Chief Minister of Assam

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The chief minister of Assam, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Assam. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]

Since 1946, Assam has had 17 chief ministers. Ten of these belonged to the Indian National Congress, including Gopinath Bordoloi, the first chief minister of Assam, and Anwara Taimur, India's first female Muslim chief minister. Congress monopoly in the state was brought to an end when Golap Borbora led the Janata party to victory in the 1978 assembly elections. Borbora consequently became the first non congress chief minister of Assam. Prior to that, Borbora was the first member of the non congress opposition to be elected as a Rajya Sabha member from Assam. Congressman Tarun Gogoi is the longest-serving officeholder, having served for 15 years from 2001 to 2016. Sarbananda Sonowal became the Assam's first chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party, when he was sworn in on 24 May 2016. On 9 May 2021, Himanta Biswa Sarma is announced as the 15th chief minister of Assam.[2]

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List

Prime ministers (1935-50)

Under the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature was set up with a legislative assembly and a legislative council. The premier of Assam was the head of the government and leader of the legislative assembly of Assam Province.

#Template:Efn Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[3] Assembly PartyTemplate:Efn

(coalition)

1 File:Syed Saadulla.jpg Muhammed Saadulah Kamrup (South) 1 April 1937 19 September

1938

Template:Ayd 1st

Provincial

(1937 election)

Assam Valley Party

(INC)

2 File:Gopinath Bordoloi.jpg Gopinath Bordoloi Kamrup Sadar (South) 19 September

1938

17 November

1939

Template:Ayd Indian National Congress width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
(1) File:Syed Saadulla.jpg Muhammed Saadulah Kamrup (South) 17 November

1939

24 December 1941 Template:Ayd Assam Valley Party

(AIML)

- - Vacant

(Governor's Rule)

- 25 December 1941 24 August 1942 Template:Ayd Dissolved N/A
(1) File:Syed Saadulla.jpg Muhammed Saadulah Kamrup (South) 25 August 1942 11 February 1946 Template:Ayd 1st

Provincial

(1937 election)

Assam Valley Party

(AIML)

(2) File:Gopinath Bordoloi.jpg Gopinath Bordoloi Kamrup Sadar (South) 11 February 1946 25 January 1950 Template:Age in years and days 2nd Provincial

(1946 election)

Indian National Congress width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |

Chief ministers (1950-present)

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#Template:Efn Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[4] Ministry Assembly PartyTemplate:Efn
1 File:Gopinath Bordoloi.jpg Gopinath Bordoloi Kamrup Sadar (South) 26 January 1950 5 August 1950<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Ayd ? 2nd Provincial

(1946 election)

Indian National Congress rowspan="9" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
2 File:Bishnuram Medhi.jpg Bishnuram Medhi Hajo 9 August 1950 28 December 1957 Template:Age in years and days ?
? 1st

(1952 election)

? 2nd

(1957 election)

3 Bimala Prasad Chaliha Badarpur 28 December 1957 11 November 1970 Template:Age in years and days ?
Sonari ? 3rd

(1962 election)

? 4th

(1967 election)

4 Mahendra Mohan Choudhry Guwahati East 11 November 1970 31 January 1972 Template:Age in years and days ?
5 File:Sarat Chandra Singha.jpg Sarat Chandra Sinha Bilasipara East 31 January 1972 12 March 1978 Template:Age in years and days Sarat Chandra Sinha ministry 5th

(1972 election)

6 File:Golap Borbora.jpg Golap Borbora Tinsukia 12 March 1978 9 September 1979 Template:Age in years and days ? 6th

(1978 election)

Janata Party rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
7 File:Jogendra Nath Hazarika Lok Sabha photo.jpg Jogendra Nath Hazarika Duliajan 9 September 1979 11 December 1979 Template:Age in years and days ?
– File:Emblem of India.svg VacantTemplate:Efn

(President's rule)

N/A 12 December 1979 5 December 1980 Template:Age in years and days N/A N/A
8 Anwara Taimur Dalgaon 6 December 1980 30 June 1981 Template:Age in years and days ? Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
– File:Emblem of India.svg VacantTemplate:Efn

(President's rule)

N/A 30 June 1981 13 January 1982 Template:Age in years and days N/A N/A
9 Kesab Chandra Gogoi Dibrugarh 13 January 1982 19 March 1982 Template:Age in years and days Kesab Chandra Gogoi Ministry Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
– File:Emblem of India.svg VacantTemplate:Efn

(President's rule)

N/A 19 March 1982 27 February 1983 Template:Age in years and days N/A Dissolved N/A
10 File:Hiteswar Saikia with Shankar Dayal Sharma (cropped).jpg Hiteswar Saikia Nazira 27 February 1983 24 December 1985 Template:Age in years and days ? 7th

(1983 election)

Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
11 File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Nowgong 24 December 1985 28 November 1990 Template:Age in years and days First Prafulla Kumar Mahanta ministry 8th

(1985 election)

Asom Gana Parishad style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
– File:Emblem of India.svg VacantTemplate:Efn

(President's rule)

N/A 28 November 1990 30 June 1991 Template:Age in years and days N/A Dissolved N/A
(10) File:Hiteswar Saikia with Shankar Dayal Sharma (cropped).jpg Hiteswar Saikia Nazira 30 June 1991 22 April 1996<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Age in years and days ? 9th

(1991 election)

Indian National Congress rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
12 File:Dr. Bhumidhar Barman, Former Chief Minister of Assam and Agriculture Adviser to the Chief Minister of Assam addressing at the Public Information Campaign on Bharat Nirman, organized by Press Information Bureau (cropped).jpg Bhumidhar Barman Barkhetry 22 April 1996 15 May 1996 Template:Age in years and days ?
(11) File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Barhampur 15 May 1996 18 May 2001 Template:Age in years and days Second Prafulla Kumar Mahanta ministry 10th

(1996 election)

Asom Gana Parishad style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
13 File:Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4891 Cropped.JPG Tarun Gogoi Titabar 18 May 2001 24 May 2016 Template:Age in years and days First Tarun Gogoi ministry 11th

(2001 election)

Indian National Congress rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
Second Tarun Gogoi ministry 12th

(2006 election)

Third Tarun Gogoi ministry 13th

(2011 election)

14 File:Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg Sarbananda Sonowal Majuli 24 May 2016 10 May 2021 Template:Age in years and days Sonowal ministry 14th

(2016 election)

Bharatiya Janata Party rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
15 File:Himanta Biswa Sarma (cropped).jpg Himanta Biswa Sarma Jalukbari 10 May 2021 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days Sarma ministry 15th

(2021 election)

Statistics

List by chief minister

# Chief Minister Party Term of office
Longest continuous term Total duration of chief ministership
1 Tarun Gogoi Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 15 years, 6 days 15 years, 6 days
2 Bimala Prasad Chaliha Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 12 years, 318 days 12 years, 318 days
3 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 5 years, 3 days 9 years, 342 days
4 Hiteswar Saikia Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 4 years, 297 days 7 years, 232 days
5 Bishnuram Medhi Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 7 years, 141 days 7 years, 141 days
6 Sarat Chandra Sinha Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 6 years, 40 days 6 years, 40 days
7 Sarbananda Sonowal Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 4 years, 351 days 4 years, 351 days
8 Himanta Biswa Sarma* Script error: No such module "Party name with color".* Template:Ayd* Template:Ayd*
9 Golap Borbora Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 1 year, 181 days 1 year, 181 days
10 Mahendra Mohan Choudhry Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 1 year, 81 days 1 year, 81 days
11 Anwara Taimur Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 0 year, 206 days 0 year, 206 days
12 Gopinath Bordoloi Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 0 year, 192 days 0 year, 192 days
13 Kesab Chandra Gogoi Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 0 year, 65 days 0 year, 65 days
14 Jogendra Nath Hazarika Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 0 year, 93 days 0 year, 93 days
15 Bhumidhar Barman Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 0 year, 23 days 0 year, 23 days

Timeline

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from: 09/08/1950 till: 27/12/1957 color:inc text:"Bishnuram Medhi" fontsize:11
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from: 12/03/1978 till: 04/09/1979 color:jan text:"Golap Borbora" fontsize:11
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from: 06/12/1980 till: 30/06/1981 color:inc text:"Anwara Taimur" fontsize:11
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from: 13/01/1982 till: 19/03/1982 color:inc text:"Kesab Chandra Gogoi" fontsize:11
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from: 30/06/1991 till: 22/04/1996 color:inc text:"Hiteswar Saikia" fontsize:11
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from: 15/05/1996 till: 17/05/2001 color:agp text:"Prafulla Kumar Mahanta" fontsize:11
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from: 22/04/1996 till: 14/05/1996 color:inc text:"Bhumidhar Barman" fontsize:11
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from: 18/05/2001 till: 24/05/2016 color:inc text:"Tarun Gogoi" fontsize:11
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from: 24/05/2016 till: 10/05/2021 color:bjp text:"Sarbananda Sonowal" fontsize:11
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from: 10/05/2021 till: $today color:bjp text:"Himanta Biswa Sarma" fontsize:11

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See also

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. Template:ISBN. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Assam as well.
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Chief Ministers Script error: No such module "webarchive". from the Assam Assembly website
  4. ↑ Chief Ministers Script error: No such module "webarchive". from the Assam Assembly website

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