Kyrmen Shylla (born 22 November 1988) is a politician from United Democratic Party and an MLA of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. He is the youngest minister sworn in as one of the Cabinet Ministers by the then Governor of Meghalaya, Ganga Prasad, in the NPP-led coalition of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government in the state.
Early life and career Kyrmen Shylla is the son of Smti. Kle Shylla and Shri. Kor Sympli, former MDC of the Jaitia Hilla Autonomous District Council. Shylla has fifteen siblings. He is the sixth child of the family. Shylla is a businessman.
Education Shylla completed his Secondary School Leaving Certificate, MBOSE, from Khliehriat Higher Secondary School, Khliehriat in 2004.
Political career Kyrmen Shylla won the Assembly election from Khliehriat Constituency as a UDP candidate in the year 2018.
Electoral records In 2018, Shylla contested the Khliehriat constituency as a UDP candidate, winning his first election to the state assembly. He won against Justine Dkhar of Bharatiya Janta Party with a victory margin of 8181 votes.
United Democratic Party Shylla was elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly in 2018 from the Khliehriat constituency as a candidate of the United Democratic Party.
Positions in government Kyrmen Shylla served as Minister of Revenue & Disaster Management, Social Welfare, and Excise from 2018 to 2025.
Personal life Shylla is unmarried. He expressed his desire to adopt a girl into his family, who had been abandoned at his residence in November 2019.
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