Ranjeet Kumar Dass | |
Office: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam |
Term Start: | 10 May 2021 |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Himanta Biswa Sarma |
2Blankname: | Portfolios |
2Namedata: |
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Office1: | Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 2 June 2016 |
Term End1: | 25 December 2016 |
Deputy1: | Dilip Kumar Paul |
Predecessor1: | Pranab Kumar Gogoi |
Successor1: | Hitendra Nath Goswami |
Office2: | President, Assam Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party |
Term Start2: | 25 December 2016 |
Term End2: | 26 June 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Sarbananda Sonowal |
Successor2: | Bhabesh Kalita |
Office3: | Member, Assam Legislative Assembly |
Constituency3: | Patacharkuchi |
Term Start3: | 2 May 2021 |
Predecessor3: | Pabindra Deka |
Constituency4: | Sorbhog |
Term Start4: | 13 May 2011 |
Term End4: | 2 May 2021 |
Predecessor4: | Uddabh Barman |
Successor4: | Manoranjan Talukdar |
Birth Date: | 1965 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Barpeta, Assam, India |
Residence: | Barpeta Road, Assam |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (1992-present) |
Alma Mater: | Gauhati University (M.Sc. (Botany)) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Journalist |
Spouse: | Anju Rani Baishya |
Parents: | Arabinda Das (father) Hira Das (mother) |
Children: | 3 (one son and two daughters) |
Ranjeet Kumar Dass (born 1 December 1965) is an Indian politician and journalist from Assam serving as the Minister of Panchahyat and Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Government of Assam in the Himanta Biswa Sarma ministry since 2021. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party representing Patacharkuchi since 2021 and Sorbhog from 2011 to 2021. He was elected as Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2017.[1] [2] [3] [4] He became a member of the BJP in 1992. From 2011 to 2016, he was the deputy leader of the BJP in the Assam Legislative Assembly.He served as BJP Assam state unit president from 2016 to 2021.[5] [6] [7]