Tarun Gogoi

Tarun Gogoi
Gogoi in 2014
13th Chief Minister of Assam
In office 18 May 2001[1] – 24 May 2016
Preceded by	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Succeeded by	Sarbananda Sonowal
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Food Processing Industries, Government of India
In office 1993–1995
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Giridhar Gamang
Succeeded by	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1998–2001
Preceded by	Keshab Mahanta
Succeeded by	Dip Gogoi
Constituency	Kaliabor
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	Bhadreswar Tanti
Succeeded by	Keshab Mahanta
Constituency	Kaliabor
In office 1971–1984
Preceded by	Rajendranath Barua
Succeeded by	Parag Chaliha
Constituency	Jorhat
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 20 September 2001 – 23 November 2020
Preceded by	Dip Gogoi
Succeeded by	Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah
Constituency	Titabar
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Kul Bahadur Chetri
Succeeded by	Pradyut Bordoloi
Constituency	Margherita
Personal details
Born	(1936-04-01)1 April 1936[2] Rangajan Tea Estate, Assam Province, British India (present-day Assam, India)
Died	23 November 2020(2020-11-23) (aged 84) Guwahati, Assam, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Dolly Gogoi ​ (m. 1972)​
Children	Chandrima Gaurav
Relatives	Ganesh Gogoi (maternal uncle) Paran Barbarooah (brother) Prerana Barbarooah (niece) Dip Gogoi (brother)
Alma mater	Gauhati University (LLB)
Occupation	Lawyer Politician
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2021; posthumous)
Website	assamassembly.gov.in/tarun-gogoi.html
Source: [Government of Assam]

Tarun Gogoi (1 April 1936 – 23 November 2020) was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. 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 the member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2001 to until his death in 2020 from Titabar constituency and from Margherita constituency from 1996 to 1998. He was the member of Lok Sabha representing Kaliabor from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2001 and Jorhat constituency from 1971 to 1984. He was also Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Food and Processing Industries in the P. V. Narasimha Rao ministry from 1993 to 1995. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, in 2021.^[3][4]