Nirupam Chakma, CEM, CADC
Nirupam Chakma
Chief Executive Member

Dg. Nirupam Chakma was appointed as the Chief Executive Member on 03/07/2023 and took oath of office and secrecy on 08/07/2026.

The Chakma Autonomous District Council is an autonomous council for ethnic Chakma people, formed under the sixth schedule to the Constitution of India on April 29, 1972. The Council exercises legislative, executive and judiciary powers over allotted departments within the territory of CADC.

With an area of 686.25 square kilometers, CADC shares international boundaries with Bangladesh and Myanmar and has a population of 62,094 which roughly constitutes half of the total ethnic Chakma population in Mizoram.

The CADC is headquartered at Kamalanagar and is headed by the Chief Executive Member (CEM) and Executive Members (EMs). The Council has a total of 24 Members of District Council (MDCs), out of which 20 are elected from the 20 MDC constituencies of the CADC area and the rest 4 are nominated by the Governor.

<strong>Kali Kumar Tongchangya</strong><br/>Chairman, CADC
Kali Kumar Tongchangya
Chairman, CADC

Dg. Kali Kumar Tongchangya was elected as uncontested as the Chairman of the Chakma Autonomoud District Council on 16/07/2026.