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{{short description|Union Minister in Government of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.jpg
| caption = Official Portrait, 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|10|31}}
| birth_place = Mulukgaon, [[Dibrugarh district]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
| office = [[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways|Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways]]
| president = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start = 7 July 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Mansukh L. Mandaviya]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of AYUSH|Minister of AYUSH]]
| president1 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start1 = 7 July 2021
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Shripad Naik]]
| order2 = 14th
| office2 = Chief Minister of Assam
| governor2 = [[Padmanabha Acharya]] [[Banwarilal Purohit]] [[Jagdish Mukhi]]
| predecessor2 = [[Tarun Gogoi]]
| successor2 = [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]]
| term_start2 = 24 May 2016
| term_end2 = 10 May 2021
| office7 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency7 = [[Majuli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Majuli]]
| term_start7 = 19 May 2016
| term_end7 = 7 July 2021
| predecessor7 = [[Rajib Lochan Pegu]]
| constituency8 = [[Moran Town|Moran]]
| term_start8 = 2001
| term_end8 = 2004
| predecessor8 = Joy Chandra Nagbanshi
| successor8 = Jibantara Ghatowar
| office3 = [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports]]
| primeminister3 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor3 = [[Jitendra Singh (Congress politician)|Jitendra Singh]]
| successor3 = [[Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)|Dr. Jitendra Singh]]
| term_start3 = 26 May 2014
| term_end3 = 23 May 2016<ref>{{cite web | author=PTI | title=Sarbananda Sonowal resigns as Union Minister | website=The Financial Express | date=22 May 2016 | url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/india-news/sarbananda-sonowal-resigns-as-union-minister/262771/ | access-date=24 May 2016}}</ref>
| office4 = [[Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship|Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development]]
| primeminister4 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start4 = 26 May 2014
| term_end4 = 9 November 2014
| predecessor4 = Office established
| successor4 = [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]
| office5 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency5 = [[Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lakhimpur]]
| term_start5 = 16 May 2014
| term_end5 = 23 May 2016
| predecessor5 = [[Ranee Narah]]
| successor5 = [[Pradan Baruah]]
| constituency6 = [[Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]]
| term_start6 = 13 May 2004
| term_end6 = 15 May 2009
| predecessor6 = [[Paban Singh Ghatowar]]
| successor6 = [[Paban Singh Ghatowar]]
| office9 = President of BJP Assam Pradesh
| term_start9 = 2012
| term_end9 = 2014
| predecessor9 = [[Ranjit Dutta]]
| successor9 = [[Siddhartha Bhattacharya]]
| term_start10 = 2015
| term_end10 = 2016
| predecessor10 = [[Siddhartha Bhattacharya]]
| successor10 = [[Ranjeet Kumar Dass]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(2011-present)}}
| otherparty = [[National Democratic Alliance]] {{small|(2011-present)}} [[Asom Gana Parishad]] {{small|(2001-11)}}
| spouse =
| parents = Jibeswar Sonowal (Father) Dineswari Sonowal (Mother)
| alma_mater = *[[Dibrugarh Hanumanbax Surajmall Kanoi College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])
*[[Gauhati University|Gauhati University Law College]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]])
*[[Gauhati University]] ([[Bachelor of Journalism|B.C.J]])
| profession = Politician
| native_name = সৰ্বানন্দ সোণোৱাল
}}

'''Sarbananda Sonowal''' (Assamese: সৰ্বানন্দ সোণোৱাল / IPA: xɔɹbanɔndɔxʊnʊwal, Born: 31 October 1962)<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/sarbananda-sonowal.html |title=Chief Minister of Assam |work=Assam Legislative Assembly |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Assam]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/jatir-nayak-sarbananda-sonowal-ex-assam-cm-to-begin-new-innings-in-pm-modis-cabinet-3934322.html |title='Jatir Nayak' Sarbananda Sonowal: Ex-Assam CM Begins New Innings in Modi Cabinet as Shipping Minister |date=8 July 2021 |work=News18 |language=en}}</ref> who is the current [[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways|Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways]] and [[Ministry of AYUSH|Minister of AYUSH]] in the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/sarbananda-sonowal-gets-charge-of-ports-shipping-and-waterways-ministry/781824 |title=Sarbananda Sonowal gets charge of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Ministry |date=7 July 2021 |author=Harshita Tyagi |work=Times Now |language=en}}</ref> Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again in 2015 to 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Sarbananda-Sonowal-A-profile/article14336945.ece |title=Sarbananda Sonowal: A profile |work=The Hindu |date=3 April 2016 |language=en}}</ref> He is a former MLA in Assam Legislative Assembly, and also a former [[Chief Minister of Assam]]. Sonowal has also served as the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of India, from 2014 to 2016. He was chosen to be the [[Chief Minister of Assam]] after the [[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election]] and he is the first Chief Minister of the state from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/portfolios-of-the-union-council-of-ministers-2/ | title=Portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers | publisher=PM India | access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/assam-kerala-elections-2016-ballotin-eye-on-dispur/|title=Ballotin: Eye on Dispur|date=2016-03-16}}</ref> During the cabinet reshuffle on 7th July 2021, he was inducted to the 2nd Modi Cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jul 7|first=ANI /|last2=2021|last3=Ist|first3=18:46|title=Former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal takes oath as Union minister in PM Modi's Cabinet {{!}} India News-Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-assam-cm-sarbananda-sonowal-takes-oath-as-union-minister-in-pm-modis-cabinet/articleshow/84205581.cms|access-date=2021-07-07|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sarbananda Sonowal was born on 31 October 1962 to a [[Assamese people|Assamese]] [[Hindus|Hindu]] family in Muluk Gaon located in the Dibrugarh district of Assam to Jibeswar Sonowal ''(father)'' and Dineswari Sonowal ''(mother)''. He completed his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA(Hons)]] in [[English language|English]] from [[Dibrugarh Hanumanbax Surajmall Kanoi College]] under [[Dibrugarh University]] and his [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] from [[Gauhati University|Gauhati University Law College]].<ref name=":0" />

==Political career==

Sarbananda Sonowal was the President of Assam's oldest student body, the [[All Assam Students Union]] (AASU) from 1992 to 1999. After that, he became a member of the [[Asom Gana Parishad]] (AGP). In 2001, he was elected as the MLA from '''[[Moran (Vidhan Sabha constituency) | Moran]]''' constituency of [[Assam]]. In 2004, he became a Lok Sabha member representing the'''[[Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency) | Dibrugarh]]''' constituency.<ref name="Sonowal Reference1" /> He lost Lok Sabha election from Dibrugarh in 2009. He joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) in 2011. <ref name="Sonowal Reference1" />

He was appointed president of BJP's Assam Unit in 2012 and is also a member of the party's National Executive. In the 2014 general election for Lok Sabha he was appointed to head Assam State's Lok Sabha Elections by BJP, and in the same year he was also elected as [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], 16th Lok Sabha, from '''[[Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency) | Lakhimpur]]''' Constituency. <ref name=" Sonowal Reference1" /> He was then appointed as Union Minister of State-Independent Charge, of the Government of India under the Modi Government at the center.
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State (Independent Charge) to Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on May 26, 2014.jpg|thumb|250px| The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State (Independent Charge) to Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on May 26, 2014]]
He was selected as the CM candidate of BJP for the [[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2016 Assam Assembly Election]]. On 19 May 2016, Sarbananda Sonowal won the Assembly Election from '''[[Majuli (Vidhan Sabha constituency) | Majuli]]''' Constituency, and he became Chief Minister of Assam, the first CM of the state from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. In 2021 he was re-elected to Assam Vidhan Sabha from Majuli. He resigned as Chief Minister and proposed Himanta Biswa Sarma's name as his successor. He became [[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways|Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways]] and [[Ministry of AYUSH|Minister of AYUSH]] in [[Second Modi ministry]] when cabinet overhaul happened.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Sarbananda Sonowal resigned from all executive posts within AGP and left the party, due to dissatisfaction with and amongst the senior leadership of the party who were trying to forge an alliance with a party that was against the scrapping of the controversial IMDT Act.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/assam-influx-scrapping-of-imdt-act-brought-aiudfs-badruddin-ajmal-into-politics-as-saviour-of-minorities-4364695.html |title=Assam influx: Scrapping of IMDT Act brought AIUDF's Badruddin Ajmal into politics as saviour of minorities |work=Firstpost |date=24 February 2018 |author=Moushumi Saikia |language=en}}</ref> On 8 February 2011, Sonowal joined [[BJP]] in the presence of the then BJP National President [[Nitin Gadkari]] and senior leaders like [[Varun Gandhi]], [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]], [[Bijoya Chakravarty]] and state BJP president [[Ranjit Dutta]]. He was immediately appointed as a member of the BJP National Executive and later on the State Spokesperson of the BJP unit, prior to his current assignment to head the state as the new president. On 28 January 2016, BJP Parliamentary Board announced Sarbananda Sonowal as BJP Chief Ministerial candidate of Assam.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-departs-from-practice-names-sarbananda-sonowal-as-assam-cm-candidate/articleshow/50761663.cms|title=BJP departs from practice, names Sarbananda Sonowal as Assam CM candidate|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=2016-01-28}}</ref> He is not married.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/delhi/story/yogi-adityanath-indias-bachelor-chief-ministers-club-966425-2017-03-19 |title=Yogi Adityanath is new entrant to India's bachelor chief ministers' club |work=India Today |date=19 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

==Positions held==

*2001-2004: Elected as MLA, Assam Legislative Assembly from [[Moran (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moran Constituency]]
*2004: Elected as Member of Parliament, 14th Lok Sabha from [[Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh Constituency]]
*2005: Appointed Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
*2006: Appointed Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
*2011: Appointed as National Executive Member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*2011: Appointed as State Spokesperson and General Secretary for [[Assam]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*2012: Appointed as State President for [[Assam]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name="Sonowal Reference1">{{cite news |title=Sarbananda Sonowal |url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/sarbananda-sonowal/ |access-date=21 February 2021 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=18 December 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
*2014: Appointed to head State's [[16th Lok Sabha]] Elections [[Assam]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*2014: Elected as Member of Parliament, [[16th Lok Sabha]] from [[Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lakhimpur Constituency]]
*2014: Appointed as Union Minister of State-Independent Charge, [[Republic of India]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/people/minister-of-state-independent-charge-sarbananda-sonowal-564060 |title=Minister of State (Independent Charge): Sarbananda Sonowal |work=NDTV |date=27 May 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
*2016: Declared as BJP Chief minister candidate for 2016 Assam assembly elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/ahead-of-assam-elections-bjp-names-sarbananda-sonowal-as-cm-candidate-2602584.html|title=Ahead of Assam elections, BJP names Sarbananda Sonowal as CM candidate - Firstpost|date=28 January 2016}}</ref>
* 2016: [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Member of Assam Legislative Assembly]] from [[Majuli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Majuli Constituency]]
* 2016–2021: 14th [[Chief Minister of Assam]]
* 2021: [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Member of Assam Legislative Assembly]] from [[Majuli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Majuli Constituency]]
* 2021: [[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways|Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways]] and [[Ministry of AYUSH|Minister of AYUSH]] in the [[Government of India]]

===Social and cultural activities===

* President - [[All Assam Students Union]], 1992–1999
* Chairman - North East Students Organisation, 1996–2000

==Arts & culture==
[[File:GIFF Sarbananda Sonowal Chief Minister of Assam.jpg|left|thumb]]
The annual [[Guwahati International Film Festival]] was started during his tenure. It is organised by the State Government-owned [[Jyoti Chitraban]] (Film Studio) Society in association with the [[Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute]]. The first edition was held in Oct 2018. The second, in Oct-Nov 2019. The 3rd edition has been postponed owing to the present [[COVID-19 pandemic]] to early 2021.

==Role removing the IMDT Act==

Faced with the problem of massive migration from [[Bangladesh]] into [[Assam]], the government tried to put up legislation in place to detect and deport foreign nationals. Eventually, the [[Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983]] (IMDT Act) came into being following the [[Assam Accord]] signed between the [[Government of India]] and the [[All Assam Students Union]] (AASU) to end the decade-long anti-foreigner agitation.

The [[Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983|IMDT Act]] is an instrument passed by [[Indian Parliament]] to detect illegal immigrants (from Bangladesh) and expel them from Assam. While the IMDT Act operates only in Assam, the [[Foreigners Act (1946)]] applies to the rest of the country. It is applicable to those Bangladeshi nationals who settled in Assam on or after 25 March 1971. Under the Act, the onus of proving the citizenship of a suspected illegal alien rests on the complainant, often the police. On the other hand, according to the provisions of the Foreigners Act, the onus lies with the person suspected to be an alien.

Sonowal took the issue of Bangladeshi infiltration to the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]]. By its judgement dated 12 July 2005, the court struck down the [[Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983]], as unconstitutional and termed Bangladeshi infiltration an "external aggression" and directed that "the Bangladesh nationals who have illegally crossed the border and have trespassed into Assam or are living in other parts of the country have no legal right of any kind to remain in India and they are liable to be deported."<ref name="Promising Assam Leader Sarbananda Sonowal in Cabinet">{{cite news|title=Promising Assam Leader Sarbananda Sonowal in Cabinet|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/Promising-Assam-Leader-Sarbananda-Sonowal-in-Cabinet/842026|access-date=6 June 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Sonowal Kacharis]]
*[[All Assam Students Union]]
*[[Asom Gana Parishad]]
*[[Sarbananda Sonowal ministry (2016–)]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/sarbananda-sonowal Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]
* {{Twitter}}
* {{Facebook |SarbanandaSonowal}}

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