Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

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Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Mahanta in 2017
11th Chief Minister of Assam
In office 15 May 1996 – 17 May 2001
Governor	Lokanath Misra Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Preceded by	Bhumidhar Barman
Succeeded by	Tarun Gogoi
In office 24 December 1985 – 28 November 1990
Governor	Bhishma Narain Singh Hari Dev Joshi Anisetti Raghuvir Devi Das Thakur
Preceded by	Hiteswar Saikia
Succeeded by	President's rule
Leader of the Opposition, Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 4 September 2010 - 14 July 2014
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Preceded by	Chandra Mohan Patowary
Succeeded by	vacant
In office 1991 - 1996
Chief Minister	Hiteswar Saikia
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 1991 - 2021
Preceded by	Girindra Kumar Baruah
Succeeded by	Jitu Goswami
Constituency	Barhampur
In office 1985 - 1991
Preceded by	Mukut Sharma
Succeeded by	Mukut Sarma
Constituency	Nowgong
Personal details
Born	(1952-12-23) 23 December 1952 (age 71) Nagaon, Assam, India
Political party	Asom Gana Parishad
Other political affiliations	National Democratic Alliance North-East Democratic Alliance
Spouse	Joyasree Goswami Mahanta
Children	3
Parents	Deba Kanta Mahanta (father) Lakshmi Prova Mahanta (mother)

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (born 23 December 1952) is an Indian politician who was the leader of the Assam Movement, and the 11th Chief Minister of Assam from 1985 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001 and the co-founder and former President of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a major political party in the Indian state of Assam.^[1] He was representing the Barhampur constituency in Assam Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2021 and Nowgong constituency from 1985 to 1991. He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014 and again from 1991 to 1996.He became the chief minister in the state when the AGP came to power in 1985, becoming the youngest Chief Minister of an Indian state.^[2] He is also a former president of the All Assam Students Union,an organization that spearheaded the Assam Movement from 1979 to 1985.In August 2005, his membership in the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) was terminated. So, he floated a new political party, Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive) on 15 September 2005.