The Sonowal ministry was the state ministry of

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headed by Chief Minister

Sarbananda Sonowal Sarbananda Sonowal (; born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician who has served as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways since 2021. He also has been the Government of India, Member of the Rajy ...

from 2016 till 2021. The ministry was formed on 24 May 2016 on the aftermath of the 2016 legislative assembly election which resulted in the

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emerging as the majority party.

Composition

At the time of its formation in May 2016, the cabinet consisted of chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, eight ministers of cabinet rank and two ministers of state (independent charge). The cabinet ministers were

Himanta Biswa Sarma Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 15th and current Chief Minister of Assam since 2021. A former member of the Indian National Congress, Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 Au ...

Parimal Suklabaidya Parimal Suklabaidya (born 20 January 1958) is an Indian Politician from the state of Assam. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He became a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal Sarbananda Sonowa ...

Chandra Mohan Patowary Chandra Mohan Patowary (born 2 October 1955) is an Indian politician from Assam who has been serving as the Minister of Environment and Forests, Act East Policy Affairs, Welfare of Minorities in the cabinet of Himanta Biswa Sarma since 2021. He ...

and

Ranjit Dutta Ranjit Dutta (born 24 January 1957) is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He is presently a Member of Parliament ( Lok Sabah) since 2024. He was a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led government of Assam from 2016 to 2021. Early l ...

(all from Bharatiya Janata Party),

Pramila Rani Brahma Pramila Rani Brahma (born 1951) is a Bodo politician and social worker from Assam who was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Kokrajhar East constituency as a member of the Bodoland People's Front from 1991 to 2021 and the State Min ...

and Rihon Daimary (both from Bodoland People's Front) and

Atul Bora Atul Bora (born 7 April 1960) is an Indian politician from Assam of Asom Gana Parishad. He represents the Bokakhat constituency in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2016 and the Golaghat constituency from 1996 to 2001. He was the Minister of ...

and

Keshab Mahanta Keshab Mahanta (born 6 July 1959) is an Indian politician of Asom Gana Parishad. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Kaliabor Constituency of Assam from 1996 to 1998 as a member of the Asom Gana Pari ...

(from the Asom Gana Parishad). The ministers of state were Naba Kumar Doley and

Pallab Lochan Das Pallab Lochan Das (born December 31, 1978, in Biswanath Chariali, Assam) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam, India. He was elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2011 (from Behali Vidhan Sabha constituency) and 2016 f ...

, both from BJP. The ministry was expanded on 26 April 2018 with the induction of three cabinet ministers -

Siddhartha Bhattacharya Siddhartha Bhattacharya (born 10 June 1961) is a politician from the state of Assam.He is the son of former Leader of Opposition,Assam, Gaurishankar Bhattacharyya. He was a Cabinet Minister of Education of Assam and a Member of the Assam Legi ...

and Sum Ronghang (BJP),

Phani Bhusan Choudhury Phani Bhusan Choudhury (born 1 May 1952) is an Indian politician from Assam, India. He is currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency as a member of Asom Gana Parishad. He has a distinct reco ...

(AGP) and

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(BPF). Three BJP MLAs were inducted as ministers of state (independent charge), namely

Bhabesh Kalita Bhabesh Kalita (born 1 March 1972) is an Indian politician and businessman of Bharatiya Janata Party from Assam who served as the President of BJP, Assam state unit from 2021 to 2025. He represents the Rangiya Assembly constituency, Rangiya const ...

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and

Topon Kumar Gogoi Topon Kumar Gogoi (born 1 March 1969) is an Indian politician belonging from the Bharatiya Janata Party and was a Member of the Lok Sabha from Jorhat from 2019-2024. He was succeeded by Gaurav Gogoi with a historic margin in 2024 Lok Sabha Elec ...

. Two ministers of state Pallab Lochan Das and Topon Kumar Gogoi were elected to the

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and resigned from their positions on 4 June 2019. The cabinet was expanded on 18 January 2020 with the induction of two BJP MLAs

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and

Sanjoy Kishan Sanjoy Kishan (born January 26, 1970, in Dhelakhat, Assam) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam, India. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016, representing the Tinsukia constituency. Early life Sanjoy ...

as ministers of state (independent charge). Cabinet Minister

resigned from the cabinet on 7 March 2021 after joining the

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prior to the election.

Council of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Minister of State

References

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