Government of Assam

Government of Assam

Seat of Government	Dispur
Executive
Governor	P B Acharya
Chief Minister	Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP)
Legislature
Assembly	Vidhan Sabha
Speaker	To be elected soon
Deputy Speaker	Bhima Nanda Tanti
Members in Assembly	126
Council	none
Chairman	none
Deputy Chairman	none
Members in Council	none
Judiciary
High Court	Gauhati High Court
Chief Justice	K Sreedhar Rao

The Government of Assam is the provincial governing authority of the state of Assam in the Republic of India. On May 19, 2016, Assam State election results held in which BJP got the majority with 88 seats followed up by Congress with only 22 seats and 16 others.

It consists of the Governor as the head of the state, who is nominated by the Government of India. The head of government is the Chief Minister, who is the leader of the group that commands a majority in the 126-membered unicameral Assam Legislative Assembly. The Assam Assembly is elected by universal adult suffrage for a period of maximum 5 years. The Chief Minister is assisted by a Council of Ministers that he nominates, the size of which is restricted.

Ministers

	Minister	Ministry	Constituency	District	Party
1	Sarbananda Sonowal	Chief Minister of Assam, GAD, SAD, Administrative Reform and Training, Border Area Development, Social Welfare, I&PR, Revenue, Disaster management, Power, Implementation of Assam Accord	Majuli	Jorhat	BJP
2	Himanta Biswa Sarma	Finance, Planning and Development, Health and Family Welfare, Education department	Jalukbari	Kamrup Metropolitan	BJP
3	Atul Bora	Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Urban Development, Town and Country Planning	Dispur	Kamrup Metropolitan	AGP
4	Pramila Rani Brahma	Environment and Forests, Soil Conservation and Mines and Mineral departments	Kokrajhar East	Kokrajhar	BPF
5	Ranjit Dutta	Irrigation, Handloom and Textiles	Behali	Sonitpur	BJP
6	Parimal Suklabaidya	PWD, Fisheries and Excise	Dholai	Cachar	BJP
7	Keshab Mahanta	Water resource, Science and Technology, Information & Technology Departments	Kaliabor	Nagaon	AGP
8	Pallab Lochan Das	Labour and Employment and Tea Tribes Welfare	Rangapara	Lakhimpur	BJP
9	Chandramohan Patowary	Commerce and Industry, Transport and Parliamentary Affairse	Dharmapur	Nalbari	BJP
10	Rihon Daimary	Public Health Engineering, Food and Civil Supply and Consumer Affairs	Udalguri	Udalguri	BPF
11	Naba Doley	MoS(I/C) Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Youth Welfare and Cultural Affairs	Dhakuakhana	Lakhimpur	BJP

External links

• Government of Assam, website