Dip Gogoi (; born 17 December 1951) is an Indian politician from

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

who was a Member of Parliament,

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from

Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency Kaliabor was one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. After the delimitation, the constituency's the name was changed to Kaziranga Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat, Sonitpur, ...

from 2002 to 2014. He was also the member of the

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral Assam Legislature, legislature of the List of states and union territories of India, Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Dispur, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present L ...

from Kaliabor constituency in 2001 and is a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. He is the brother of former

Chief Minister of Assam The chief minister of Assam, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Assam. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following e ...

Tarun Gogoi 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 Con ...

Background

Dip Gogoi was educated at

Dibrugarh University Dibrugarh University is a Collegiate University, collegiate public state university in the Indian state of Assam. It is the second oldest University in Assam and in North East India. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universitie ...

and graduated with a

B.Sc. A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

degree. He is married to Mitali Gogoi.

Political career

Gogoi has served one term as a

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(MLA). He was elected to the Assam state assembly from the

Titabar Titabor () is a town in the Jorhat district of Assam in India. It is about 20 km away from Jorhat City. It is one of the highly greeny places of Assam, surrounded by different tea-estates. The town serves as the administrative headquarters ...

constituency in 2001 but vacated the seat a few months later for his brother

. Gogoi has since served three terms as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the

. He was elected from

Kaliabor Kaliabor, a sub-division town in Nagaon district of Assam situated at a distance of 48 km east of Nagaon town. It was the headquarters of Borphukans during the Ahom era. Kaliabor lies in the middle of assam and surrounded in the north by ...

in the 2002 by-elections (seat vacated by his brother) and was re-elected in 2004 and 2009. Gogoi is a member of the

References

1951 births Tai peoples Living people India MPs 2004–2009 People from Jorhat district India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Assam Assam MLAs 2001–2006 Dibrugarh University alumni India MPs 2009–2014 Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-INC-politician-stub