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{{Short description|Chief minister of Assam (1934–2020)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-suffix =
| image               = Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4891 Cropped.JPG
|image           = Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4891 Cropped.JPG
| office             = [[Chief Minister of Assam|13th Chief Minister of Assam]]
|office           = [[Chief Minister of Assam|13th Chief Minister of Assam]]
| governor           = [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]<br>[[Arvind Dave]]<br>[[Ajai Singh]]<br>[[Shiv Charan Mathur]]<br>[[K. Sankaranarayanan]]<br>[[Syed Sibtey Razi]]<br>[[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]<br>[[Padmanabha Acharya]]
|governor   =  
| term_start         = 18 May 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/tarun-gogoi-swornin-as-new-assam-chief-minister_13252.html|title=Tarun Gogoi sworn in as new Assam Chief Minister|author=ZEE NEWS|date=18 May 2001|work=zeenews.india.com|access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>
|term_start       = 18 May 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/tarun-gogoi-swornin-as-new-assam-chief-minister_13252.html|title=Tarun Gogoi sworn in as new Assam Chief Minister|author=ZEE NEWS|date=18 May 2001|work=zeenews.india.com|accessdate=3 July 2020}}</ref>
| term_end           = 24 May 2016
|term_end         = 24 May 2016
| predecessor         = [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|predecessor     = [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| successor           = [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
|successor       = [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
| deputy             =  
|deputy           =
| majority1           =  
|office1          = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] <br> Titabar
| office1            = [[Ministry of Food Processing Industries|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Food Processing Industries]]
|predecessor1    = [[Dip Gogoi]]
| primeminister1      = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|successor1      =
| term_start1        = 1993
|term_start1      = 20 September 2001
| term_end1          = 1995
|term_end1        = 23 November 2020
| predecessor1        = [[Giridhar Gamang]]
|majority1       =
| successor1         = [[Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo]]
|office2          = [[Ministry of Food Processing Industries|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Food Processing Industries]]
| office2            = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
|prime minister  = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]  
| constituency2      = [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]]
|term_start2      = 1991
| predecessor2        = Keshab Mahanta
|term_end2        = 1996
| successor2          = [[Dip Gogoi]]
|office3         = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] <br> [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]]
| term_start2        = 1998
|predecessor3    = Keshab Mahanta
| term_end2          = 2001
|successor3      = Dip Gogoi
| majority2          =
|term_start3      = 1998
| constituency3       = [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]]
|term_end3       = 2001
| predecessor3       = Bhadreswar Tanti
|majority3       =
| successor3          = Keshab Mahanta
|office4         = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] <br> Margherita
| term_start3         = 1991
|predecessor4   = Kul Bahadur Chetri
| term_end3          = 1996
|successor4       = Pradyut Bordoloi
| majority3          =
|term_start4     = 1996
| constituency4      = [[Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jorhat]]
|term_end4       = 1998
| predecessor4       = [[Rajendranath Barua]]
|majority4       =
| successor4         = Parag Chaliha
|office5         = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] <br> [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]]
| term_start4         = 1971
|predecessor5     = Bhadreswar Tanti
| term_end4           = 1984
|successor5       = Keshab Mahanta
| majority4           =  
|term_start5     = 1991
| office5             = [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Member of Assam Legislative Assembly]]
|term_end5       = 1996
| constituency5      = [[Titabar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Titabar]]
|majority5        =
| predecessor5       = [[Dip Gogoi]]
|office6        = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] <br> [[Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jorhat]]
| successor5         =  
|predecessor6     = Rajendranath Barua
| term_start5         = 20 September 2001
|successor6       = Parag Chaliha
| term_end5           = 23 November 2020
|term_start6     = 1971
| constituency6      = [[Margherita (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Margherita]]
|term_end6       = 1984
| predecessor6       = Kul Bahadur Chetri
|majority6       =
| successor6         = Pradyut Bordoloi
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|10|11}}<ref name="indiatimes1"/>
| term_start6         = 1996
| birth_name       =
| term_end6           = 1998
| birth_place     = [[Jorhat district]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]] <br/>(present-day [[Assam]], [[India]])
| majority6           =  
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=y|2020|11|23|1934|10|11}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1936|04|1|df=y}}<ref name="dob-official"/>
| death_place     = [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]], India
| birth_name         =  
| ethnicity        = [[Tai Ahom]]
| birth_place         = Rangamati, [[Jorhat district|Jorhat]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]] <br/>(present-day [[Assam]], [[India]])
| party           = [[Indian National Congress]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2020|11|23|1936|04|01|df=y}}
| parents          = Dr. Kamaleswar Gogoi (father) and  Usha Gogoi (mother)
| death_place         = [[Guwahati]], Assam, India
| spouse           = Dolly Gogoi
| party               = [[Indian National Congress]]
| children         = Chandrima Gogoi and [[Gaurav Gogoi]]
| spouse             = Dolly Gogoi
| alma_mater       = [[Gauhati University]]
| children           = Chandrima Gogoi and [[Gaurav Gogoi]]
| occupation       =  
| alma_mater         = [[Gauhati University]] ([[LL.B.|LLB]])
| profession       = Lawyer, politician
| occupation         =  
| religion        = [[Hinduism]]
| profession         = Lawyer, politician
| website         = {{URL|http://assamassembly.gov.in/tarun-gogoi.html}}
| website             = {{URL|http://assamassembly.gov.in/tarun-gogoi.html}}
| source           = [http://assamassembly.nic.in/biodata-cm.html Government of Assam]
| source             = [http://assamassembly.nic.in/biodata-cm.html Government of Assam]
| awards              = [[Padma Bhushan]]
| relations          = [[Dip Gogoi]] (brother)
[[Ganesh Gogoi]] (maternal uncle)
}}
}}
'''Tarun Gogoi''' <ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web|author=TNN 12 Oct 2012, 05.29AM IST |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Quiet-celebration-on-Gogoi-birthday/articleshow/16776986.cms |title=Quiet celebration on Gogoi birthday - Times Of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2012-10-12 |accessdate=2012-12-31}}</ref> (11 October 1934 &ndash; 23 November 2020) was an [[India]]n politician. He was the [[Chief Minister of Assam]] from 2001 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/regional-players-eye-key-role/176240.html|title=Regional players eye key role}}</ref><ref name="sentinel1">{{cite web |author=sentinelassam.com 23 May 2013, 12.35PM IST |url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/editorial/story.php?sec=3&subsec=0&id=159157&dtP=2013-05-17&ppr=1 |title=Tarun Gogoi : Leading from the front - The Sentinel |publisher=sentinelassam.com |date=2013-05-17 |accessdate=2013-05-23 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100541/http://www.sentinelassam.com/editorial/story.php?sec=3&subsec=0&id=159157&dtP=2013-05-17&ppr=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/tarun-gogoi-assam-cm-real-hindu-bjp-are-fake/|title=I am real Hindu, they are fake, says Assam CM Tarun Gogoi}}</ref>
'''Tarun Gogoi''' (1 April 1936{{spnd}}23 November 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the [[Chief Minister of Assam]] from 2001 to 2016. He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories and was the longest serving chief minister of the state. During his tenure as the chief minister, he is credited with ending militant insurgency and mitigating violence in addition to improving the state's fiscal condition.


He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories in Assam.
He also served six terms as a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] and served as a [[Minister of State|Union Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of Food]] and [[Ministry of Food Processing Industries]]. He was posthumously awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third-highest civilian honour, in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1692337 |title=Padma Awards 2021 announced |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs | access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/shinzo-abe-tarun-gogoi-ram-vilas-paswan-among-padma-award-winners-complete-list/articleshow/80453596.cms |title=Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=25 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>


On 26 August 2020, Gogoi was hospitalized with [[COVID-19]] and was given a [[blood plasma]] transplant in [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tarun Gogoi, coronavirus positive, given plasma after sudden drop in oxygen level: Himanta Biswa Sarma|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tarun-gogoi-coronavirus-positive-given-plasma-after-sudden-drop-in-oxygen-level-himanta-biswa-sarma-1717243-2020-09-01|publisher=India Today|accessdate=1 September 2020}}</ref> He died three months later on 23 November from problems caused by the infection, aged 86.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-assam-chief-minister-tarun-gogoi-dies-at-86-2329157|title=Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi dies at 86|publisher=NDTV|website=ndtv.com|date=23 November 2020|accessdate=23 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/former-assam-chief-minister-tarun-gogoi-passes-away-at-84/story-nTAP0tWJDNHxuIwdk9WEDI.html|title=Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi passes away at 84|publisher=Hindustan Times|website=hindustantimes.com|date=23 November 2020|accessdate=23 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/979241/former-assam-cm-tarun-gogoi-dies-at-85|website=[[Scroll.in]]|title=Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi dies at 86|language=en|url-status=live|date=23 November 2020|access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref>
==Early life==
Gogoi was born on 11 october 1934 <ref name="dob-official">{{Cite web|title=Assam Legislative Assembly – Member|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/tarun-gogoi.html|access-date=13 November 2020|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref> into an ethnic Assamese [[Tai-Ahom]] family at Rangajan Tea Estate,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tarungogoi.in/biography.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328135107/http://www.tarungogoi.in/biography.php |archive-date=28 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-10-11/news/54899809_1_tarun-gogoi-chief-minister-cmo-officials|title=Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi turns 81 – The Economic Times|access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> erstwhile Sibsagar District, now the [[Jorhat District]] of Assam.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |url=http://assamassembly.nic.in/biodata-cm.html|title=About Chief Minister of Assam|publisher=Government of Assam|access-date=30 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="tarun-bio1">{{cite book|last=Hussain |first=Wasbir |title=Tarun Gogoi – the inside story of a blunt politician |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-I3MwEACAAJ |year=2010 |publisher=Wordweaves India, Guwahati|isbn=978-81-909903-2-5 |pages=11–55}}</ref> His father, Kamaleshwar Gogoi<ref name="tarun-bio1" /> was a medical practitioner at Rangajan Tea Estate<ref name="tarun-bio1" /> and his mother, Usha Gogoi, was the younger sister of the [[Assamese language|Assamese]] poet [[Ganesh Gogoi]].<ref name="tarun-bio1" /> He is the elder brother of [[Dip Gogoi]], who also served as [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] for [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]] and Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Assam Legislstive Assembly]] for [[Titabar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Titabar]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-03-24|title=Gogoi’s brother finds a rival in Ajmal brother in Kaliabor|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/gogois-brother-finds-a-rival-in-ajmal-brother-in-kaliabor/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dip Gogoi {{!}} PRSIndia|url=https://prsindia.org/mptrack/15-lok-sabha/dipgogoi|access-date=2021-08-23|website=PRS Legislative Research|language=en-US}}</ref>


==References==
He began his primary education at No. 26 Rangajan Nimna Buniyadi Vidyalaya (lower foundation school), before moving on to Jorhat Madrassa School (through class IV), and Bholaguri High School (through class VI). He passed his [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSLC)]] from the [[Jorhat Government Boys School|Jorhat Government High School]], before graduating from the [[Jagannath Barooah College]]. He obtained his [[Bachelor of Laws|Bachelor of Laws (LLB)]] degree from the [[Gauhati University]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Desk|first1=Sentinel Digital|date=23 September 2019|title=Former CM and Alumnus of JB College Tarun Gogoi discloses about his Love Story – Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/sentinel-TV/former-cm-and-alumnus-of-jb-college-tarun-gogoi-discloses-about-his-love-story-449878|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last1=KolkataNovember 23|first1=Manogya Loiwal|last2=November 24|first2=2020UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2020 00:57|title=Longest-serving CM of Assam, six-time MP, lawyer: The long, illustrious career of Tarun Gogoi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/longest-serving-cm-of-assam-six-time-mp-lawyer-the-long-illustrious-career-of-tarun-gogoi-1743392-2020-11-23|access-date=24 November 2020|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
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==Political career==
Gogoi started his political career as a member of the municipal board at Jorhat in 1968 before being elected to the [[Fifth Lok Sabha]] in 1971 from [[Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jorhat]]. He represented Jorhat in Lok Sabha through the next two terms until 1985.<ref name=":0" /> He represented [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]] in the [[Tenth Lok Sabha]] between 1991 and 1996, and the [[Twelfth Lok Sabha|Twelfth]] and [[Thirteenth Lok Sabha]] between 1998 and 2001. He quit the Thirteenth Lok Sabha, mid-term, to assume office as the [[Chief Minister of Assam]] in 2001, serving a total of six terms as a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|member of parliament]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1"/>
 
During his second term in the Lok Sabha, he was elected as the Joint Secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee|All India Congress Committee (AICC)]] in 1976 under Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|date=27 December 2010|title=Assam CM Tarun Gogoi's official biography released|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/guwahati/28244460_1_assam-cm-tarun-gogoi-student-leaders-assam-accord|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104001446/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/guwahati/28244460_1_assam-cm-tarun-gogoi-student-leaders-assam-accord|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 August 2012}}</ref> He later served as the General Secretary of the AICC, from 1985 to 1990, under Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]].<ref name="TOI" /> He served in the [[Union Cabinet of India]] under Prime Minister [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] as the [[Union Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of Food Processing Industries]] between 1991 and 1996.<ref name=":0" /> He was a member of the Committee on Government Assurances, Consultative Committee, Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Committee on External Affairs in the Tenth Lok Sabha.<ref name=":1" /> In the Thirteenth Lok Sabha he was a member of the Committee on Railways.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=4 February 2012|title=Assam Legislative Assembly – About Chief Minister of Assam|url=http://assamassembly.nic.in/biodata-cm.html|access-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204040250/http://assamassembly.nic.in/biodata-cm.html|archive-date=4 February 2012}}</ref>
 
He served as the President of the [[Assam Pradesh Congress Committee|Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC)]] between 1986 and 1990,<ref name=":0" /> before being appointed as the President again in 1996.<ref name=":1" /> Through has state legislative career he served four terms as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA)]]. He first represented the Margherita constituency between 1996 and 1998, and the Titabar constituency since 2001.<ref name=":2" />
 
He was elected [[Chief Minister of Assam]] in 2001, after leading the [[Indian National Congress]] to victory in the legislative assembly elections and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories in the state, emerging as the longest serving chief minister of the state in a tenure from 2001 through 2016.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="sentinel1">{{cite web|author=sentinelassam.com 23 May 2013, 12.35PM IST|date=17 May 2013|title=Tarun Gogoi : Leading from the front – The Sentinel|url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/editorial/story.php?sec=3&subsec=0&id=159157&dtP=2013-05-17&ppr=1|access-date=23 May 2013|publisher=sentinelassam.com}}</ref> Stemming from dissent within the party that saw 32 MLAs resign, he could not get the [[Indian National Congress]] to victory in the 2016 legislative assembly elections.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Gogoi fails to weave his magic: The man and his story|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gogoi-fails-to-weave-his-magic-the-man-and-his-story-239073|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref> [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] went on to win the elections and become the chief minister.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 June 2015|title=असम में कांग्रेस की सरकार संकट में,32 विधायकों का इस्तीफा - Anger against Tarun Gogoi increases, 32 MLAs resign -Patrika.com|url=http://archive.patrika.com/news/anger-against-tarun-gogoi-increases-32-mlas-resign/1019084|access-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610030355/http://archive.patrika.com/news/anger-against-tarun-gogoi-increases-32-mlas-resign/1019084|archive-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>
 
=== Political legacy ===
In his career as the chief minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi is credited with having brought the many militant outfits operating in the state including the [[United Liberation Front of Asom|United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)]] to the negotiating table and mitigating militant insurgency within the state. It is noted that when he started his tenure, militant insurgency was at the peak in the State with multiple bomb blasts in Guwahati triggered by ULFA, riots and violent demands for accession in the [[Bodoland Territorial Region]], and militant attacks on Hindi speakers.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Bikash|title=Tarun Gogoi: The three-time Assam CM who broke the back of insurgency|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/tarun-gogoi-the-three-time-assam-cm-who-broke-the-back-of-insurgency/articleshow/79377286.cms|access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref> By the time he ended his tenure as the chief minister, an improved law and order and a relatively violence-free tenure were considered his legacy.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Karmakar|first=Rahul|date=23 November 2020|title=Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi dies aged 84|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-assam-chief-minister-tarun-gogoi-dies-aged-84/article33161656.ece|access-date=24 November 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
 
He is also credited with improving the state's fiscal position, getting the state out from close to bankruptcy, and engineering an economic turnaround in the implementation of various state government-led relief schemes, particularly for the rural areas.<ref name=":3" /> His initiation of development projects in the state is credited with having stopped the flight of capital out of the state.<ref name=":4" />
 
Updating of the [[National Register of Citizens for Assam]] began during his tenure as the chief minister.<ref name=":4" />
 
Gogoi was posthumously included in the list of [[Padma Bhushan]] awardees, India's third-highest civilian honour, for 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-25|title=Republic Day 2021: Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among 10 Padma Bhushan awardees|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/republic-day-2021-tarun-gogoi-ram-vilas-paswan-among-10-padma-bhushan-awardees-101611592214946.html|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>{{Commons category|Tarun Gogoi}}
 
==Personal life==
Gogoi married Dolly Gogoi, a post-graduate in Zoology from [[Gauhati University]], on 30 July 1972. The couple have two children, a daughter, Chandrima Gogoi, an [[MBA]],<ref name=":3" /> and a son, [[Gaurav Gogoi]], a [[member of parliament]] from [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]]. His son holds a degree in [[Public administration]] from the [[New York University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4788|access-date=24 November 2020|website=164.100.47.194}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gaurav Gogoi {{!}} NYU Wagner|url=https://wagner.nyu.edu/community/alumni/profiles/gaurav-gogoi|access-date=24 November 2020|website=wagner.nyu.edu}}</ref> His profile at the state legislature has him marked as a hobby [[Golf]]er.<ref name=":0" />
 
He had had multiple heart surgeries during the latter part of his second term as the chief minister, including [[Bypass surgery]], [[Aortic valve replacement]], and a procedure to artificially enlarge the aorta, at Mumbai's [[Asian Heart Institute]]. He had an additional surgery just before the elections for his third term in 2011, to replace his [[Artificial cardiac pacemaker]].<ref name=":3" /> Gogoi had gone on to lead his party to a third term victory, recovering from these health issues.<ref name=":3" />
 
He died on 23 November 2020 at the [[Gauhati Medical College and Hospital]] due to [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] induced complications and multiple organ failure.<ref>{{cite news|date=23 November 2020|title=Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi dies at 86|website=ndtv.com|publisher=NDTV|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-assam-chief-minister-tarun-gogoi-dies-at-86-2329157|access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=23 November 2020|title=Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi passes away at 84|website=hindustantimes.com|publisher=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/former-assam-chief-minister-tarun-gogoi-passes-away-at-84/story-nTAP0tWJDNHxuIwdk9WEDI.html|access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=23 November 2020|title=Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi dies at 86|url=https://scroll.in/latest/979241/former-assam-cm-tarun-gogoi-dies-at-85|access-date=23 November 2020|website=[[Scroll.in]]|language=en}}</ref> Earlier, he was hospitalized on 26 August 2020, with [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] and had been given a [[blood plasma]] transplant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tarun Gogoi, coronavirus positive, given plasma after sudden drop in oxygen level: Himanta Biswa Sarma|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tarun-gogoi-coronavirus-positive-given-plasma-after-sudden-drop-in-oxygen-level-himanta-biswa-sarma-1717243-2020-09-01|access-date=1 September 2020|publisher=India Today}}</ref>
 
==Positions==
<small>Sources<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Assam Legislative Assembly – Member|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/tarun-gogoi.html|access-date=23 November 2020|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref name=":2" /></small>
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* 1968: Member, Municipal Board, [[Jorhat]].
* 1971: Elected to 5th Lok Sabha.
* 1976: Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee.
* 1977: Re-elected to 6th [[Lok Sabha]] (2nd term).
* 1983: Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (3rd term).
* 1983: Joint Secretary All India Congress Committee (AICC(I)).
* 1985: General Secretary, All India Congress Committee (AICC(I)).
* 1986–1990: President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.(I)), Assam.
* 1991–1993: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Food.
* 1993–1995: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge). Ministry of Food Processing Industry.
* 1993–1995: Member, Assam Legislative Assembly.
* 1997–1998: Elected as Member of ALA.
* 1998–99: Member, Committee on Government Assurances.
* 1998–99: Member, Committee on External Affairs.
* 1998–99: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
* 1998: Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term).
* 1999: Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term).
* 1999–2000: Member, Committee on Railways.
* 18 May 2001: Assumed the Office of Chief Minister, [[Assam]]. (1st Term)
* Sept-2001: Elected as Member of ALA.
* 11 May 2006: Elected as Member of ALA.
* 14 May 2006: Assumed the Office of Chief Minister, Assam. (2nd Term)
* 13 May 2011: Elected as Member of ALA.
* 18 May 2011: Assumed the Office of Chief Minister, Assam. (3rd Term)
* 19 May 2016: Elected as MLA from 100 Titabar LAC.
 
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{{s-bef|before=[[Bhadreswar Tanti]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament<br>for [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]] |years=1991–1996}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Keshab Mahanta]]}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Keshab Mahanta]]}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Chief Minister of Assam]]|years=17 May 2001 – 24 May 2016}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]}}
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.tarungogoi.in/}}
 
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