List of speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly
Speakers of the Assembly[edit]
The following is a list of the Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly:[1]
Assam Province[edit]
| # | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babu Basanta Kumar Das | 7 April 1937 | 11 March 1946 |
| 2 | Debeswar Sarmah | 12 March 1946 | 10 October 1947 |
| 3 | Laksheswar Borooah (INC) | 5 November 1947 | 3 March 1952 |
Assam State[edit]
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuladhar Chaliha | 5 March 1952 | 7 June 1957 | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Devakanta Barua | 8 June 1957 | 15 September 1959 | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Mahendra Mohan Choudhury | 9 December 1959 | 19 March 1967 | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | Hareswar Goswami | 20 March 1967 | 10 May 1968 | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | Mahi Kanta Das | 27 August 1968 | 21 March 1972 | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Ramesh Chandra Barooah | 22 March 1972 | 20 March 1978 | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Jogendra Nath Hazarika | 21 March 1978 | 4 September 1979 | Janata Party |
| 8 | Sheikh Chand Mohammad | 7 November 1979 | 7 January 1986 | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | Pulakesh Barua | 9 January 1986 | 27 July 1991 | Asom Gana Parishad |
| 10 | Jiba Kanta Gogoi | 29 July 1991 | 9 December 1992 | Indian National Congress |
| 11 | Debesh Chandra Chakravorty | 21 December 1992 | 11 June 1996 | Indian National Congress |
| 12 | Ganesh Kutum | 12 June 1996 | 24 May 2001 | Asom Gana Parishad |
| 13 | Prithibi Majhi | 30 May 2001 | 19 May 2006 | Indian National Congress |
| 14 | Tanka Bahadur Rai | 29 May 2006 | 19 May 2011 | Indian National Congress |
| 15 | Pranab Kumar Gogoi[2] | 6 June 2011 | 19 May 2016 | Indian National Congress |
| 16 | Ranjit Kumar Das | 1 June 2016 | 30 January 2017 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 17 | Hitendra Nath Goswami | 30 January 2017 | 20 May 2021 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 18 | Biswajit Daimary | 21 May 2021 | Present | Bharatiya Janata Party |
- ^ "List of Speakers since 1937". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ "Members of 13th Assembly sworn in - Pranab Gogoi elected Assam Speaker". The Telegraph. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2018.