List of chief ministers of Assam

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{{Infobox political post
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| native_name = 
| minister = not_prime
| post = [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
| body = [[Assam]]
| insignia = File:Seal of Assam.png
| insigniasize = 155px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Assam]]
| image =Himanta Biswa Sarma,.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| incumbent = [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]]
| incumbentsince = 10 May 2021
| appointer = [[Governor of Assam]]
| reportsto = [[Governor of Assam]]
| inaugural = [[Gopinath Bordoloi]]
| formation = {{Start date and age|1950|01|26|df=y|p=y|br=y}}
| status = [[Head of Government]]
| abbreviation = CM
| member_of = [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| termlength = At the confidence of the assembly
| termlength_qualified = five years and is subject to no [[term limit]]s.<ref name="term1">[[Durga Das Basu]]. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. {{ISBN|978-81-8038-559-9}}. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Assam as well.</ref>
| precursor = [[Prime Minister of Assam|Premier of Assam]]
}}

The '''[[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]] of [[Assam]]''', an [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]], is the [[head of government|head]] of the [[Government of Assam]]. As per the [[Constitution of India]], the [[governor (India)|governor]] is the state's ''[[de jure]]'' head, but ''[[de facto]]'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]], the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose [[Cabinet (government)|council of ministers]] are [[Cabinet collective responsibility|collectively responsible]] to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no [[term limit]]s.<ref name="term1">[[Durga Das Basu]]. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. {{ISBN|978-81-8038-559-9}}. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Assam as well.</ref>

Since 1946, Assam has had 17 chief ministers. Ten of these belonged to the [[Indian National Congress]], including [[Gopinath Bordoloi]], the first Chief Minister of Assam, and [[Anwara Taimur]], India's first female Muslim chief minister. Congress monopoly in the state was brought to an end when [[Golap Borbora]] led the Janata party to victory in the 1978 assembly elections. Borbora consequently became the first non congress Chief Minister of Assam. Prior to that, Borbora was the first member of the non congress opposition to be elected as a Rajya Sabha member from Assam. Congressman [[Tarun Gogoi]] is the longest-serving officeholder, having served for 15 years from 2001 to 2016. [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] became the Assam's first chief minister from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] BJP
when he was sworn-in on 24 May 2016. On 9 May 2021, [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]] is announced as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-09|title=Himanta Biswa Sarma Crowned 15th Chief Minister Of Assam|url=https://www.pratidintime.com/himanta-biswa-sarma-crowned-15th-chief-minister-of-assam/|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Pratidin Time|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Premier of Assam (1937-50) ==
Under the [[Government of India Act 1935]], a bicameral legislature was set up with a legislative assembly and a legislative council. The [[Prime Minister of Assam|Premier of Assam]] was the head of the government and leader of the legislative assembly of [[Assam Province|Assam province]].
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|-
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan="3" | Term of office<ref name=":0" />
! rowspan="2" |Assembly
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
(coaliton)
|-
! From
! To
! Days in office
|-
|-
|1
|[[File:Syed Saadulla.jpg|frameless|81x81px]]
|[[Muhammed Saadulah]]
|Kamrup (South)
|1 April 1937
|19 September
1938
|{{ayd|1937|4|1|1938|9|19}}
| rowspan="3" |1st
Provincial

Assembly

([[1937 Indian provincial elections|1937 election]])
|Assam United Muslim Party
([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|width="4px" style="background-color: green"|
|-
|2
|[[File:Gopinath Bordoloi.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Gopinath Bordoloi]]
|Kamrup Sadar (South)
|19 September
1938
|17 November
1939
|{{ayd|1938|9|19|1939|11|17}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|-
|(1)
|[[File:Syed Saadulla.jpg|frameless|81x81px]]
|[[Muhammed Saadulah]]
|Kamrup (South)
|17 November
1939
|24 December 1941
|{{ayd|1939|11|17|1941|12|24}}
|Assam United Muslim Party
([[All-India Muslim League|AIML]])
|width="4px" style="background-color: green"|
|-
| -
| -
|''Vacant''
(Governor's Rule)
| -
|25 December 1941
|24 August 1942
|{{ayd|1941|12|25|1942|8|24}}
|''Dissolved''
|N/A
|
|-
|(1)
|[[File:Syed Saadulla.jpg|frameless|81x81px]]
|[[Muhammed Saadulah|Sir Syed Muhammad Saadullah]]
|Kamrup (South)
|25 August 1942
|11 February 1946
|{{ayd|1942|8|25|1946|2|11}}
|1st
Provincial

Assembly

([[1937 Indian provincial elections|1937 election]])
|Assam United Muslim Party
([[All-India Muslim League|AIML]])
|width="4px" style="background-color: green"|
|- align="center" style="height: 60px;"
| (2)
| [[File:Gopinath Bordoloi.jpg|75x75px]]
| [[Gopinath Bordoloi]]
|Kamrup Sadar (South)
| 11 February 1946
| 25 January 1950
| {{Age in years and days|1946|2|11|1950|1|26}}
|2nd Provincial
Assembly

([[1946 Indian provincial elections|1946 election]])
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|}

==Chief Ministers of Assam==

{| class="wikitable sortable"; style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan=2 scope=col| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan=2|Name
! rowspan=2|Constituency
! colspan=3 | Term of office<ref name=":0">[http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html Chief Ministers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116091830/http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html |date=16 January 2014 }} from the [http://assamassembly.nic.in/ Assam Assembly] website</ref>
! rowspan="2" |Assembly
! colspan="2" | Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
|-
! From
! To
! Days in office
!
!
|-
|-
|1
|[[File:Gopinath Bordoloi.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Gopinath Bordoloi]]
|Kamrup Sadar (South)
|26 January 1950
|6 August 1950
|{{ayd|1950|1|26|1950|8|6}}
| rowspan="2" |2nd Provincial
([[1946 Indian provincial elections|1946 election]])
| rowspan="9" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="9" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 60px;"
| rowspan="3" | 2
| rowspan="3" | [[File:Bishnuram Medhi.jpg|98x98px]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Bishnuram Medhi]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Hajo (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hajo]]
| rowspan="3" | 9 August 1950
| rowspan="3" | 27 December 1957
| rowspan="3" | {{Age in years and days|1950|8|9|1957|12|27}}
|-
|1st
([[1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1952 election]])
|-
| rowspan="2" |2nd
([[1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1957 election]])
|- align="center" style="height: 60px;"
| rowspan="3" | 3
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]
| Badarpur
| rowspan="3" | 28 December 1957
| rowspan="3" | 6 November 1970
| rowspan="3" | {{Age in years and days|1957|12|28|1970|11|6}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |Sonari
|3rd
([[1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1962 election]])
|-
|
| rowspan="2" |4th
([[1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1967 election]])
|- align="center" style="height: 60px;"
| 4
|[[File:M. M. Chaudhry Official portrait.jpg|90x90px]]
| [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry]]
| [[Gauhati East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Guwahati East]]
| 11 November 1970
| 30 January 1972
| {{Age in years and days|1970|11|11|1972|1|30}}

|- align="center" style="height: 60px;"
| 5
| [[File:Sarat Chandra Singha.jpg|101x101px]]
| [[Sarat Chandra Singha]]
| [[Bilasipara East]]
| 31 January 1972
| 12 March 1978
| {{Age in years and days|1972|1|31|1978|3|12}}
|5th
(1972 election)
|- align="center" style="height: 60px;"
| 6
| [[File:Golap Borbora.jpg|88x88px]]
| [[Golap Borbora]]
| [[Tinsukia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tinsukia]]
| 12 March 1978
| 4 September 1979
| {{Age in years and days|1978|3|12|1979|9|4}}
| rowspan="6" |6th
(1978 election)
| rowspan="2" | [[Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 60px;"
| 7
|
| [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]]
| [[Duliajan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Duliajan]]
| 9 September 1979
| 11 December 1979
| {{Age in years and days|1979|9|9|1979|12|11}}

|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| –
| [[File:Emblem of India.svg|100x100px]]
| Vacant{{efn|name=PR|When [[President's rule]] is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.<ref>Amberish K. Diwanji. "[http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2005/mar/15spec1.htm A dummy's guide to President's rule]". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.</ref>}} ([[President's rule]])
| N/A
| 12 December 1979
| 5 December 1980
| {{formatnum:{{Age in years and days|1979|12|12|1980|12|5}}}}
| N/A
|
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 8
|
| [[Anwara Taimur]]
| [[Dalgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dalgaon]]
| 6 December 1980
| 30 June 1981
| {{Age in years and days|1980|12|6|1981|6|30}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| –
| [[File:Emblem of India.svg|100x100px]]
| Vacant{{efn|name=PR}} ([[President's rule]])
| N/A
| 30 June 1981
| 13 January 1982
| {{Age in years and days|1981|6|30|1982|1|13}}
| N/A
|
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 9
|
| [[Kesab Chandra Gogoi]]
| [[Dibrugarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]]
| 13 January 1982
| 19 March 1982
| {{Age in years and days|1982|1|13|1982|3|19}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| –
| [[File:Emblem of India.svg|100x100px]]
| Vacant{{efn|name=PR}} ([[President's rule]])
| N/A
| 19 March 1982
| 27 February 1983
| {{Age in years and days|1982|3|19|1983|2|27}}
|''Dissolved''
| N/A
|
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 10
|
| [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| [[Nazira (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nazira]]
| 27 February 1983
| 23 December 1985
| {{Age in years and days|1983|2|27|1985|12|23}}
|7th

(1983 election)
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 11
| [[File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg|79x79px]]
| [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| [[Nowgong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nowgong]]
| 24 December 1985
| 28 November 1990
| {{Age in years and days|1985|12|24|1990|11|28}}
|8th

(1985 election)
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|width=4px style="background-color: {{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}" |
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| –
| [[File:Emblem of India.svg|100x100px]]
| Vacant{{efn|name=PR}} ([[President's rule]])
| N/A
| 28 November 1990
| 30 June 1991
| {{Age in years and days|1990|11|28|1991|6|30}}
|''Dissolved''
| N/A
|
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| (10)
|
| [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| [[Nazira (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nazira]]
| 30 June 1991
| 22 April 1996
| {{Age in years and days|1991|6|30|1996|4|22}}
| rowspan="2" |9th

(1991 election)
| rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 12
| [[File:Dr. Bhumidhar Barman, Former Chief Minister of Assam and Agriculture Adviser to the Chief Minister of Assam addressing at the Public Information Campaign on Bharat Nirman, organized by Press Information Bureau (cropped).jpg|85x85px]]
| [[Bhumidhar Barman]]
| [[Barkhetry (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barkhetry]]
| 22 April 1996
| 14 May 1996
| {{Age in years and days|1996|4|22|1996|5|14}}

|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| (11)
|[[File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg|79x79px]]
| [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| [[Barhampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barhampur]]
| 15 May 1996
| 17 May 2001
| {{Age in years and days|1996|5|15|2001|5|17}}
|10th

(1996 election)
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|width=4px style="background-color: {{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}" |
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| rowspan="3" | 13
| rowspan="3" | [[File:Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4891 Cropped.JPG|113x113px]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Tarun Gogoi]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Titabar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Titabar]]
| rowspan="3" | 18 May 2001
| rowspan="3" | 24 May 2016
| rowspan="3" | {{Age in years and days|2001|5|18|2016|5|24}}
|11th

(2001 election)
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|12th
(2006 election)
|-
|13th
([[2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2011 election]])
|- align="center" style="height: 60px;"
| 14
| [[File:Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.jpg|98x98px]]
| [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
| [[Majuli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Majuli]]
| 24 May 2016
| 10 May 2021
| {{Age in years and days|2016|5|24|2021|5|10}}
|14th
([[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2016 election]])
| rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 60px;"
| 15
| [[File:Himanta Biswa Sarma,.jpg|95x95px]]
| [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]]
| [[Jalukbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jalukbari]]
| 10 May 2021
| ''Incumbent''
| {{Age in years and days|2021|5|10}}
|15th
([[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021 election]])
|-
|}

;Notes
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==See also==
* [[List of current Indian chief ministers]]
* [[List of Governors of Assam]]

==References==
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