Mmhonlümo Kikon
Indian politician (born 1978)
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Mmhonlümo Kikon (born 1 May 1978) is an Indian politician, scholar,[1] poet, and social worker[2][dead link] from Nagaland. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was the member of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly from Bhandari Constituency in Wokha District.[3] Kikon was also a National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party[4][5] until his resignation from the party.[6]
Mmhonlümo Kikon | |
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 Kikon in 2025 | |
| National Spokesperson of Bhartiya Janata Party | |
| In office 26 September 2020 – 07 August 2025 | |
| Advisor, Information Technology & Communication, Science & Technology, NRE, Government of Nagaland | |
| In office April 2020 – January 2023 | |
| Constituency | Bhandari |
| Minister of Geology and Mining, Border Affairs, Government of Nagaland | |
| In office June 2017 – December 2017 | |
| Constituency | Bhandari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1978 Kohima, Nagaland, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Children | 3 (two daughters and one son) |
| Education |
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| Profession | Writer, social worker, politician |
Kikon has published two books of poems[7][8] since 2018. He completed his master's degree in English Literature from Delhi University.[citation needed] He is also an ASPEN[9][dead link] Fellow.
A former Minister in the Government of Nagaland, he also served in the position of Advisor to the Government of Nagaland on Information Technology and Communication, New & Renewable Energy, Science & Technology.[3] He was given additional responsibility as the Prabhari (in-Charge) of Mizoram state of the BJP. He was defeated in the 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election by Achumbemo Kikon of the NPF.
Early life
Kikon has published 2 books of poems under his name (The Village Empire and The Penmi Poems: A Requiem). Indian Olympic boxer and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Mary Kom formally released the book on "The Village Empire" written by Mmhonlümo Kikon at her residence[10] in New Delhi.
In 2023, Vintage India published His Majesty’s Headhunters, a work on the history of Northeast India authored by Mmhonlümo Kikon.[11]
Political career
Kikon first stood for elections from the Bhandari Assembly constituency in the 2008 Nagaland elections as a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate. He lost to Wochumo Kithan of the Naga People's Front (NPF) by 1758 votes.[12] Kikon was then elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly from the Bhandari constituency in the year 2013 on a NCP ticket. He defeated his nearest rival Achumbemo Kikon, an independent candidate, with a small margin of 254 votes.[13] After winning four seats in the elections, NCP decided to support Rio's DAN government in the state. He was appointed the chairperson of MARCOFED (Nagaland State Co-operative Marketing and Consumers’ Federation Ltd.).[14][15] For the 2014 Indian general election, Kikon was appointed the party's observer for the states of Northeast India.[15]
Kikon was elected for a second term in the 2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election from the Bhandari seat. He defeated Achumbemo, once again with a small margin of 312 votes. This time Mmhonlümo fought on a BJP ticket, and Achumbemo on an NPF ticket.[16]
In his first term, Kikon served as a Parliamentary Secretary for Skill development and Labour, and then served for another six months as a Cabinet Minister for Geology and Mining and Border Affairs.[17] He was appointed the State Election Officer[18] of the BJP for Nagaland state in 2016.
During his second term, Kikon was the Advisor to the Government of Nagaland on Information and Technology, Science & Technology, and New & Renewable Energy.[19] In the year 2018, he was appointed the Chief Whip of the BJP Legislature Party in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.[20] Kikon was also featured among the Top 50 MLAs in India[21][better source needed] in a survey conducted by the magazine ‘Fame India’. In 2020, Kikon was appointed a National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[5] In addition to this, he was also given the responsibility of Prabhari or state in-charge of Mizoram.[22]
Kikon lost the Bhandari seat in the 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election to Achumbemo by a margin of 3589 votes.