Gautam Bora
OfficeCabinet Minister, Assam
Term start21 May 2006
Term end18 May 2011
1blanknameChief Minister
1namedataTarun Gogoi
2blanknameDepartments
2namedata
  • Cultural Affairs (2006–2008)
  • Sports and Youth Welfare (2006–2008)
  • Co-operation (2006–2008)
  • Elementary Education (2008)
  • Education (2008–2011)
Predecessor
Successor
Office 1Minister of State (Independent Charge), Assam
Term start 122 April 1995
Term end 122 April 1996
1blankname 1Chief Minister
1namedata 1Hiteswar Saikia
2blankname 1Department
2namedata 1
  • Social Forestry and Wildlife
Office 2Minister of State, Assam
Term start 230 June 1991
Term end 222 April 1996
1blankname 2Chief Minister
1namedata 2Hiteswar Saikia
2blankname 2Departments
2namedata 2
  • Health and Family Welfare
  • Primary, Secondary and Adult Education
Office 3Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
Term start 32001
Term end 32016
Constituency 3Batadroba
Predecessor 3Digen Chandra Borah
Successor 3Angoorlata Deka
Term start 41991
Term end 41996
Predecessor 4Digen Chandra Borah
Successor 4Digen Chandra Borah
OccupationPolitician
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Other partyIndian National Congress

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.[citation needed]

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 2016-08-21.
  2. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Batadroba Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  3. ^ "Assam 2011 Gautam Bora (Winner) BATADRABA". myneta.info. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  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 2016-08-21.
  8. ^ "Assam CM, Gogoi reshuffles portfolio". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-21.