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	'''Paban Singh Ghatowar''' ({{lang-as\|পৱন সিং ঘাটোৱাৰ}}) (born 6 December 1950) in Sivasagar, Assam is an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician.		'''Paban Singh Ghatowar''' ({{lang-as\|পৱন সিং ঘাটোৱাৰ}}) (born 6 December 1950) in Sivasagar, Assam is an Indian politician.

	==Political career==		==Political career==
	He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and has been elected Member of Parliament for five times: 10th Loksabha, [[11th Lok Sabha]], [[12th Lok Sabha]], [[13th Lok Sabha]] and [[15th Lok Sabha]].<ref>[http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=139 Detailed Profile: Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar] Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref> He was the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), [[Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (India)\|Development of North Eastern Region]] and [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)\|Parliamentary Affairs]] from July 2011 to May 2014.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-council-of-ministers-in-modi-cabinet/article6052078.ece</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120719121953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-12/guwahati/30619379_1_unfinished-projects-mizoram-doner Unfinished projects annoy Ghatowar] Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref>		He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and has been elected Member of Parliament for five times: 10th Loksabha, [[11th Lok Sabha]], [[12th Lok Sabha]], [[13th Lok Sabha]] and [[15th Lok Sabha]].<ref>[http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=139 Detailed Profile: Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar] Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref> He was the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), [[Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (India)\|Development of North Eastern Region]] and [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)\|Parliamentary Affairs]] from July 2011 to May 2014.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-council-of-ministers-in-modi-cabinet/article6052078.ece\|title = List of Council of ministers in Modi Cabinet\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 27 May 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120719121953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-12/guwahati/30619379_1_unfinished-projects-mizoram-doner Unfinished projects annoy Ghatowar] Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref>

	The five-time [[Dibrugarh]] MP first entered the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1991 after a long innings in the [[Indian National Trade Union Congress]], Assam, where he was General-Secretary, working for the welfare of tea garden labourers.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/KnowYourMinister/Article4-720300.aspx Know your minister] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122070728/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/knowyourminister/Article4-720300.aspx \|date=22 November 2013 }} Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref> After [[2009 Indian general election]], he was made the chief whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha. He has been [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)\|Union Deputy Minister, Labour]] in 1991–93, [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)\|Union Deputy Minister, Health and Family Welfare]] in 1993–95 and [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)\|Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare]].<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=139 Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile]</ref>		The five-time [[Dibrugarh]] MP first entered the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1991 after a long innings in the [[Indian National Trade Union Congress]], Assam, where he was General-Secretary, working for the welfare of tea garden labourers.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/KnowYourMinister/Article4-720300.aspx Know your minister] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122070728/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/knowyourminister/Article4-720300.aspx \|date=22 November 2013 }} Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref> After [[2009 Indian general election]], he was made the chief whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha. He has been [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)\|Union Deputy Minister, Labour]] in 1991–93, [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)\|Union Deputy Minister, Health and Family Welfare]] in 1993–95 and [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)\|Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare]].<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=139 Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile]</ref>

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Paban Singh Ghatowar
| image =Paban Singh Ghatowar at the 2013 Horasis Global India Business Meeting crop.jpg
| caption = Paban Singh Ghatowar at the 2013 [[Horasis]] Global India Business Meeting
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|12|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sivasagar]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
| residence = [[New Delhi]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = [[Dibrugarh]], Assam
| office = Union Minister of State (Independent charge), [[Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region]], [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| term = July 2011 - 26 May 2014
| predecessor = Shri B. K. Handique
| successor = [[General V.K. Singh]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| religion =
| spouse = Smt. Jibontara Ghatowar
| children = 1 son, 1 daughter
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 27 May |
| year = 2014 |
| source = http://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/ghatowar-paban-singh
|office1=[[Member of parliament]] <br /> for [[Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]]
|term_start1=2009
|term_end1=2014
|predecessor1=[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
|successor1=[[Rameswar Teli]]
|term_start2 =1991
|term_end2 =2004
|predecessor2 =[[Haren Bhumij]]
|successor2 = [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
|office3=Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
|term_start3=1995
|term_end3=1996
|office4=Union Deputy Minister of Labour
|term_start4=1991
|term_end4=1993
|office5=President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
|term_start5=2002
|term_end5=2004
}}

'''Paban Singh Ghatowar''' ({{lang-as|পৱন সিং ঘাটোৱাৰ}}) (born 6 December 1950) in Sivasagar, Assam is an [[India]]n politician.

==Political career==
He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and has been elected Member of Parliament for five times: 10th Loksabha, [[11th Lok Sabha]], [[12th Lok Sabha]], [[13th Lok Sabha]] and [[15th Lok Sabha]].<ref>[http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=139 Detailed Profile: Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar] Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref> He was the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), [[Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (India)|Development of North Eastern Region]] and [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Parliamentary Affairs]] from July 2011 to May 2014.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-council-of-ministers-in-modi-cabinet/article6052078.ece</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120719121953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-12/guwahati/30619379_1_unfinished-projects-mizoram-doner Unfinished projects annoy Ghatowar] Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref>

The five-time [[Dibrugarh]] MP first entered the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1991 after a long innings in the [[Indian National Trade Union Congress]], Assam, where he was General-Secretary, working for the welfare of tea garden labourers.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/KnowYourMinister/Article4-720300.aspx Know your minister] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122070728/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/knowyourminister/Article4-720300.aspx |date=22 November 2013 }} Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref> After [[2009 Indian general election]], he was made the chief whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha. He has been [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Union Deputy Minister, Labour]] in 1991–93, [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Union Deputy Minister, Health and Family Welfare]] in 1993–95 and [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare]].<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=139 Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile]</ref>

==Controversy over Black Money==
[[WikiLeaks]] in 2011 had disclosed a list of Indian Swiss bank account holders, in which Paban Singh Ghatowar's name appeared. The news was carried out in many newspapers in Assam including ''[[The Assam Tribune]]''. Ghatowar later denied having any such account.<ref>http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=aug1111/at096 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527220022/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=aug1111%2Fat096 |date=27 May 2014 }}</ref>

Incidentally, [[Ram Jethmalani]], had filed a petition in the Supreme Court submitting a list of at least 20 persons holding accounts in Swiss banks. According to his petition, a former Union minister from Assam (name not mentioned) has Rs 3,908 crore in a Swiss bank account. The matter is referred to the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]]<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140525/jsp/northeast/story_18377576.jsp#.U4SHxXKSx-w</ref>

==Personal==
He is B.A. Educated at [[Gauhati University]], [[Guwahati]], Assam Industrial Relations Training (U.K.),1975.
His wife Jibontara Ghatowar is Parliamentary Secy. and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] in Assam.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_profile-union-cabinet-minister-paban-singh-ghatowar_1564927 Profile: Union cabinet minister Paban Singh Ghatowar] Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref>

==References==
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