Political Career
Apang was first elected as Chief Minister in 1980. He held the position until 1999, when he resigned following a no-confidence vote caused by a split in the ruling Congress Party.
He was elected leader of the newly formed United Democratic Front, a coalition of his own political party, the Arunachal Congress and several others, in 2003. Only a few months later, Apang and his supporting MLAs merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the first time the BJP had ever ruled a state in north-eastern India. A few months after the BJP-ruled National Democratic Alliance lost power at the center during 2004 elections, Apang returned to the Indian National Congress. In October, Congress won a majority in state assembly elections, with Apang as obtaining the Chief Minister position. He remained Chief Minister until 9 April 2007, when he resigned after pressure from other Congress MLAs led to the election of Dorjee Khandu as Congress Legislature Party leader.
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