Salhoutuonuo Kruse | |
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Cabinet Minister, Government of Nagaland | |
Assumed office 7 March 2023 | |
Governor | La. Ganesan |
Cabinet | Fifth Rio ministry |
Chief Minister | Neiphiu Rio |
Ministry and Departments |
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Member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office March 2023 | |
Preceded by | Keneizhakho Nakhro |
Constituency | Western Angami |
Personal details | |
Born | Salhoutuonuo Kruneilie 15 December 1966 Kiruphema, Kohima District, Nagaland, India |
Political party | Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party |
Spouse |
Kevisekho Kruse
(m. 1986; died 2021) |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Kohima |
Education | Ministers' Hill Baptist Higher Secondary School |
Alma mater | Kohima College (BA) |
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Salhoutuonuo Kruse (née Kruneilie; born 15 December 1966) is an Indian politician from Nagaland.[1] In 2023, She along with Hekani Jakhalu Kense became the first women from Nagaland to be elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.[2][3] She was sworn in as a Minister of Women Resource Development & Horticulture in the 5th Rio ministry, making her the first female Minister in the history of the Indian state of Nagaland.[4][5]
Kruse was elected from the Western Angami Assembly constituency as a candidate of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party. She previously served as the President of the Angami Women Organization.[6]
Salhoutuonuo Kruneilie was born 15 December 1966 to an Angami Naga family from Kiruphema. She did her schooling from Ministers' Hill Baptist Higher Secondary School in Kohima and later completed her graduation from Kohima College.[7]
Kruse served as the President of the Angamimiapfü Mechü Krotho (now known as Angami Women Organization) from 2011 to 2014.[8]
In 2023, Kruse was elected as a candidate of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party from the Western Angami Assembly constituency in the 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election defeating Keneizhakho Nakhro, an independent candidate. She along with Hekani Jakhalu became the first ever elected women MLA from Nagaland.[9]
Her late husband Kevisekho Kruse previously contested from the same constituency and party in the 2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election but lost to Keneizhakho Nakhro from the Naga People's Front party.
Kruse is a Baptist Christian and she attends Ministers' Hill Baptist Church in Kohima.
She was married to Kevisekho Kruse. They married on 2 October 1986 and had two daughters together.[7] He later died from complications of COVID-19 on 4 June 2021 at age 60.[10][11]