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SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL
Hon'ble Cabinet Minister
Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Member's Name: Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
Father's Name: Late Shri Jibeswar Sonowal
Mother's Name: Late Shrimati Dineswari Sonowal
Date of Birth: 31 October 1962
Place of Birth: Mulukgaon, Distt. Dibrugarh (Assam)
Marital Status: Unmarried
Educational Qualification:
B.A., LL.B., B.C.J. Educated at D.H.S.K. College, Dibrugarh University, G.U. Law College and Gauhati University
Permanent Address:
1 No. Lakhi Nagar Path, Near Aunaiti Sakha Shatra, Kacharibari, P.O.-CR Building, P.S. &District - Dibrugarh, Assam786003
Present Address:
Bungalow No. 23, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi110001
Tel. – 01121410656
Email: sarbananda[dot]sonowal[at]gov[dot].in
Positions Held:
2001-2004 | Member, Assam Legislative Assembly |
2004-2009 | Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha Member, Committee on Commerce Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs |
May 2014 - May 2016 | Member, Sixteenth Lok Sabha (second term) (resigned w.e.f. 28 May 2016) |
27 May 2014 - 9 Nov.2014 | Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Skill Development Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports |
9 Nov.2014 - 22 May 2016 | Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports |
May 2016 - May 2021 | Member, Assam Legislative Assembly (second term) |
May 2016 - May 2021 | Chief Minister of Assam |
May - Sept. 2021 | Member, Assam Legislative Assembly (third term) |
7 July 2021 onwards | Minister of AYUSH and Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
Sept. 2021 | Elected to Rajya Sabha |
Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests:
Interacting with the learned people to know important things in life and expansion of friendship
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation:
Cricket, football and badminton
Other Information:
President (i) All Assam Students’ Union, 1992-1999 and (ii) BJP Assam Pradesh, 1994-2004; Chairman, North East Students Organisation, 1994-2004; Member, National Executive, B.J.P., 2011; State Spokesperson and General Secretary, B.J.P., Assam, 2012; State President, B.J.P.,Assam Pradesh Committee, 2012 and 2015; lead in repealing of the IMDT Act which was finally scrapped by the Supreme Court of India in July 2005.