Sarbananda Sonowal
| Sarbananda Sonowal | |
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| 14th Chief Minister of Assam | |
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Assumed office 24 May 2016 |
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| Governor |
Padmanabha Acharya Banwarilal Purohit |
| Preceded by | Tarun Gogoi |
| Member of Assam Legislative Assembly | |
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Assumed office 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Rajib Lochan Pegu |
| Constituency | Majuli |
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In office 2001–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Joy Chandra Nagbanshi |
| Succeeded by | Jibantara Ghatowar |
| Constituency | Moran |
| Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 23 May 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Jitendra Singh |
| Succeeded by | Vijay Goel |
| Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Succeeded by | Rajiv Pratap Rudy |
| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 2014–2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ranee Narah |
| Constituency | Lakhimpur |
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In office 2004–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Paban Singh Ghatowar |
| Succeeded by | Paban Singh Ghatowar |
| Constituency | Dibrugarh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 October 1961 Dinjan, Dibrugarh, Assam |
| Political party |
Bharatiya Janata Party (2011-present) Asom Gana Parishad (2001-11) |
| Alma mater | Dibrugarh University, Gauhati University |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Sarbananda Sonowal (Assamese: সৰ্বানন্দ সোণোৱাল; born 31 October 1961) is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of Assam since 2016. Previously he served as Union Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs and Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development in the Narendra Modi Government.
He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency in Assam as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has previously served as the president for BJP Assam, and is also a National Executive Member of the party. Sonowal was the president of the All Assam Students Union from 1992 to 1999. Until January 2011, he was a member of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) political party but later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is popularly known as a firebrand and dynamic youth politician, also regarded as a Jatiya Nayak of Assam, a title given by the AASU, the oldest student body of the state.
In May 2016, he was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli and was sworn in as the 14th Chief Minister of Assam.
Sarbananda Sonowal was born on 31 October 1961 in Molokgaon located in the Dibrugarh district of Assam to Shri Jibeswar Sonowal and Dineswari Sonowal. He did his Bachelor of English Honours from Dibrugarh University and went on to do his LLB from guwahati University. He also started his political career from here.
Sarbananda Sonowal was the President of Assam's oldest student body, the All Assam Students Union from 1992 to 1999. After that, he became a member of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). In 2001, he was elected the MLA from Assam's Moran constituency. In 2004, he became a Lok Sabha member representing Dibrugarh constituency and continued to be so till 2009 before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2011. In 2014 general election for Lok Sabha he was appointed to head State's 16th Lok Sabha Elections Assam by Bharatiya Janata Party, and in the same year he was also elected as Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur Constituency, he was then appointed as Union Minister of State-Independent Charge, of the Government of India under the Modi Government at the centre. He was selected as the CM candidate of BJP for the 2016 Assam Assembly Election. On 19 May 2016, Sarbananda Sonowal won the Assembly Election from Majuli Constituency making himself the next Chief Minister of Assam from Bharatiya Janata Party.
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