Prasanta Phukan

Prasanta Phukan
Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
Assumed office
9 December 2024
Chief MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma
Departments
  • Power
  • Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship
  • Medical Education and Research (Ayushman Bharat)
Preceded by
Chairman, Assam Industries Development Corporation
In office
3 November 2021 – 9 December 2024
Succeeded byTopon Kumar Gogoi
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2006
Preceded byKalyan Kumar Gogoi
ConstituencyDibrugarh
Personal details
Born23 July 1954 (1954-07-23) (age 71)
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Jyoti Phukan
(m. 1987)
Children2
Parent(s)Late Nabin Ram Phukan (Father)
Jyotika Phukan (Mother)

Prasanta Phukan (born 23 July 1954)[1] is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He has been elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021 from Dibrugarh.[2][3][4] He is the incumbent MLA of Dibrugarh. In 2021, Prasanta Phukan won the Assam Legislative Assembly Election with a margin of 38005 votes. He was the Chairperson of the Managing Committee of Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, before he resigned.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Who's Who". 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ^ BJP ticket aspirants up their ante against Prasanta Phukan
  3. ^ My Neta
  4. ^ Dibrugarh MLA Prasanta Phukan arrested
  5. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (18 March 2021). "Prasanta Phukan from Dibrugarh: Early Life, Controversy & Political Career - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)