Kiyanilie Peseyie (1 August 1941 – 27 September 2017) was an Indian politician from

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

who served as the speaker of the

Nagaland Legislative Assembly Nagaland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Nagaland. Nagaland became a state of India on 1 December 1963 and after election in January 1964, the first Nagaland Legislative Assembly was formed on 11 Februa ...

Government Service

Between 1971 and 2002 he was in government service. He took voluntary retirement as the Additional Commissioner of Excise, Nagaland and entered politics.

Political career

In 2003 he was elected to the

Legislative Assembly of Nagaland Nagaland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Nagaland. Nagaland became a state of India on 1 December 1963 and after election in January 1964, the first Nagaland Legislative Assembly was formed on 11 Februa ...

, as the

Naga People's Front The Naga People's Front (NPF) is a regional political party in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh . It headed the Nagaland government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland from 2003 to 2018. NPF ...

candidate in the constituency Western Angami ( ST). After the election, he was elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He retained his constituency in the 2008 election, and was then elected Speaker for a second term. In 2013 he was made the Minister for Public Health Engineering after retaining his constituency for a third time however in a minor reshuffle he was made the minister for Social Security & Welfare Department and Parliamentary Affairs. He was appointed as the Chief Whip of the Naga People’s Front Legislature. He was the first from North East India to be appointed as an executive member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

Death

He died on 27 September 2017 around 2.30 A.M. at Zion Hospital

Dimapur Dimapur () is the largest city in the Indian state of Nagaland. As of 2011, the municipality had a population of 122,834. The city is the main gateway and commercial centre of Nagaland. Located near the border with Assam along the banks of the ...

after a brief illness. On 28 September, he was laid to rest in

Jotsoma Jotsoma is an Angami Naga village located about west from the state capital, Kohima. The total population of the village is about 2,458. Kohima Science College, Doordharshan Kendra Kohima, Water Supply Reservoir (Public Health Engineering), S ...

village with full state honors.Thousands pay rich tribute to late Kiyanilie Peseyie
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References

Nagaland MLAs 2003–2008 Naga People's Front politicians People from Kohima 1947 births 2017 deaths Speakers of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Nagaland MLAs 2008–2013 {{Nagaland-politician-stub