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Sarbananda Sonowal is the 14th Chief Minister of Assam and has assumed office from the 24th May 2016. With a landslide victory in the 2016 Assam Assembly elections winning 86 of the 126 seats, he was sworn as the Chief Minister in the first ever Government of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state in the presence of Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India and a host of other dignitaries.Sarbananda Sonowal is the 14th Chief Minister of Assam and has assumed office from the 24th May 2016. With a landslide victory in the 2016 Assam Assembly elections winning 86 of the 126 seats, he was sworn as the Chief Minister in the first ever Government of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state in the presence of Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India and a host of other dignitaries.
Sarbananda Sonowal was born on the 31st October 1962 to Shri Jibeswar Sonowal and Smti. Dineswari Sonowal. His place of birth was in Mulukgaon in the Dibrugarh district of Assam. He completed his Bachelor Degree with English Honours from Hanumanbaksh Kanoi College under Dibrugarh University and his LLB from Gauhati University. As a passionate sportsman, he is a keen enthusiast of football, cricket and badminton.
In 2001, he was elected as MLA from Moran Assembly Constituency. In the 2004 General election, he contested from prestigious Dibrugarh Constituency and became a Member of Parliament (MP), Lok Sabha. In 2005 he was appointed as a Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs and in 2006 as Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and continued as a Member of Parliament till 2009 before joining Bharatiya Janata Party in 2011. In the same year he was appointed as National Executive Member of Bharatiya Janata Party and also as State Spokesperson and General Secretary for Assam Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sarbananda Sonowal was appointed as the President of State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party in 2012. In 2014 he was appointed to head the 16th Lok Sabha Elections in Assam. He was credited with raising the party's tally to seven from the earlier four in the 2014 Parliamentary polls. In the same Parliamentary Polls, he was also elected from Lakhimpur Constituency as Member of Parliament (MP) Lok Sabha and he was appointed as Union Minister of State-Independent Charge for Youth Affairs and Sports.
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