Guwahati, Oct. 2 -- E.T. Ezung, a former Speaker of the Nagaland Assembly and minister, died in Dimapur on October 1 at the age of 75. His family said he had been unwell for a short period.

Ezung was elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly three times from the 40 Bhandari Assembly constituency in Wokha district. He first entered the Assembly in 1983 and later served as a member of the 7th and 10th Nagaland Legislative Assemblies.

He held the posts of Deputy Speaker and Speaker and also served as a minister with several portfolios. He had a long association with the Congress and served as a member of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee's (NPCC) core committee.

Ezung graduated from St Edmund's College in Shillong in 1974. He rem...