List of chief ministers of Assam
| Chief Minister of Assam | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | Assam Legislative Assembly |
| Reports to | Governor of Assam |
| Appointer | Governor of Assam |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly five years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Precursor | Premier of Assam |
| Inaugural holder | Gopinath Bordoloi |
| Formation | 26 January 1950 |
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 14 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 BJP when he was sworn-in on 24 May 2016. On 9th May 2021, Himanta Biswa Sarma is announced as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam.[2]
Premier of Assam (1937-50)[]
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.
| No.[a] | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Term of office[3] | Assembly | Party[b]
(coaliton) |
Appointed
by (Governor) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Days in office | ||||||||
| 1 | Sir Syed Muhammad Saadullah | 
|
Kamrup (South) | 1 April 1937 | 19 September
1938 |
1 year, 171 days | 1st
Provincial Assembly |
Assam United Muslim Party
(INC) |
Robert Neil Reid | |
| 2 | Gopinath Bordoloi | 
|
Kamrup Sadar (South) | 19 September
1938 |
17 November
1939 |
1 year, 59 days | Indian National Congress | |||
| (1) | Sir Syed Muhammad Saadullah |
|
Kamrup (South) | 17 November
1939 |
24 December 1941 | 2 years, 37 days | Assam United Muslim Party
(AIML) |
|||
| - | Vacant
(Governor's Rule) |
- | - | 25 December 1941 | 24 August 1942 | 242 days | Dissolved | N/A | - | |
| (1) | Sir Syed Muhammad Saadullah |
|
Kamrup (South) | 25 August 1942 | 11 February 1946 | 3 years, 170 days | 1st
Provincial Assembly |
Assam United Muslim Party
(AIML) |
Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow | |
| (2) | Gopinath Bordoloi |
|
Kamrup Sadar (South) | 11 February 1946 | 25 January 1950 | 3 years, 349 days | 2nd Provincial
Assembly |
Indian National Congress | ||
Chief Ministers of Assam[]
| No.[c] | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Term of office[3] | Assembly | Party[d] | Appointed
by (Governor) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Days in office | ||||||||
| 1 | Gopinath Bordoloi |
|
Kamrup Sadar (South) | 26 January 1950 | 6 August 1950 | 192 days | 2nd Provincial | Indian National Congress | Sir Saleh Akbar Hydari | |
| 2 | Bishnuram Medhi | 
|
Hajo | 9 August 1950 | 27 December 1957 | 7 years, 140 days | ||||
| 1st | Jairamdas Daulatram | |||||||||
| 2nd | Fazl Ali | |||||||||
| 3 | Bimala Prasad Chaliha | Badarpur | 28 December 1957 | 6 November 1970 | 12 years, 313 days | |||||
| Sonari | 3rd | Gen. S. M. Shrinagesh | ||||||||
| 4 | Mahendra Mohan Choudhry | 
|
Guwahati East | 11 November 1970 | 30 January 1972 | 1 year, 80 days | 4th | Vishnu Sahay | ||
| 5 | Sarat Chandra Singha | 
|
31 January 1972 | 12 March 1978 | 6 years, 40 days | 5th
(1972 election) |
Braj Kumar Nehru | |||
| 6 | Golap Borbora | 
|
Tinsukia | 12 March 1978 | 4 September 1979 | 1 year, 176 days | 6th
(1978 election) |
Janata Party | Lallan Prasad Singh | |
| 7 | Jogendra Nath Hazarika | Duliajan | 9 September 1979 | 11 December 1979 | 93 days | |||||
| – | Vacant[e] (President's rule) |
|
N/A | 12 December 1979 | 5 December 1980 | 359 days | N/A | - | ||
| 8 | Syeda Anwara Taimur | Dalgaon | 6 December 1980 | 30 June 1981 | 206 days | Indian National Congress | Lallan Prasad Singh | |||
| – | Vacant[e] (President's rule) |
|
N/A | 30 June 1981 | 13 January 1982 | 197 days | N/A | - | ||
| 9 | Kesab Chandra Gogoi | Dibrugarh | 13 January 1982 | 19 March 1982 | 65 days | Indian National Congress | Prakash Mehrotra | |||
| – | Vacant[e] (President's rule) |
|
N/A | 19 March 1982 | 27 February 1983 | 345 days | Dissolved | N/A | - | |
| 10 | Hiteswar Saikia | Nazira | 27 February 1983 | 23 December 1985 | 2 years, 299 days | 7th
(1983 election) |
Indian National Congress | Prakash Mehrotra | ||
| 11 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta | 
|
Nowgong | 24 December 1985 | 28 November 1990 | 4 years, 339 days | 8th
(1985 election) |
Asom Gana Parishad | Bhishma Narain Singh | |
| – | Vacant[e] (President's rule) |
|
N/A | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 | 214 days | Dissolved | N/A | - | |
| (10) | Hiteswar Saikia
[2] |
Nazira | 30 June 1991 | 22 April 1996 | 4 years, 297 days | 9th
(1991 election) |
Indian National Congress | Loknath Mishra | ||
| 12 | Bhumidhar Barman | 
|
Barkhetry | 22 April 1996 | 14 May 1996 | 22 days | ||||
| (11) | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
[2] |
|
Barhampur | 15 May 1996 | 17 May 2001 | 5 years, 2 days | 10th
(1996 election) |
Asom Gana Parishad | ||
| 13 | Tarun Gogoi | 
|
Titabar | 18 May 2001 | 24 May 2016 | 15 years, 6 days | 11th
(2001 election) |
Indian National Congress | Lt. Gen. S. K. Sinha | |
| 12th
(2006 election) |
Lt. Gen. Ajai Singh | |||||||||
| 13th
(2011 election) |
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | |||||||||
| 14 | Sarbananda Sonowal | 
|
Majuli | 24 May 2016 | 10 May 2021 | 4 years, 351 days | 14th | Bharatiya Janata Party | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya | |
| 15 | Himanta Biswa Sarma | 
|
Jalukbari | 10 May 2021 | Incumbent | 135 days | 15th | Jagdish Mukhi | ||
- Notes
- ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
- ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[4]
Timeline[]
See also[]
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of Governors of Assam
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Assam as well.
- ^ "Himanta Biswa Sarma Crowned 15th Chief Minister Of Assam". Pratidin Time. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Chief Ministers Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine from the Assam Assembly website
- ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.
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