T. Myingthungo Lotha (1951/1952 – 25 March 2020) was an Indian physician and politician who served in the

Nagaland Legislative Assembly Nagaland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Nagaland. Nagaland became a state of India on 1 December 1963 and after election in January 1964, the first Nagaland Legislative Assembly was formed on 11 Februa ...

. Born in Longsa village, Lotha studied medicine at

Assam Medical College Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), formerly Berry White Medical School, is a public medical school and hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. It was the first medical college in Assam and whole Northeastern India. It is the tertiary medi ...

"Former Minister, Dr T M Lotha passes away"
''Nagaland Page'', 26 March 2020. and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta and became a government assistant surgeon in 1977. After running unsuccessfully in November 1987 for election to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly from the Wokha constituency in

Wokha district Wokha District (Pron:/ˈwəʊkə/) is a district of Nagaland state in India. It is the home of the Lotha Nagas. Gastronomically, it known for its variety of fermented bamboo shoots (bastenga). It holds an important place as the roosting site of ...

as a member of the

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,"Former minister Dr. TM Lotha passes away"
''Nagaland Post'', 26 March 2020. he was elected in 1989 as a member of the Nagaland People's Council and twice re-elected, in 2003 as a member of the

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and, after losing the election in 2008, in 2013 as a member of the

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. In 2014 he returned to the

with two other Assembly members. He was defeated for re-election in 2018."Election Result 2018: Wokha"
News 18, retrieved 12 April 2020. He headed a variety of ministries during his time in the assembly, including the home ministry, medical ministry, and horticulture ministry. He was a founding member of the organization Naga HoHo and chaired its political affairs committee from 2008 to 2012. Lotha was married and had seven children.

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