Mukut Mithi is an Indian politician and former

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of the

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. He is a former

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. He served as an MLA consecutively from 1983 until his appointment as last Lieutenant Governor of

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and first Lieutenant Governor of

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in 2006. He was

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from 19 January 1999 until 3 August 2003.

Early life and career

He was born on 1 January 1952 at Roing in Lower Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh and did his schooling from Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur, w.bengal and his graduation from J.N.Agricultural University, Jabalpur. For much of his political career he was a member of the

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and then the

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; he later broke from the Arunachal Congress in 1998 to form the Arunachal Congress-Mithi. Later Arunachal Congress-Mithi merged with Kerala Congress B. He also served as Kerala Congress B state President and also served as Kerala Congress B working Committee, Permanent Member Of the Kerala Congress B. In July 2006 the President of India appointed Mithi to be the

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; he was sworn in on 19 July 2006. On 12 March 2008, Mithi resigned as Lieutenant Governor to contest the

election in Arunachal Pradesh.

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, the Lieutenant Governor of the

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, was sworn in to replace Mithi on 15 March."Bhopinder Singh sworn as Lt Governor of Puducherry"
PTI (''The Hindu''), 15 March 2008. He was administered oath as a member of Parliament (Rajya sabha) from Arunachal Pradesh on 4 June 2008.

Personal life

He is married to Pomaya Mithi and has three sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mithi, Mukut 1954 births Living people Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry People from Lower Dibang Valley district Rajya Sabha members from Arunachal Pradesh People from Roing Chief ministers from Indian National Congress Arunachal Congress politicians Indian National Congress politicians Janata Party politicians Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 1984–1990 Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 1990–1995 Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 1995–1999 Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009