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{{Short description|Indian politician (1954–2019)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Donkupar Roy
| image               = The Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister , Dr. Donkupar Roy , at the 52nd National Development Council Meeting , at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on December 9, 2006.jpg
| nationality         = [[India]]n
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1954|11|10|df=y}}
| death_date          = {{Death date and  age|2019|07|28|1954|11|10|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Gurugram]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| office1             = 10th [[Chief Minister of Meghalaya]]
| term_start1         = 19 March 2008
| term_end1           = 19 March 2009
| governor1           = [[Shivinder Singh Sidhu]] <br> [[Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary]]
| predecessor1        = [[D.D. Lapang]]
| successor1          = President's Rule
| office              = 13th [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start          = 6 March 2018
| term_end            = 28 July 2019
| predecessor         = [[Abu Taher Mondal]]
| successor           = [[Metbah Lyngdoh]]
| party               = [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]]
| alma_mater          = [[North-Eastern Hill University]]
}}
''' Donkupar Roy''' (10 November 1954 – 28 July 2019) was an Indian politician, who served as [[Chief Minister of Meghalaya]]. He was the head of the [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]], a political party recognised in [[Meghalaya]].

==Political career==
After a fractured mandate in Meghalaya's 2008 Assembly Elections, an alliance between his UDP and a handful of other parties stated claim to form the government under the banner of the [[Meghalaya Progressive Alliance]], with Roy as Chief Minister. After [[D. D. Lapang]] resigned as Chief Minister because he did not hold a majority in the state legislature, Roy was sworn in as Chief Minister on 19 March 2008.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120723080207/http://sify.com/news/politics/fullstory.php?id=14626628 "Donkupar Roy takes over as Meghalaya CM"], sify.com, 19 March 2008.</ref>

On 19 March 2009, exactly one year into his term, the government was dismissed and the state was put under President's Rule. In May 2009, the United Democratic Party left the Progressive Alliance, and [[D.D. Lapang]] of the Congress Party returned to power as chief minister. Under [[Conrad Sangma]] government, he was the speaker of the assembly.
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==Death==
He died due to multiple organ failure at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram at around 2:50 PM. He was 64.

==References==
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{{Chief Ministers of Meghalaya}}

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[[Category:Leaders of the opposition in Meghalaya]]
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[[Category:Meghalaya MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]


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