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Head of the government of the Indian state of Assam
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
.
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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.
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- Top left:
Gopinath Bordoloi
was the first chief minister of Assam.
- Top center:
Anwara Taimur
was the first and only woman to serve as chief Minister.
- Top right:
Golap Borbora
was the first non-
Congress
chief minister.
- Bottom left:
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
was the first non-Congress chief minister to complete a full 5 year term and the only non-Congress chief minister to date to have served on two occasions.
- Bottom center:
Tarun Gogoi
was the longest serving chief minister for 15 years.
- Bottom right:
Himanta Biswa Sarma
is the current chief minister.
Prime Ministers (1937-50)
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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
.
Chief Ministers
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Note
:
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Died in office
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|
Portrait
|
Chief Minister
(Lifespan)
Constituency
|
Term of office
|
Election
(Term)
|
Party
|
Government
|
Appointed by
(Governor)
|
1
|
|
|
Gopinath Bordoloi
(1890?1950)
MLA for Kamrup Sadar (South)
|
26 January
1950
|
6 August
1950
[†]
|
192 days
|
1946
(Provincial)
|
Indian National Congress
|
Bordoloi
|
Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
|
2
|
|
|
Bishnuram Medhi
(1888?1981)
MLA for
Hajo
|
9 August
1950
|
27 December
1957
|
7 years, 140 days
|
Medhi I
|
1952
(1st)
|
Medhi II
|
Jairamdas Daulatram
|
3
|
|
|
Bimala Prasad Chaliha
(1912?1971)
MLA for
Badarpur
, until 1962
MLA for
Sonari
, from 1962
|
27 December
1957
|
6 November
1970
|
12 years, 314 days
|
1957
(2nd)
|
Chaliha I
|
Saiyid Fazal Ali
|
1962
(3rd)
|
Chaliha II
|
General (Retd.)
S. M. Shrinagesh
|
1967
(4th)
|
Chaliha III
|
Vishnu Sahay
|
4
|
|
|
Mahendra Mohan Choudhry
(1908?1982)
MLA for
Gauhati East
|
6 November
1970
|
30 January
1972
|
1 year, 85 days
|
Choudhry
|
Braj Kumar Nehru
|
5
|
|
|
Sarat Chandra Sinha
(1914?2005)
MLA for
Bilasipara East
|
31 January
1972
|
12 March
1978
|
6 years, 40 days
|
1972
(5th)
|
Sinha
|
6
|
|
|
Golap Borbora
(1926?2006)
MLA for
Tinsukia
|
12 March
1978
|
4 September
1979
|
1 year, 176 days
|
1978
(6th)
|
Janata Party
|
Borbora
|
Lallan Prasad Singh
|
7
|
|
|
Jogendra Nath Hazarika
(1924?1998)
MLA for
Duliajan
|
9 September
1979
|
11 December
1979
|
93 days
|
Hazarika
|
President's rule
was imposed during this period
(12 December 1979 ? 5 December 1980)
|
8
|
|
|
Anwara Taimur
(1936?2020)
MLA for
Dalgaon
|
6 December
1980
|
30 June
1981
|
206 days
|
?
(6th)
|
Indian National Congress
|
Taimur
|
Lallan Prasad Singh
|
President's rule
was imposed during this period
(30 June 1981 ? 13 January 1982)
|
9
|
|
|
Kesab Chandra Gogoi
(1925?1998)
MLA for
Dibrugarh
|
13 January
1982
|
19 March
1982
|
65 days
|
?
(6th)
|
Indian National Congress
|
Kesab
|
Prakash Mehrotra
|
President's rule
was imposed during this period
(19 March 1982 ? 27 February 1983)
|
10
|
|
|
Hiteswar Saikia
(1934?1996)
MLA for
Nazira
|
27 February
1983
|
23 December
1985
|
2 years, 299 days
|
1983
(7th)
|
Indian National Congress
|
Saikia I
|
Prakash Mehrotra
|
11
|
|
|
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
(born 1952)
MLA for
Nowgong
|
24 December
1985
|
28 November
1990
|
4 years, 339 days
|
1985
(8th)
|
Asom Gana Parishad
|
Mahanta I
|
Bhishma Narain Singh
|
President's rule
was imposed during this period
(28 November 1990 ? 30 June 1991)
|
(10)
|
|
|
Hiteswar Saikia
(1934?1996)
MLA for
Nazira
|
30 June
1991
|
22 April
1996
[†]
|
4 years, 297 days
|
1991
(9th)
|
Indian National Congress
|
Saikia II
|
Lokanath Misra
|
12
|
|
|
Bhumidhar Barman
(1931?2021)
MLA for
Barkhetry
|
22 April
1996
|
14 May
1996
|
22 days
|
Barman
|
(11)
|
|
|
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
(born 1952)
MLA for
Barhampur
|
15 May
1996
|
17 May
2001
|
5 years, 2 days
|
1996
(10th)
|
Asom Gana Parishad
|
Mahanta II
|
13
|
|
|
Tarun Gogoi
(1936?2020)
MLA for
Titabar
|
18 May
2001
|
24 May
2016
|
15 years, 6 days
|
2001
(11th)
|
Indian National Congress
|
Tarun I
|
Lt. Gen. (Retd.)
Srinivas Kumar Sinha
|
2006
(12th)
|
Tarun II
|
Lt. Gen. (Retd.)
Ajai Singh
|
2011
(13th)
|
Tarun III
|
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
|
14
|
|
|
Sarbananda Sonowal
(born 1962)
MLA for
Majuli
|
24 May
2016
|
10 May
2021
|
4 years, 351 days
|
2016
(14th)
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Sonowal
|
Padmanabha Acharya
|
15
|
|
|
Himanta Biswa Sarma
(born 1969)
MLA for
Jalukbari
|
10 May
2021
|
Incumbent
|
3 years, 45 days
|
2021
(
15th
)
|
Sarma
|
Jagdish Mukhi
|
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