C. L. Ruala
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Mizo name|Ruala}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = C. L. Ruala
| image = C L Ruala.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|12|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chawnhu, Lawngtlai District, Mizoram
| residence = Aizawl
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
| constituency = Mizoram
| term_start = 16 May 2009
| term_end = 23 May 2019
| predecessor = Vanlalzawma
| successor = C.Lalrosanga
| party = Indian National Congress
| spouse = Lalhmingthangi
| children = 5
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 20 May
| year = 2014
| source = http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/homepage.aspx?mpsno=4353
}}
C. L. Ruala (born 25 December 1935) is an Indian politician from Mizoram and member of the Indian National Congress. He was a Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He was elected from the only one-seat Mizoram constituency. He won over Robert Romawia, IND candidate, and M. Lalmanzuala, Aam Aadmi Party candidate, by getting a total vote 210,485 (48.7%).{{cite web|title=General Election to Lok Sabha Trends & Result 2014|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS16.htm?st=S16|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=17 May 2014|archive-date=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521023347/http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS16.htm?st=S16|url-status=dead}} He was also elected member in the previous term during 2009-2014.{{Cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/frmWinnerList.aspx |title=Election Commission of India-General Elections 2009 Results |access-date=14 February 2012 |archive-date=27 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627024230/http://eciresults.nic.in/frmWinnerList.aspx |url-status=dead }}
Education
After schooling in Mizoram he was educated at St. Edmund's College, Shillong (under Gauhati University) and graduated with B.A. and B.T.
Personal life
Ruala was born in a small village of Chawnhu in southern Mizoram to father Thanzinga and mother Thangpuii. He married Lalhmingthangi on 8 February 1966, and they have five sons.{{cite web |url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4353 |title = Fifteenth Lok Sabha Member's Bioprofile |accessdate = 14 February 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120101015422/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4353 |archive-date = 1 January 2012 |url-status = dead }}
Career
He became a teacher before he entered politics. Ruala became a successful politician since he was nominated to the Mizo District Council (when Mizoram was under Government of Assam) in 1970. After Mizoram became a Union Territory he was elected to member of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly. He became Cabinet Minister during 1984-1987. His career was interrupted by the Mizoram Peace Accord in 1987 when the ruling Congress Party surrendered their government to make way for settlement between Mizo National Front and Government of India. He won the next Mizoram general election in 1989, and the subsequent elections in 1993. During these two terms he was a Cabinet Minister. From 1998 he took official works in the party office for ten years. In 2009, he was elected as Member of Parliament to the 15th Lok Sabha, and again in 2014 to the 16th Lok Sabha.{{cite web|title=Detailed Profile: Shri C. L. Ruala|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4353|publisher=NIC|accessdate=20 May 2014}}{{cite web|title=C.L. Ruala, Shri [Inc - Mizoram - St (Mizram)]|url=http://mizoram.nic.in/gov/mploksabha.htm|publisher=National Informatics Centre, Mizoram State Centre|accessdate=20 May 2014}}{{cite web|last=Lalfakzuala|first=F|title=Lok Sabha MP Atan Pu CL Ruala Thlan Tlin a Ni|url=http://dipr.mizoram.gov.in/press-release/lok-sabha-mp-atan-pu-cl-ruala-thlan-tlin-a-ni|publisher=Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Mizoram|accessdate=20 May 2014|date=16 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520220711/http://dipr.mizoram.gov.in/press-release/lok-sabha-mp-atan-pu-cl-ruala-thlan-tlin-a-ni|archive-date=20 May 2014|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120101015422/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4353 Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile] in Lok Sahba website
{{Mizoram Lok Sabha constituency}}
{{16th LS members from Northeast states |state=expanded}}
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Category:People from Lawngtlai district
Category:Mizoram MLAs 1984–1987
Category:Lok Sabha members from Mizoram