Third Tarun Gogoi ministry

Third Tarun Gogoi ministry
Tarun Gogoi, being administered the oath of office as Chief Minister of Assam by Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik in Guwahati on 18 May 2011
Date formed30 May 2011
Date dissolved24 May 2016
People and organisations
Head of stateJanaki Ballabh Patnaik (until 10 Dec. 2014)
Padmanabha Acharya (from 10 Dec. 2014)
Head of governmentTarun Gogoi
Member parties  United Progressive Alliance
Opposition partyAsom Gana Parishad
Opposition leaderPrafulla Kumar Mahanta
History
Election2011
Outgoing election2016
Legislature term5 years
PredecessorSecond Tarun Gogoi Ministry
SuccessorSonowal ministry
Gogoi with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 16 December 2015

The Third Tarun Gogoi ministry is the third consecutive council of ministers of the Government of Assam headed by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi between 2011 and 2016. The ministry was constituted on 30 May 2011 after Tarun Gogoi was sworn-in as the chief minister of the state for the third consecutive term after leading the Indian National Congress into victory in the assembly election. The ministry remained into force until 24 May 2016.