1. Name: Rano Mese Shaiza
2. Father’s name: Dr.Sevilie Iralu, the third Naga to become a medical doctor.
3. Mother’s name: Vitulie-ii Iralu, the elder sister of late A. Z. Phizo.
4. Husband’s Name: Lungshim Shaiza s/o late Shangyang Shaiza first Tribal Officer in Manipur, and the younger brother of late Yangmaso Shaiza, two-time Chief Minister of Manipur and Lok Sabha MP. Late Yangmaso Shaiza was assassinated on the 30th of January,1984 by NSCN gunmen in Imphal. Late Lungshim Shaiza was also assassinated by the NSCN on the 27th of January,1990 in Ukhrul his hometown where he was scheduled to participate in a meeting prior to the General Elections. Prior to shifting to Nagaland, Lungshim Shaiza also served as the ADC to the Maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Manipur and the only tribal to serve in such capacity.
5. Date of birth November 11,1928.
6. Place of birth Phek Town, Nagaland.
7. Education Pre-school ; home schooling under the guidance of parents (wherever father was posted).Studied at Mission School, Kohima; Welsh Mission Girls School, Shillong, Ridgeway Baptist Girls High School, Golaghat, completing matriculation at Govt. High School, Kohima.
Joined Cotton College,Guwahati, for I.Sc.(Intermediate Science) and completed from St.Mary’s College,Shillong, under Gauhati University. She was the first Naga female candidate for ISc under the same University. She had to give up her desire and ambition to pursue medical studies due to the then violent and volatile political situation.
8. Socio-Political activities: Appointed as Headmistress at Phek Govt.up-graded M.E.School. and later transferred to Pughoboto Govt.M.E.School . Joined as Assistant Headmistress, Baptist English School, Kohima and in turn became the Headmistress of the same in 1964-1966 which is one of the foremost schools in Nagaland. . In the year 1967, became the founding Principal of the Children’s Christian School, Mission Road, and Kohima. Member of the Thinker’s Forum, Nagaland and also the Nagaland Bhasha Parishad and Member of the North East Hills University(NEHU).Member of The Committee on Petitions in the 6th Lok Sabha.
• First Naga Women’s Federation President under the Naga National Council. Accompanied Naga-Goodwill Mission to Assam as leader and interpreter. Jailed for 19 months in the early and turbulent 60’s.
• Closely associated with the first political party namely Democratic Party, United Front of Nagaland(UFN) and United Democratic Front (UDF) of which she was appointed as the President.
• One of the foremost activist of the Prohibition Movement in Nagaland in the 60’s and later Member of the Action Committee of the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) which was instrumental in passing of the “Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act” on the 29th of March,1990.
• Member of the Ura Academy one of the most prominent educational and intellectual circle of the Tenyimia group of people in Nagaland and Convener for Health and Social Education.
• Senior Founding Member of the Naga Mother’s Association on 14th February, 1984 to combat social evils such as alcoholism and drug menace.
• One of the founding member of the APO or the Angami Public Organization in 1972 ,the apex tribal organization of the Angamis.
• Founding member of the Baptist College, Kohima in 1982.
Highlights: Contested and won the single seat for Nagaland for the 6th Lok Sabha in March, 1977, creating history by becoming the first, and so far the only, Naga lady to become a MP when she defeated then sitting Chief Minister, Shri.Hokishe Sema.
• During her tenure as MP, the Freedom of Religion Bill was introduced in Parliament by OP Tyagi. She was instrumental in rallying the Christian MPs and actively lobbied against the said Bill which ultimately could not be passed.
• It was through her initiative that talks between Prime Minister Morarji Desai and her uncle A. Z. Phizo could materialize.
Many of her former students include Neiphiu Rio, Alemtemshi Jamir, to name a few.
Issued: by family members