Minister of Home Affairs (Vishwamitra)
Minister of Home Affairs गृह मंत्री | |
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Ministry of Home Affairs | |
Style | The Most Honourable |
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 Prime Minister Farhaz Hazarika who has been in office since 13 October 2023.
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 Civil Administration
- Department of Internal Security
- Department of Protocol and Ceremonies
- Election Commission of Vishwamitra
- Gazette of Vishwamitra
- Royal Police Force of Vishwamitra
Ministers
No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||
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From | To | Period | ||||||
Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||
1 | ![]() |
Anoushkaa Patranabish (born 2010) |
6 December 2015 |
11 April 2016 |
127 days | Independent | Sarala II | Sarala Baishya |
2 | Asmi Patranabis (born 2007) |
11 April 2016 |
2 October 2016 |
174 days | Children's Group Secular Party | Dhrubajyoti III | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |
3 | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) MP for North Krishnanagar I |
2 October 2016 |
27 November 2016 |
56 days | |||
4 | ![]() |
Tanishkaa Patranabish (born 2004) MP for Beltola (Deputy Prime Minister) |
27 November 2016 |
30 December 2016 |
82 days | |||
30 December 2016 |
17 February 2017 |
Dhrubajyoti IV | ||||||
(1) | Asmi Patranabis (born 2007) MP for Beltola IV |
17 February 2017 |
12 April 2017 |
54 days | Friends Society Secular Party | |||
5 | ![]() |
Arnab Sil (born 2004) MP for Maligaon II (Deputy Prime Minister) |
12 April 2017 |
5 July 2017 |
84 days | Friends Society Freedom Party | Sarala III | Sarala Baishya |
6 | ![]() |
Sarala Baishya (born 2005) MP for Basant Bahar (Deputy Prime Minister) |
5 July 2017 |
6 August 2017 |
32 days | Friends Society Independent Party | Tanishkaa II | Tanishkaa Patranabish |
Minister of Internal Affairs | ||||||||
(6) | ![]() |
Sarala Baishya सरला वैश्य (born 2005) (Deputy Prime Minister) |
6 August 2017 |
25 December 2017 |
141 days | Friends Society Independent Party | Tanishkaa II | Tanishkaa Patranabish |
7 | ![]() |
Dhrubajyoti Roy (born 2002) Unelected (Prime Minister) |
25 December 2017 |
21 March 2018 |
86 days | Friends Societal Congress | Dhrubajyoti V | Dhrubajyoti Roy |
Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||
(7) | ![]() |
Dhrubajyoti Roy (born 2002) MP for Maligaon (Prime Minister) |
21 March 2018 |
13 May 2018 |
53 days | Friends Societal Congress | Dhrubajyoti VI | Dhrubajyoti Roy |
Cabinet Secretary | ||||||||
(5) | ![]() |
Arnab Sil (born 2004) MP for Goshala |
14 May 2018 |
12 October 2018 |
151 days | Friends Societal Congress | Tanishkaa III | Tanishkaa Patranabish |
Dhrubajyoti Roy | ||||||||
Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||
(1) | ![]() |
Anoushkaa Patranabish (born 2010) (Vice President) |
12 October 2018 |
6 January 2019 |
86 days | Friends Society Secular Party | Dhrubajyoti VII | Dhrubajyoti Roy |
(3) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) MP for Kalapani |
7 January 2019 |
29 January 2019 |
22 days | Friends Societal Congress | Tanishkaa IV | Tanishkaa Patranabish |
(4) | ![]() |
Tanishkaa Patranabish (born 2004) (Prime Minister) Additional charge |
29 January 2019 |
1 February 2019 |
3 days | Friends Society Secular Party | ||
(3) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) MP for Kalapani (Deputy Prime Minister from 17 March 2019) |
1 February 2019 |
17 March 2019 |
50 days | Friends Societal Congress | ||
17 March 2019 |
23 March 2019 |
Tanishkaa V | ||||||
(2) | Asmi Patranabis (born 2007) MP for Bhetapara Rural Additional charge |
23 March 2019 |
29 March 2019 |
6 days | ||||
(3) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) MP for Kalapani (Deputy Prime Minister) |
29 March 2019 |
16 July 2019 |
109 days | |||
(5) | ![]() |
Arnab Sil (born 2004) MP for Maligaon (Senior Minister) |
6 July 2019 |
13 September 2019 |
59 days | |||
8 | ![]() |
Ankurjyoti Thakuria (born 2002) Unelected (Deputy Prime Minister) |
13 September 2019 |
29 September 2019 |
16 days | |||
(3) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) (Deputy Prime Minister) |
29 September 2019 |
8 November 2019 |
40 days | |||
(1) | ![]() |
Anoushkaa Patranabish (born 2010) (Deputy Prime Minister) |
8 November 2019 |
12 December 2019 |
34 days | |||
(3) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) MP for Kalapani |
12 December 2019 |
10 January 2020 |
29 days | |||
(4) | ![]() |
Tanishkaa Patranabish (born 2004) (Prime Minister) |
10 January 2020 |
1 February 2020 |
22 days | |||
(5) | ![]() |
Arnab Sil (born 2004) MP for Maligaon |
1 February 2020 |
3 March 2020 |
31 days | |||
(1) | ![]() |
Anoushkaa Patranabish (born 2010) Unelected (Prime Minister) |
3 March 2020 |
9 March 2020 |
6 days | National People's Congress | Anoushkaa I | Anoushkaa Patranabish |
(3) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) Unelected (Deputy Prime Minister) |
9 March 2020 |
22 March 2020 |
13 days | |||
(1) | ![]() |
Anoushkaa Patranabish (born 2010) MP for Beltola Urban (Deputy Prime Minister) |
22 March 2020 |
30 April 2020 |
39 days | Tanishkaa VI | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
(3) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) MP for Kalapani |
13 May 2020 |
8 June 2020 |
26 days | Tanishkaa VII | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
9 | ![]() |
Prince Abhiraj Kar (born 2006) MP for Bharat Sevashram (Deputy Prime Minister) |
8 June 2020 |
17 June 2020 |
9 days | Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa | |
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security | ||||||||
10 | Nishwan Baidantic (born 2001) MP for Dhirenpara |
17 June 2020 |
20 August 2020 |
64 days | National People's Congress | Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa | |
(9) | ![]() |
Prince Abhiraj Kar (born 2006) MP for Bharat Sevashram (Deputy Prime Minister) |
20 August 2020 |
28 January 2021 |
161 days | |||
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Home Affairs | ||||||||
(7) | ![]() |
Rashtradhyaksh Dhrubajyoti Roy (born 2002) Unelected |
28 January 2021 |
1 March 2021 |
32 days | Independent | Ștefan I | Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu |
Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||
11 | ![]() |
Farhaz Hazarika (born 2003) MP for Basistha City (Deputy Prime Minister from 18 June 2021, Prime Minister from 11 September 2021) |
6 March 2021 |
11 September 2021 |
229 days | National People's Congress | Ștefan II | Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu |
11 September 2021 |
21 October 2021 |
Farhaz I | Farhaz Hazarika | |||||
12 | ![]() |
Carson Snyder (born 2003) Unelected |
21 October 2021 |
22 November 2021 |
32 days | Independent | Phillip | Phillip Joseph Pillin |
(1) | ![]() |
Princess Anoushkaa Patranabish (born 2010) MP for Brikshasthana |
22 November 2021 |
17 March 2022 |
115 days | National People's Congress | Hazarika II | Farhaz Hazarika |
(11) | ![]() |
Farhaz Hazarika (born 2001) MP for Rashtra Niwas (Prime Minister) |
17 March 2022 |
12 May 2022 |
136 days | |||
12 May 2022 |
31 July 2022 |
Independent | Hazarika III | |||||
(6) | ![]() |
Princess Sarala Baishya (born 2005) MP for Rashtra Niwas (since Nov'2022) (Deputy Prime Minister) |
31 July 2022 |
11 November 2022 |
1 year, 70 days | |||
12 November 2022 |
9 October 2023 |
National People's Congress | Farhaz IV | |||||
(11) | ![]() |
Farhaz Hazarika (born 2001) MP for Basisthapur (Prime Minister) |
13 October 2023 |
Incumbent | 49 days | Farhaz V |