Kyrmen Shylla

Kyrmen Shylla (born 22 November 1988) is a politician from United Democratic Party and an MLA of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from Meghalaya, India. He is the youngest minister sworn in as one of the Cabinet Ministers by the then Governor of Meghalaya, Ganga Prasad, in the NPP-led coalition of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government in the state.

Early life and career
Kyrmen Shylla is the son of Smti. Kle Shylla and Shri. Kor Sympli, former MDC of the Jaitia Hilla Autonomous District Council. Shylla has fifteen siblings. He is the sixth child of the family. Shylla is a businessman.

Education
Shylla completed his Secondary School Leaving Certificate, MBOSE, from Khliehriat Higher Secondary School, Khliehriat in 2004.

Political career
Kyrmen Shylla won the Assembly election from Khliehriat Constituency as a UDP candidate in the year 2018.

Electoral records
In 2018, Shylla contested the Khliehriat constituency as a UDP candidate, winning his first election to the state assembly. He won against Justine Dkhar of Bharatiya Janta Party with a victory margin of 8181 votes.

United Democratic Party
Shylla was elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly in 2018 from Khliehriat constituency as a candidate of the United Democratic Party.

Positions in government
Kyrmen Shylla is presently in charge of Revenue & Disaster Management Department, Social Welfare Department, Excise.

Personal life
Shylla is unmarried. He is keen to adopt a girl child to his family which was abandoned at his residence in November 2019.