Fifth Dhrubajyoti Roy ministry
Fifth Dhrubajyoti Roy ministry पाँचवाँ ध्रुबज्योति रॉय मंत्रिमंडल | |
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Date formed | 25 December 2017 |
Date dissolved | 22 March 2018 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Anoushkaa Patranabish |
Head of government | Dhrubajyoti Roy |
Deputy head of government | Tanishkaa Patranabish Arnab Sil |
No. of ministers | 16 |
Member parties | Friends Societal Congress (6) Friends Society Secular Party (4) Friends Society Independent Party (4) Friends Society Freedom Party (2) |
Status in legislature | Unity government |
Opposition leader | None |
History | |
Election(s) | - |
Predecessor | Second Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry |
Successor | Sixth Dhrubajyoti Roy ministry |
The Fifth Dhrubajyoti Roy ministry (Hindi: पाँचवाँ ध्रुबज्योति रॉय मंत्रिमंडल) was the 11th union council of ministers of Vishwamitra which was formed after the resignation of Tanishkaa Patranabish as the Prime Minister and leader of the unity government. The ministry was formed on 25 December 2017 under the premiership of Dhrubajyoti Roy who had earlier stepped down as the president to take over as the prime minister. The ministry remained in office until its dissolution following the 2018 general election.
Background
The ministry was formed after the resignation of Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish as the leader of the unity government in order to pave away for Dhrubajyoti Roy to succeed her as the leader and hence the prime minister. Roy, who was serving as the President since April, had announced his resignation in order to join the politics and led the nation's government. He was succeeded as the president by Vice President Anoushkaa Patranabish.
Composition
Most of the members of the council of ministers were ministers in the previous government headed by Tanishkaa Patranabish. The ministry composed of the Prime Minister Dhrubajyoti Roy, two Deputy Prime Ministers Tanishkaa Patranabish of the Secular Party and Arnab Sil of the Freedom Party, five ministers of cabinet rank, five ministers of state with independent rank and three ministers of state.
Notable inductees included Bhargab Jyoti Medhi who was the Governor of Uttar Guwahati and had resigned in order to be sworn-in as a minister. The Lieutenant Governor of Basistha Mridul Amin had also resigned from his position in order to be join the council of ministers.
Cabinet ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Prime Minister Minister of Internal Affairs Minister of Culture And also in-charge of all other important policy issues and portfolios not allocated to any minister. |
Dhrubajyoti Roy | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSC | |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance |
Tanishkaa Patranabish | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSSP | |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of External Affairs Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
Arnab Sil | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSFP | |
Minister of Human Resource Development | Bishnu Chetry | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSC | |
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Law and Justice |
Asmi Patranabis | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSSP | |
Minister of Regional Affairs Minister of States |
Anirban Phatowali | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSC | |
Minister of Cabinet Affairs | Bhargab Jyoti Medhi | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSC | |
Minister of Planning Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
Saikat Seal | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSFP |
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Nature and Conservation | Manoj Chetry | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSC | |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Prime Minister's Office | Bishakha Das | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSC | |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sports and Youth Affairs | Sampriti Paul | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSSP | |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sanitation and Hygiene | Abhisekh Jha | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSIP | |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of All Party Affairs | Mridul Amin | 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | FSIP |
Ministers of State
Outgoing ministers
The following were a part of the Second Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry but were not included in the Fifth Dhrubajyoti Roy ministry. These includes:
- Sarala Baishya
- Abhiraj Kar
- Tusharjit Deka
- Debika Deka Pator Sarma
- Rajia Hazarika
- Ishika Das
Demographics
The following tables represent the demographics of the ministers.
Ministers by party
Representation of ministers by party
Party | Cabinet Ministers | Ministers of State (I/C) | Ministers of State | Total number of ministers | |
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Friends Societal Congress | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
Friends Society Secular Party | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Friends Society Independent Party | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Friends Society Freedom Party | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
Ministers by state
State | Cabinet Ministers | Ministers of State (I/C) | Ministers of State | Total number of ministers | Name of ministers |
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Basistha | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Beltola | 2 | — | — | 2 | |
Brihattar Guwahati | 5 | 1 | — | 6 |
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Madhya Guwahati | — | 2 | — | 2 |
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Uttar Guwahati | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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