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List of speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly

The following is a list of the Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly,[1] and their deputies.

Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly
Seal of Assam
since 21 May 2026
Assam Legislative Assembly
StyleThe Hon’ble (formal)
Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member ofAssam Legislative Assembly
Reports toGovernment of Assam
AppointerMembers of the Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuring the life of the Tripura Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
DeputyList of deputy speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly

Speakers of the Assembly

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Assam Province

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#Name PortraitTook officeLeft office Party
1Babu Basanta Kumar Das 7 April 193711 March 1946 Indian National Congress
2Debeswar Sarmah 12 March 194610 October 1947
3Laksheswar Borooah 5 November 19473 March 1952

Assam State

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#Name PortraitTook officeLeft officePolitical Party
1Kuladhar Chaliha 5 March 19527 June 1957Indian National Congress
2Devakanta Barua 8 June 195715 September 1959
3Mahendra Mohan Choudhury 9 December 195919 March 1967
4Hareswar Goswami 20 March 196710 May 1968
5Mahi Kanta Das 27 August 196821 March 1972
6Ramesh Chandra Barooah 22 March 197220 March 1978
7Jogendra Nath Hazarika 21 March 19784 September 1979Janata Party
8Sheikh Chand Mohammad 7 November 19797 January 1986Indian National Congress
9Pulakesh Barua 9 January 198627 July 1991Asom Gana Parishad
10Jiba Kanta Gogoi 29 July 19919 December 1992Indian National Congress
11Debesh Chandra Chakravorty 21 December 199211 June 1996
12Ganesh Kutum 12 June 199624 May 2001Asom Gana Parishad
13Prithibi Majhi 30 May 200119 May 2006Indian National Congress
14Tanka Bahadur Rai 29 May 200619 May 2011
15Pranab Kumar Gogoi[2] 6 June 201119 May 2016Indian National Congress
16Ranjeet Kumar Dass 1 June 201630 January 2017Bharatiya Janata Party
17Hitendra Nath Goswami 30 January 201720 May 2021
18Biswajit Daimary 21 May 202122 May 2026
(16)Ranjeet Kumar Dass

21 May 2026 Present

Deputy speakers of the Assembly

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The following is a list of the deputy speakers of the assembly.[3]

#NameTook officeLeft office
1Moulvi Muhammad Amiruddin 7 April 19371946
2Bonily Khongmen14 March 1946
3R.N. Baruah 6 March 19521 April 1957
4R.N. Baruah 10 June 195728 February 1962
5D. Hazarika 31 March 196228 February 1967
6M. K. Das 31 March 196726 August 1968
7A. Rahman 20 September 19689 November 1970
8J. Saikin 13 November 19709 June 1971
9R. N. Sen 24 May 197114 March 1972
10Golok Rajbanshi 6 April 19723 March 1978
11Sheikh Chand Mohammad 30 March 19786 November 1979
12G. Ahmed 13 November 197919 March 1982
13N. C. Kath Hazarika 25 March 198318 August 1985
14Bhadreswar Buragohain1 April 198610 April 1990
15Balobhadra Tamuli22 October 19908 January 1991
16Debesh Chakraborty1 August 199120 December 1992
17Prithibi Mahji23 March 199311 May 1996
18Nurul Hussain 13 June 199618 August 1998
19 Renupoma Rajkhowa 14 May 1991 17 May 2001
20 Tanka Bahadur Rai 3 April 2002 14 May 2006
21 Pranati Phukan 31 May 2006 16 May 2011
22 Bhimananda Tanti 6 June 2011 19 May 2016
23 Dilip Kumar Paul 3 June 2016 8 May 2018
24 Kripanath Mallah 26 September 2018 4 June 2019
25 Aminul Haque Laskar 31 July 2019 2 May 2021
26 Numal Momin 21 May 2021 Present

Pro tem Speaker

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References

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  1. ↑ "List of Speakers since 1937". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "List of Deputy Speakers since 1937". 28 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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