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{{Short description|Indian State Government}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{infobox government
| government_name = Government of Assam
| image = [[File:Seal of Assam.svg|200px]]
| division_type = [[Seat of government|Seat of Government]]
| division = [[Guwahati]]
| leader_type = [[List of governors of Assam|Governor]]
| leader_title = [[Jagdish Mukhi]]<ref name="nie-Mukhi"/>
| leader_type2 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]]
| leader_title2 = [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]]<ref name="cm-list"/>
| leader_type4 = [[List of chief secretaries of Assam|Chief Secretary]]
| leader_title4 = Jishnu Barua, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| legislature_label = [[State legislative assemblies of India|Assembly]]
| legislature = {{ubl|[[Assam Legislative Assembly]]|}}
| speaker_label = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| speaker = [[Biswajit Daimary]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/speaker-list.html|title=List of Speakers since 1937|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref>
| deputy_speaker_label = [[Speaker (politics)|Deputy Speaker]]
| deputy_speaker = [[Numal Momin]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/dyspeaker-list.html|title=List of Deputy Speakers since 1937|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref>
| members_in_assembly_label = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members in Assembly]]
| members_in_assembly = 126
| branch4 = [[Judiciary of India|Judiciary]]
| court_name = [[High courts of India|High Court]]
| court = [[Gauhati High Court]]
| chief_justice_label = [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justice]]
| chief_justice = [[Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya]]
}}

The '''Government of Assam''' is the governing authority of [[Assam]], a state of [[India]]. It consists of the [[Governors of states of India|Governor]] appointed by the [[President of India]] as the head of the state, currently [[Jagdish Mukhi]].<ref name="nie-Mukhi">{{cite news |title=Jagdish Mukhi: Few facts about Assam's new Governor |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/sep/30/jagdish-mukhi-few-facts-about-assams-new-governor-1664813.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=30 September 2017}}</ref> The head of government is the [[Chief Minister of Assam|Chief Minister]], currently [[Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma]],<ref name="cm-list">{{Cite web|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref> who is the leader of the group that commands a majority in the unicameral [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]. The Assam Assembly is elected by universal adult suffrage for a period of five years. The Chief Minister is assisted by a Council of Ministers that he nominates, the size of which is restricted.

In 2021, the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] won a majority of seats in the legislature, with 75 seats, followed by Congress with 29 seats and AIUDF with 16.

== Cabinet Ministers ==
Ministers sworn on 10 May 2021:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/assam-cabinet-minister-list-2021-check-full-list-of-ministers-and-their-portfolios-in-himanta-biswa-sarma-govt/2250575/|title=Assam Cabinet Minister List 2021: Check full list of ministers and their portfolios in Himanta Biswa Sarma govt|website=financialexpress.com|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width: 10px;" |
! scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Minister
! scope="col" style="width: 600px;" | Ministry
! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" | Constituency
! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" | District
! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" | Party
|-
| 1 || [[File:Himanta Biswa Sarma,.jpg|thumb|190x190px|[[Himanta Biswa Sarma]]]]||[[List of chief ministers of Assam|Chief Minister of Assam]], Home, Personnel, Public Works Department (PWD) & any other Department not allotted to any other Minister.|| [[Jalukbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jalukbari]] || [[Kamrup Metropolitan district|Kamrup Metropolitan]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 2 || [[Ranjit Kumar Das]]|| Panchayat & Rural Development, Public Health Engineering, Food & Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs.|| [[Patacharkuchi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patacharkuchi]] || [[Bajali district|Bajali]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 3 || [[File:Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, UDD and Town & Country Planning, Assam, Shri Atul Bora calling on the Union Home Minister (cropped).jpg|thumb|172x172px|[[Atul Bora]]]]|| Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Border Area Development, Implementation of Assam Accord, Cooperation.|| [[Bokakhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bokakhat]] || [[Golaghat district|Golaghat]] || [[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
| 4 || [[Urkhao Gwra Brahma]]|| Handloom & Textile, Soil Conservation, Welfare of Plain Tribe &amp; Backward Classes (BTC)|| [[Chapaguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chapaguri]] || [[Kokrajhar district|Kokrajhar]] || [[United People's Party Liberal|UPPL]]
|-
| 5 || [[Ashok Singhal (politician)]] || Guwahati Development, Urban Development, Irrigation.|| [[Dhekiajuli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhekiajuli]] || [[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 6 |||| Environment & Forests, Fisheries, Excise.|| [[Dholai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dholai]] || [[Cachar district|Cachar]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 7 || [[File:Keshab Mahanta (cropped).JPG|thumb|169x169px|[[Keshab Mahanta]]]]|| Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology, Information Technology.|| [[Kaliabor (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]] || [[Nagaon district|Nagaon]] || [[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
| 8 || [[File:Ajanta Neog, BJP MLA Assam.png|thumb|182x182px|[[Ajanta Neog]]]]|| Social Welfare, Finance|| [[Golaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Golaghat]] || [[Golaghat district|Golaghat]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 9 || [[Chandra Mohan Patowary]]|| Transport, Industries & Commerce, Skill Development, Welfare of Minorities|| [[Dharmapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharmapur]] || [[Nalbari district|Nalbari]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 10 || [[Ranoj Pegu]] || Education, Welfare of Plain Tribe & Backward Classes (non-BTC).|| [[Dhemaji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhemaji]] || [[Dhemaji district|Dhemaji]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 11 || [[Sanjoy Kishan]]|| Welfare of Tea Tribes, Labour & Employment.|| [[Tinsukia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tinsukia]] || [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 12 || [[Pijush Hazarika]]|| Water Resources, Information & Public Relations, Parliamentary Affairs|| [[Jagiroad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jagiroad]] || [[Marigaon district|Marigaon]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 13 || [[Jogen Mohan]]|| Revenue & Disaster Management, Hills Area Development, Mines & Minerals|| [[Mahmara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahmara]] || [[Charaideo district|Charaideo]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 14 || [[Bimal Bora]]|| Sports & Youth Welfare, Cultural Affairs, Power, Tourism|| [[Tingkhong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tingkhong]] || [[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|}

== Leaders ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!House
!Leader
!Portrait
!Since
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Constitutional Posts'''
|-
|[[List of governors of Assam|Governor]]
|[[Jagdish Mukhi]]
|[[File:The Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG|196x196px]]
|10 October 2017
|-
|Speaker
|[[Biswajit Daimary]]
|[[File:Jitendra Singh receiving a memorandum from a delegation of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) led by the Member of Parliament, Shri Biswajit Daimary, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|200x200px]]
|21 May 2021
|-
|Deputy Speaker
|[[Numal Momin]]
|[[File:Numal Momin.jpg]]
|21 May 2021
|-
|[[Chief Minister of Assam|Chief Minister]]
|[[Himanta Biswa Sarma]]
|[[File:Himanta Biswa Sarma,.jpg|190x190px]]
|10 May 2021
|-
| colspan="4" |Political Posts
|-
|Leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Himanta Biswa Sarma
|[[File:Himanta Biswa Sarma,.jpg|190x190px]]
|10 May 2021
|-
|Leader of [[Indian National Congress]]
[[Leader of the Opposition]]
|[[Debabrata Saikia]]
|[[File:Debabrata Saikia.png|150x150px]]
|20 May 2021
|-
|Leader of [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|[[Atul Bora]]
|[[File:Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, UDD and Town & Country Planning, Assam, Shri Atul Bora calling on the Union Home Minister (cropped).jpg|172x172px]]
|15 July 2014
|-
|Leader of [[United People's Party Liberal]]
|[[Urkhao Gwra Brahma]]
|
|2 May 2021
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://assam.gov.in/}}

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