Dr. Shürhozelie is a politician from Nagaland

Nagaland

Nagaland is a state in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Burma to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He is the president of the Nagaland People's Front

Nagaland People's Front

The Nagaland People's Front is a political party in the Indian state of Nagaland. 2003-2008 it headed the state government of Nagaland together with Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland. Dr. Shürhozelie is the president of the party...

. In 2003 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 of Nagaland, as the Nagaland People's Front candidate in the constituency Northern Angami-I (ST

Adivasi

Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India. They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India...

). After the 2003 elections, he was Urban Development Minister of Nagaland in the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland government.