalaya-politician-stub