| Prithibi Majhi | |
| Caption: | Majhi (left) in 2014 |
| Office: | Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 30 May 2001 |
| Term End: | 19 May 2006 |
| Deputy: | Tanka Bahadur Rai |
| Predecessor: | Ganesh Kutum |
| Successor: | Tanka Bahadur Rai |
| Office1: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam |
| Term Start1: | 21 May 2006 |
| Term End1: | 26 January 2015 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Tarun Gogoi |
| 2Blankname1: | Portfolios |
| 2Namedata1: |
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| Successor1: | Tanka Bahadur Rai Tarun Gogoi Atuwa Munda Rajib Lochan Pegu Bhumidhar Barman Tarun Gogoi |
| Office2: | Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 23 March 1993 |
| Term End2: | 11 May 1996 |
| 1Blankname2: | Speaker |
| 1Namedata2: | Debesh Chandra Chakravorty |
| Predecessor2: | Debesh Chandra Chakravorty |
| Successor2: | Nurul Hussain |
| Office3: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Constituency3: | Assam |
| Term Start3: | 10 April 1984 |
| Term End3: | 9 April 1990 |
| Office4: | Member, Assam Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start4: | 1991 |
| Term End4: | 1996 |
| Constituency4: | Tingkhong |
| Predecessor4: | Atul Chandra Koch |
| Successor4: | Atuwa Munda |
| Term Start5: | 1996 |
| Term End5: | 2016 |
| Constituency5: | Lahowal |
| Predecessor5: | Haren Bhumij |
| Successor5: | Rituparna Baruah |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Dibrugarh, Assam, India |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | 4 |
| Source: | https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf |
| Parents: | Birsingh Majhi (father) Sita Majhi (mother) |
Prithibi Majhi is an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Assam in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament representing the Indian National Congress.[1] [2] [3] He was a Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly and a minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Prithibi Majhi was born on 24 January 1951 to the Late Birsingh Majhi and Sita Majhi. Majhi received his B.A. from DHSK college in Dibrugarh and L.L.B. from Dispur Law College at Gauhati University.[9]
Majhi was first elected to the Assembly in 1991 for Tingkhong. He was then elected in 1996 but for Lahowal. He was then a Member of the Rajya Sabha. In 1993 he was made Deputy Speaker and in 2001 he was made Speaker.
He first married the late Anita Majhi. After her death, he later married Dr. Tarulata Kakoti Majhi on 10 December 1997. He and his second wife had 2 daughters and 2 sons. His wife is the vice Principal of Dibrugarh Nursing College. Majhi gave his wife the 1st Birsingh Majhi Award in memory of his father in 2012.[10]