Hokishe Sema (6 March 1921 – 31 January 2007) was an Indian politician who served as the third Chief Minister of Nagaland[1] and the fourth Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
[1][2] He joined government service in the 1950s as a school inspector,[1] later serving as an assistant commissioner of the then Naga Hills district of undivided Assam.
A sixteen-point agreement signed with the Government of India on the basis of this Convention led to the formation of the separate state of Nagaland in 1960.
Thereby, Sema who was elected the leader of the NNO legislative party was sworn in as the third Chief Minister of Nagaland[1] by the governor Braj Kumar Nehru.
[1] Sema's tenure as chief minister is remembered for the role he played in getting Naga underground members to surrender and their subsequent integration and redeployment[1] as a full battalion of the Border Security Force.
[7][8] In 1994, he left the Indian National Congress owing to differences with the chief minister, S C Jamir and formed the Nationalist Democratic Movement.
[9] He became leader of the BJP's legislature party and chairman of the ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland[1] with Neiphiu Rio as Chief Minister.