Sarbananda Sonowal
Politician

Sarbananda Sonowal

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways · Bhartiya Janta Party · Politician

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Born31 Oct 1962
FromMulukgaon, Assam, India
OccupationPolitician
PartyBhartiya Janta Party
Sarbananda Sonowal

Overview

Sarbananda Sonowal (IPA: xɔɹbanɔndɔ xʊnʊwal; born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician who serving as 9th Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways since 2024.[3][4] He also the Member of the Rajya Sabha representing Assam since 2021[5] and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs since 2021.[6] He is the 14th Chief Minister of Assam from 2016 to 2021 and the former of Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli from 2016 until he resigned in 2021 and from Moran constituency from 2001 to 2004. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state unit President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2016.[7] He…

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Career

Sarbananda Sonowal was the President of Assam's oldest student body, the All Assam Students Union (AASU) from 1992 to 1999. After that, he became a member of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). In 2001, he was elected as the MLA from Moran constituency of Assam. In 2004, he became a Lok Sabha member representing the Dibrugarh constituency.[12] He lost Lok Sabha election from Dibrugarh in 2009. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2011.[12]

He was appointed president of BJP's Assam Unit in 2012 and is also a member of the party's National Executive. In the 2014 general election for Lok Sabha he was appointed to head Assam State's Lok Sabha Elections by BJP, and in the same year he was also elected as Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha, from Lakhimpur Constituency.[12] He was then…

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Media

References

  1. Hemanta Kumar Nath (28 September 2021). "Day after election to Rajya Sabha, Sarbananda Sonowal resigns from Assam Assembly". India Today.
  2. ^ PTI (22 May 2016). "Sarbananda Sonowal resigns as Union Minister". The Financial Express. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b "Chief Minister of Assam". Assam Legislative Assembly.
  4. ^ "'Jatir Nayak' Sarbananda Sonowal: Ex-Assam CM Begins New Innings in Modi Cabinet as Shipping Minister". News18. 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Sarbananda Sonowal, L Murugan Take Oath As Rajya Sabha Members". NDTV. 1 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Irani, Sonowal named for Cabinet committee on political affairs in rejig". Business Standard. 13 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Sarbananda Sonowal: A profile". The Hindu. 3 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers". PM India. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Ballotin: Eye on Dispur". 16 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal takes oath as Union minister in PM Modi's Cabinet | India News-Times of India". The Times of India. ANI. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  11. ^ Archived 3 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Jump up to:a b c d "Sarbananda Sonowal". The Indian Express. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  14. ^ Moushumi Saikia (24 February 2018). "Assam influx: Scrapping of IMDT Act brought AIUDF's Badruddin Ajmal into politics as saviour of minorities". Firstpost.
  15. ^ "BJP departs from practice, names Sarbananda Sonowal as Assam CM candidate". The Economic Times. 28 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Yogi Adityanath is new entrant to India's bachelor chief ministers' club". India Today. 19 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Minister of State (Independent Charge): Sarbananda Sonowal". NDTV. 27 May 2014.
  18. ^ "Ahead of Assam elections, BJP names Sarbananda Sonowal as CM candidate - Firstpost". 28 January 2016.
  19. ^ The Economic Times (6 June 2024). "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Promising Assam Leader Sarbananda Sonowal in Cabinet". Retrieved 6 June 2014.

Last updated on 13 Oct 2024, 00:18 (IST)

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