Minister of Home Affairs (Vishwamitra)
Minister of Home Affairs गृह मंत्री | |
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Ministry of Home Affairs | |
Style | His/Her Excellency (formally) |
Member of | |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Rashtradhyaksh on the recommendation of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 6 December 2015; 5 years ago |
First holder | Anoushkaa Patranabish |
Deputy | Minister of State for Home Affairs |
The Minister of Home Affairs (commonly shortened to Home Minister) is the minister in the Government of Vishwamitra who is responsible for overseeing the nation's internal affairs, particularly public security, emergency management, civil registration and identification, supervision of regional and local governments, conduct of elections and heads the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the senior-most ministerial positions in the nation and is a member of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).
The Minister of Home Affairs is often assisted by a junior minister, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, who form the core-ministerial team in the ministry are responsible for the affairs of the ministry.
The first Minister of Home Affairs was Anoushkaa Patranabish who was appointed on 6 December 2015 following the establishment of the ministry under prime minister Sarala Baishya. The current minister is Sarala Baishya who is also the current deputy prime minister and has been in office since 31 July 2022.
History of office
The Minister of Home Affairs has been the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs since its formation on 6 December 2015 under prime minister Sarala Baishya. The first minister was Anoushkaa Patranabish who has served as the home minister on several other occasions as well. Often prime ministers including Dhrubajyoti Roy, Tanishkaa Patranabish, Farhaz Hazarika subsequently served as the ministers of home affairs during their premiership. The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the senior-most members of the cabinet and often ranked after the Prime Minister as the senior-most government member. Nishwan Baidantic is the only person to have served as both cabinet and state minister in the ministry.
The position of the Minister of Home Affairs is usually held by a resident citizen with an only exception to Carson Snyder who served as the home minister in the caretaker government of Phillip Joseph Pillin between October and November 2021.
The ministers have often been referred through various titles. From the inception of the ministry till 6 August 2017, the minister was referred as the Minister of Home Affairs. Following the renaming of the ministry on 6 August 2017, the minister came to be known as the Minister of Internal Affairs and subsequently was reverted back to its original name in March 2018. Following the constitutional coup of 2018, the position was renamed to that of Cabinet Secretary with Arnab Sil being the first and only person to hold said position. In the post-coup governments until the establishment of the monarchy in June 2020, the minister was titled again as Minister of Home Affairs. On 17 June 2020, the position was renamed to that of Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security which was again renamed to its original name on 28 January 2021 and the name has been renamed the same since then.
Roles and duties
The minister is usually one of the most senior members of Cabinet and a member on the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). The minister is seen as one of the people most responsible for formulating Vishwamitra's internal security, as they along with other relevant ministers advise the Prime Minister in developing and implementing internal laws, matters related to administration, etc, and also acts as the government's main spokesperson on internal affairs issues.
The minister along with their deputy, the minister of state for home affairs, preside over the following departments and agencies which fall under the jurisdiction of the ministry:
- Department of Internal Security
- Department of General Administration
- Department of National Co-existence and Official Languages
- Department of Protocol
- Department of Elections
- Gazette of Vishwamitra
- Royal Police Force
- Election Commission
Ministers
Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | Minister(s) of State | ||||
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Ministers of Home Affairs (6 December 2015 – 6 August 2017) | ||||||||||
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Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2010) |
6 December 2015 |
11 April 2016 |
127 days | Independent | Sarala II | Sarala Baishya | Saikat Seal | ||
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Asmi Patranabis अस्मी पत्रनबिस (born 2007) |
11 April 2016 |
2 October 2016 |
174 days | Secular Party | Dhrubajyoti III | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |||
Manoj Chetry | ||||||||||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
2 October 2016 |
27 November 2016 |
56 days | ||||||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) |
27 November 2016 |
30 December 2016 |
82 days | ||||||
30 December 2016 |
17 February 2017 |
Dhrubajyoti IV | Rajdeep Deka | |||||||
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Asmi Patranabis अस्मी पत्रनबिस (born 2007) |
17 February 2017 |
12 April 2017 |
54 days | ||||||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
12 April 2017 |
5 July 2017 |
84 days | Freedom Party | Sarala III | Sarala Baishya | Saikat Seal | ||
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Sarala Baishya सरला वैश्य (born 2005) |
5 July 2017 |
6 August 2017 |
32 days | Independent Party | Tanishkaa II | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Manoj Chetry | ||
Ministers of Internal Affairs (6 August 2017 – 21 March 2018) | ||||||||||
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Sarala Baishya सरला वैश्य (born 2005) |
6 August 2017 |
25 December 2017 |
141 days | Independent Party | Tanishkaa II | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Manoj Chetry | ||
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Dhrubajyoti Roy ध्रुबज्योति रॉय (born 2002) Prime Minister |
25 December 2017 |
21 March 2018 |
86 days | Congress | Dhrubajyoti V | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |||
Ministers of Home Affairs (21 March – 13 May 2018) | ||||||||||
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Dhrubajyoti Roy ध्रुबज्योति रॉय (born 2002) Prime Minister |
21 March 2018 |
13 May 2018 |
53 days | Congress | Dhrubajyoti VI | Dhrubajyoti Roy | Tusharjit Deka | ||
Cabinet Secretary (14 May – 12 October 2018) | ||||||||||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
14 May 2018 |
12 October 2018 |
151 days | Congress | Tanishkaa III | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Jemina Hazarika (Parliamentary Secretary) | ||
Dhrubajyoti Roy | ||||||||||
Ministers of Home Affairs (12 October 2018 – 17 June 2020) | ||||||||||
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Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2010) Vice President |
12 October 2018 |
6 January 2019 |
86 days | Secular Party | Dhrubajyoti VII | Dhrubajyoti Roy | Abhirup Patranabis | ||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
7 January 2019 |
29 January 2019 |
22 days | Congress | Tanishkaa IV | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) Prime Minister (Additional charge) |
29 January 2019 |
1 February 2019 |
3 days | Secular Party | |||||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
1 February 2019 |
17 March 2019 |
50 days | Congress | |||||
17 March 2019 |
23 March 2019 |
Tanishkaa V | ||||||||
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Asmi Patranabis अस्मी पत्रनबिस (born 2007) (Additional charge) |
23 March 2019 |
29 March 2019 |
6 days | ||||||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
29 March 2019 |
16 July 2019 |
109 days | ||||||
Arpan Deka | ||||||||||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
16 July 2019 |
13 September 2019 |
59 days | Bishakha Das | |||||
Nishwan Baidantic | ||||||||||
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Ankurjyoti Thakuria अंकुरज्योति ठाकुरिया (born 2002) |
13 September 2019 |
29 September 2019 |
16 days | ||||||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
29 September 2019 |
8 November 2019 |
40 days | Arpan Deka | |||||
Abhirup Patranabis | ||||||||||
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Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2010) |
8 November 2019 |
12 December 2019 |
34 days | ||||||
Jemina Hazarika | ||||||||||
Harlong Terang | ||||||||||
Vacant | ||||||||||
Arpan Deka | ||||||||||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
12 December 2019 |
10 January 2020 |
29 days | ||||||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) Prime Minister |
10 January 2020 |
1 February 2020 |
22 days | ||||||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
1 February 2020 |
3 March 2020 |
31 days | ||||||
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Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2010) Prime Minister |
3 March 2020 |
9 March 2020 |
6 days | Anoushkaa I | Anoushkaa Patranabish | Tusharjit Deka | |||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
9 March 2020 |
22 March 2020 |
13 days | ||||||
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Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2010) |
22 March 2020 |
30 April 2020 |
39 days | Tanishkaa VI | Tanishkaa Patranabish | ||||
Position vacant between 1 May and 13 May 2020. | ||||||||||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
13 May 2020 |
8 June 2020 |
26 days | Congress | Tanishkaa VII | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Arpan Deka & Abhirup Patranabis | ||
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Prince Abhiraj राजकुमार अभिराज (born 2006) |
8 June 2020 |
17 June 2020 |
9 days | Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa | Arpan Deka | |||
Ministers of Home Affairs and Internal Security (17 June 2020 – 1 March 2021) | ||||||||||
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Nishwan Baidantic निश्वान बैदांतिक (born 2001) |
17 June 2020 |
20 August 2020 |
64 days | Congress | Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa | Jemina Hazarika | ||
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Prince Abhiraj राजकुमार अभिराज (born 2006) |
20 August 2020 |
28 January 2021 |
161 days | ||||||
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Rashtradhyaksh Dhrubajyoti Roy ध्रुबज्योति रॉय Advisor to the Prime Minister |
28 January 2021 |
1 March 2021 |
32 days | Independent | Ștefan I | Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu |
Tusharjit Deka | ||
Position vacant between 1 March and 5 March 2021. | ||||||||||
Ministers of Home Affairs (6 March 2021 – present) | ||||||||||
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Duke Farhaz Hazarika फ़रहाज़ हज़ारिका (born 2001) |
6 March 2021 |
11 September 2021 |
229 days | Congress | Ștefan II | Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu |
Vacant | ||
Abayat Ibtiyaz | ||||||||||
11 September 2021 |
21 October 2021 |
Farhaz I | Duke Farhaz Hazarika | |||||||
Carson Snyder कार्सन स्नाइडर (born 2003) |
21 October 2021 |
22 November 2021 |
32 days | Independent | Phillip | Count Phillip Joseph Pillin |
Vacant | |||
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Princess Anoushkaa राजकुमारी अनुष्का (born 2010) |
22 November 2021 |
17 March 2022 |
115 days | Congress | Hazarika II | Duke Farhaz Hazarika |
W. Pranit Singh | ||
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Duke Farhaz Hazarika फ़रहाज़ हज़ारिका (born 2001) Prime Minister |
17 March 2022 |
12 May 2022 |
136 days | Vacant | |||||
12 May 2022 |
31 July 2022 |
Independent | Hazarika III | Baron W. Pranit Singh | ||||||
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Crown Princess Sarala युवराजकुमारी सरला (born 2005) |
31 July 2022 |
11 November 2022 |
183 days | ||||||
12 November 2022 |
Incumbent | Congress | Farhaz IV | Baron Preetam Kapei |
See also
- Minister of State for Home Affairs (Vishwamitra), the junior minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs.