Government of Assam

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The Government of Assam is the governing authority of Assam, a state of India. It consists of the Governor appointed by the President of India as the head of the state, currently Jagdish Mukhi.^[1] The head of government is the Chief Minister, currently Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma,^[2] 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 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:^[3]

	Minister	Ministry	Constituency	District	Party
1	File:Himanta Biswa Sarma,.jpg Himanta Biswa Sarma	Chief Minister of Assam, Home, Personnel, Public Works Department (PWD) & any other Department not allotted to any other Minister.	Jalukbari	Kamrup Metropolitan	BJP
2	Ranjit Kumar Das	Panchayat & Rural Development, Public Health Engineering, Food & Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs.	Patacharkuchi	Bajali	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 Atul Bora	Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Border Area Development, Implementation of Assam Accord, Cooperation.	Bokakhat	Golaghat	AGP
4	Urkhao Gwra Brahma	Handloom & Textile, Soil Conservation, Welfare of Plain Tribe & Backward Classes (BTC)	Chapaguri	Kokrajhar	UPPL
5	Ashok Singhal (politician)	Guwahati Development, Urban Development, Irrigation.	Dhekiajuli	Sonitpur	BJP
6		Environment & Forests, Fisheries, Excise.	Dholai	Cachar	BJP
7	File:Keshab Mahanta (cropped).JPG Keshab Mahanta	Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology, Information Technology.	Kaliabor	Nagaon	AGP
8	File:Ajanta Neog, BJP MLA Assam.png Ajanta Neog	Social Welfare, Finance	Golaghat	Golaghat	BJP
9	Chandra Mohan Patowary	Transport, Industries & Commerce, Skill Development, Welfare of Minorities	Dharmapur	Nalbari	BJP
10	Ranoj Pegu	Education, Welfare of Plain Tribe & Backward Classes (non-BTC).	Dhemaji	Dhemaji	BJP
11	Sanjoy Kishan	Welfare of Tea Tribes, Labour & Employment.	Tinsukia	Tinsukia	BJP
12	Pijush Hazarika	Water Resources, Information & Public Relations, Parliamentary Affairs	Jagiroad	Marigaon	BJP
13	Jogen Mohan	Revenue & Disaster Management, Hills Area Development, Mines & Minerals	Mahmara	Charaideo	BJP
14	Bimal Bora	Sports & Youth Welfare, Cultural Affairs, Power, Tourism	Tingkhong	Dibrugarh	BJP

Leaders


House	Leader	Portrait	Since
Constitutional Posts
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	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	21 May 2021
Deputy Speaker	Numal Momin	File:Numal Momin.jpg	21 May 2021
Chief Minister	Himanta Biswa Sarma	File:Himanta Biswa Sarma,.jpg	10 May 2021
Political Posts
Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sarma	File:Himanta Biswa Sarma,.jpg	10 May 2021
Leader of Indian National Congress Leader of the Opposition	Debabrata Saikia	File:Debabrata Saikia.png	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	15 July 2014
Leader of United People's Party Liberal	Urkhao Gwra Brahma		2 May 2021