Tanka Bahadur Rai | |
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 Official portrait | |
| 14th Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 29 May 2006 – 19 May 2011 | |
| Deputy | Pranati Phukan |
| Preceded by | Prithibi Majhi |
| Succeeded by | Pranab Kumar Gogoi |
| Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam | |
| In office 30 May 2011 – 26 January 2015 | |
| Chief Minister | Tarun Gogoi |
| Portfolios |
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| Preceded by | Prithibi Majhi (Planning) Pranab Kumar Gogoi (Judicial, Law) |
| Succeeded by | Ajanta Neog (Planning, Judicial, etc.) Sarat Barkotoky (P&PG) |
| Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 3 April 2002 – 14 May 2006 | |
| Speaker | Prithibi Majhi |
| Preceded by | Renupoma Rajkhowa |
| Succeeded by | Pranati Phukan |
| Member, Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 13 May 2001 – 19 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Prafulla Goswami |
| Succeeded by | Ganesh Kumar Limbu |
| Constituency | Barchalla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 October 1950 (age 73) Singri |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse |
Chandra Maya Rai
(m. 1974) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Pancha Bahadur Rai (Father) Dhansiri Rai (Mother) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Tanka Bahadur Rai (born 14 October 1950)[1] is an Indian National Congress politician from the state of Assam. He was a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress for Barchalla.[2] He was Deputy Speaker[3] and then Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly.[4] He was also a minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet.[5][6]
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- ^ "List of Deputy Speakers since 1937". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "List of Speakers since 1937". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Assam Ministers Allotted Portfolios". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Gogoi allocates portfolios to new Assam ministers". Firstpost. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2021.