John Deng Pohrmen

Early on, Pohrmen was involved in the Hill State Movement and joined active politics in the early 1960s.^[3]

He was elected to the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council as a member of the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) in 1967. He later became the council's Chief Executive Member (CEM).^[3]

In 1978 Pohrmen was elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from the War Jaintia constituency on the APHLC ticket. He became a cabinet minister in 'The Three Flag Government' under the chief ministership of Darwin Diengdoh Pugh.^[3][4] He also served as a cabinet minister in the first B. B. Lyngdoh government.^[4]

In 1981 Pohrmen joined the Indian National Congress and later, became president of the Jaintia Hills District Congress Committee.^[3] He then served as a cabinet minister in the P. A. Sangma government. In 1991, Porhmen refused to accept the proposal of his Congress legislators to become the chief minister and instead proposed D. D. Lapang as the leader.^[4] He then served as a cabinet minister in the coalition governments of D. D. Lapang, and S. C. Marak.^[3]

After prolonged illness, Pohrmen died on 18 August 2012 at his residence in Laitumkhrah at the age of 86. He was survived by his wife, Margaret Rose Rapthap and four children. His funeral was held at the Laitumkhrah Catholic cemetery.^[3][4]