Gautam Bora

Gautam Bora
Official portrait
Cabinet Minister, Assam
In office
21 May 2006 – 18 May 2011
Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi
Departments
  • Cultural Affairs (2006–2008)
  • Sports and Youth Welfare (2006–2008)
  • Co-operation (2006–2008)
  • Elementary Education (2008)
  • Education (2008–2011)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Assam
In office
22 April 1995 – 22 April 1996
Chief Minister
Hiteswar Saikia
Department
  • Social Forestry and Wildlife
Minister of State, Assam
In office
30 June 1991 – 22 April 1996
Chief Minister
Hiteswar Saikia
Departments
  • Health and Family Welfare
  • Primary, Secondary and Adult Education
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
2001–2016
Preceded byDigen Chandra Borah
Succeeded byAngoorlata Deka
ConstituencyBatadroba
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byDigen Chandra Borah
Succeeded byDigen Chandra Borah
Personal details
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Other party
Indian National Congress
OccupationPolitician

Gautam Bora is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a four-term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and a minister in the Hiteswar Saikia Government and later in the Tarun Gogoi Government.[1][2][3] He is a former Indian and German film director and actor.[4]

Political career

Bora was a member of Indian National Congress since the time of his entry into politics. He stayed loyal to the party in both good and bad times, even during the mass erosion of INC leaders into the saffron party in 2015.

However he resigned from the membership of INC on 20 March 2021 on the grounds of lobby-centred politics and lack of leadership in the party.

Currently Bora is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He joined the BJP on 22 March 2021.[5]

Since then, Bora has emerged as a strong contender for the BJP’s MLA ticket from the newly formed Dhing constituency, owing to his clean public image and considerable support base, particularly in minority-dominated areas.[6]

Posts held

  • Education Minister of Assam from 2011 to 2016.[7]
  • Cultural Affairs Minister.[8]
  • Forest Minister
  • Health Minister

Filmography

Director

  • An Autumn in the Little Country of Bärwalde (1983)
  • Wosobipo (1988)
  • The Mishings: Sons of Abotani (1991)
  • An Unending Expanse (2008)
  • The Old Man (2012)

Writer

  • An Autumn in the Little Country of Bärwalde (1983)
  • Wosobipo (1988)

Actor

  • Dil Se (1998) as terrorist leader

References

  1. ^ "Education Minister of Assam". assam.gov.in. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Batadroba Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Assam 2011 Gautam Bora (Winner) BATADRABA". myneta.info. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Gautam Bora". Indiacine.ma.
  5. ^ https://newslivetv.com/assam-elections-former-minister-gautam-bora-resigns-from-congress/ Former Minister Gautam Bora resigns from Congress.
  6. ^ Sarma, Ajit. "Probable Candidates for Dhing". ND News.
  7. ^ "Batradava Thaan Managing committee against Gautam Bora". assamtimes.org. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Assam CM, Gogoi reshuffles portfolio". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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