Tarun Gogoi
Tarun Gogoi | |
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Gogoi in 2013 | |
| 13th Chief Minister of Assam | |
| In office 18 May 2001 – 24 May 2016 | |
| Governor | Srinivas Kumar Sinha Arvind Dave Ajai Singh Shiv Charan Mathur K. Sankaranarayanan Syed Sibtey Razi Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Padmanabha Acharya |
| Preceded by | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta |
| Succeeded by | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Food Processing Industries, Government of India | |
| In office 17 January 1993 – 13 September 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | Giridhar Gamang |
| Succeeded by | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 March 1998 – 13 May 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Keshab Mahanta |
| Succeeded by | Dip Gogoi |
| Constituency | Kaliabor |
| In office 22 June 1991 – 12 May 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Bhadreswar Tanti |
| Succeeded by | Keshab Mahanta |
| Constituency | Kaliabor |
| In office 1971–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Rajendranath Barua |
| Succeeded by | Parag Chaliha |
| Constituency | Jorhat |
| Member of Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 20 September 2001 – 23 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Dip Gogoi |
| Succeeded by | Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah |
| Constituency | Titabar |
| In office 10 May 1996 – 28 February 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Kul Bahadur Chetri |
| Succeeded by | Pradyut Bordoloi |
| Constituency | Margherita |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1936 |
| Died | 23 November 2020 (aged 84) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse |
Dolly Gogoi (m. 1972) |
| Children |
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| Relatives | Dip Gogoi (brother) Ganesh Gogoi (maternal uncle) |
| Alma mater | Gauhati University (LLB) |
| Occupation |
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| Awards | Padma Bhushan (2021; posthumous) |
| Website | assamassembly |
| Source: [Government of Assam] | |
Tarun Gogoi (1 April 1936 – 23 November 2020) was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. During his tenure as the chief minister, he is credited with ending militant insurgency and mitigating violence in addition to improving the state's fiscal condition. He is the father of Deputy LoP of the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi.
Gogoi was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2001 to until his death in 2020 from Titabar constituency and from Margherita constituency from 1996 to 1998. He was the member of Lok Sabha representing Kaliabor from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2001 and Jorhat constituency from 1971 to 1984. He was also Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Food and Processing Industries in the P. V. Narasimha Rao ministry from 1993 to 1995. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, in 2021.