List of speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly

Speakers of the Assembly

The following is a list of the Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly:[1]

Assam Province

# Name Took office Left office Party
1 Babu Basanta Kumar Das 7 April 1937 11 March 1946 Indian National Congress
2 Debeswar Sarmah 12 March 1946 10 October 1947
3 Laksheswar Borooah (INC) 5 November 1947 3 March 1952

Assam State

# Name Portrait Took office Left office Political Party
1 Kuladhar Chaliha 5 March 1952 7 June 1957 Indian National Congress
2 Devakanta Barua 8 June 1957 15 September 1959
3 Mahendra Mohan Choudhury 9 December 1959 19 March 1967
4 Hareswar Goswami 20 March 1967 10 May 1968
5 Mahi Kanta Das 27 August 1968 21 March 1972
6 Ramesh Chandra Barooah 22 March 1972 20 March 1978
7 Jogendra Nath Hazarika 21 March 1978 4 September 1979 Janata Party
8 Sheikh Chand Mohammad 7 November 1979 7 January 1986 Indian National Congress
9 Pulakesh Barua 9 January 1986 27 July 1991 Asom Gana Parishad
10 Jiba Kanta Gogoi 29 July 1991 9 December 1992 Indian National Congress
11 Debesh Chandra Chakravorty 21 December 1992 11 June 1996
12 Ganesh Kutum 12 June 1996 24 May 2001 Asom Gana Parishad
13 Prithibi Majhi 30 May 2001 19 May 2006 Indian National Congress
14 Tanka Bahadur Rai 29 May 2006 19 May 2011
15 Pranab Kumar Gogoi[2] 6 June 2011 19 May 2016 Indian National Congress
16 Ranjit Kumar Das 1 June 2016 30 January 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Hitendra Nath Goswami 30 January 2017 20 May 2021
18 Biswajit Daimary 21 May 2021 Present

Deputy speakers of the Assembly

The following is a list of the deputy speakers of the assembly.[3]

# Name Took office Left office
1 Moulvi Muhammad Amiruddin 7 April 1937 1946
2 Bonily Khongmen 14 March 1946
3 R.N. Baruah 6 March 1952 1 April 1957
4 R.N. Baruah 10 June 1957 28 February 1962
5 D. Hazarika 31 March 1962 28 February 1967
6 M.K. Das 31 March 1967 26 August 1968
7 A. Rahman 20 September 1968 9 November 1970
8 J. Saikia 13 November 1970 9 June 1971
9 R.N. Sen 24 May 1971 14 March 1972
10 Golok Rajbanshi 6 April 1972 3 March 1978
11 Sheikh Chand Mohammad 30 March 1978 6 November 1979
12 G. Ahmed 13 November 1979 19 March 1982
13 N.C. Kath Hazarika 25 March 1983 18 August 1985
14 Bhadreswar Buragohain 1 April 1986 10 April 1990
15 Balobhadra Tamuli 22 October 1990 8 January 1991
16 Debesh Chakraborty 1 August 1991 20 December 1992
17 Prithibi Mahji 23 March 1993 11 May 1996
18 Nurul Hussain 13 June 1996 18 August 1998
19 Renupoma Rajkhowa 14 May 1991 17 May 2001
20 Tanka Bahadur Rai 3 April 2002 14 May 2006
21 Pranati Phukan 31 May 2006 16 May 2011
22 Bhimananda Tanti 6 June 2011 19 May 2016
23 Dilip Kumar Paul 3 June 2016 8 May 2018
24 Kripanath Mallah 26 September 2018 4 June 2019
25 Aminul Haque Laskar 31 July 2019 2 May 2021
26 Numal Momin 21 May 2021 Present

References

  1. ^ "List of Speakers since 1937". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Members of 13th Assembly sworn in - Pranab Gogoi elected Assam Speaker". The Telegraph. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. ^ "List of Deputy Speakers since 1937". 28 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.