Prem Singh Tamang

Prem Singh Tamang
Tamang in 2019
6th Chief Minister of Sikkim
Assumed office
27 May 2019
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Droupadi Murmu
GovernorGanga Prasad
Lakshman Acharya
Preceded byPawan Kumar Chamling
Leader of the House in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
27 May 2019
GovernorGanga Prasad
Lakshman Acharya
SpeakerLall Bahadur Das
Arun Kumar Upreti
Mingma Narbu Sherpa
Preceded byPawan Kumar Chamling
Succeeded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of Legislative Assembly, Sikkim
Assumed office
1 June 2024
Preceded byBishnu Kumar Sharma
ConstituencyRhenock
In office
1 June 2024 – 14 June 2024
Preceded byAditya Tamang
ConstituencySoreng–Chakung
In office
21 October 2019 – 2 June 2024
Preceded byPawan Kumar Chamling
Succeeded byBhoj Raj Rai
ConstituencyPoklok-Kamrang
In office
30 April 2009 – 11 April 2009
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byDilli Ram Thapa
ConstituencyUpper Burtuk
In office
16 November 1994 – 2 March 2009
Preceded byTara Man Rai
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyChakung
Personal details
Born (1968-02-05) 5 February 1968 (age 56)
Soreng, India
Political partySikkim Krantikari Morcha
Other political
affiliations
National Democratic Alliance
Sikkim Democratic Front (till 2013)
SpouseKrishna Kumari Rai
Children2, including Aditya Tamang
Residence(s)Singling, Sikkim, India[1]
Alma materDarjeeling Government College (BA, 1988)[1]
ProfessionSocial worker,[1] teacher
NicknameP. S. Golay

Prem Singh Tamang (born 5 February 1968), better known as P. S. Golay,[2] is an Indian politician, and former teacher who is serving as the 6th and current Chief Minister of Sikkim since 2019 and the founder and leader of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha since 2019. He represents the Poklok-Kamrang in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly since 2019, Upper Burtuk from 2009 to 2019 and Chakung from 1994 to 2009. Before forming the SKM party, he was a key member of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) Party.[2][3]

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  3. ^ "Prem Singh Tamang sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister for second consecutive term". The Hindu. PTI. 10 June 2024. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

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