Zhaleo Rio is a Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party politician from

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the ...

. He has been elected in

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 ...

election from Ghaspani II Assembly constituency in 2013 as a candidate of Naga People's Front and 2018 as a candidate of Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party. He was deputy speaker of

from 2018 to 2019 before being named as an advisor to Chief Minister of Nagaland

Neiphiu Rio Neiphiu Guolhoulie Rio (born 11 November 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 9th Chief Minister of Nagaland. Rio has also served as Chief Minister for three separate terms (2002–07, 2007–12, 2012–14 and 2018–till date), making ...

and allocated three departments, they are Sericulture, Excise and Minority Affairs. He is brother of Chief Minister of Nagaland

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Living people Naga People's Front politicians Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party politicians Nagaland MLAs 2018–2023 Nagaland MLAs 2013–2018 Year of birth missing (living people) People from Kohima Deputy Speakers of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly {{Nagaland-politician-stub