Sampriti Paul

Her Excellency Maha Jaya Sampriti Paul KCSB KCSK CoSV OCU
Governor of Basistha
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 July 2024
Appointed by	Varuna Sriraya
Monarch	Anoushkaa Patranabish
Prime Minister	Klarissa Sriraya
Preceded by	Post vacant, last held by Ankurjyoti Thakuria
Mayor of Dadara
In office 26 June 2020 – 29 March 2023
Monarch	Anirban Phatowali
Succeeded by	Bhargab Jyoti Medhi
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Law and Justice
In office 8 June 2020 – 17 June 2020
Prime Minister	Anoushkaa Patranabish
Deputy	Kushal Saha (Parliamentary)
Preceded by	Arnab Deka (Parliamentary) Bhargab Jyoti Medhi (Law)
Succeeded by	Ministries abolished
Minister of Education Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
In office 13 May 2020 – 7 June 2020
President	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Senior Minister	Bishnu Chetry
Deputy	Kushal Saha (Education)
Preceded by	Nishwan Baidantic (Education) Self (Environment)
Succeeded by	Reshmi Hazarika (Education) Saikat Seal (Environment)
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Minister of Sanitation and Public Hygiene
In office 22 March 2020 – 30 April 2020
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Arpan Deka (Environment) Ministry created (Sanitation)
Succeeded by	Self (Environment) Tusharjit Deka (Sanitation)
Minister of Education Minister of Law and Justice
In office 3 March 2020 – 22 March 2020 Caretaker
Prime Minister	Anoushkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Nishwan Baidantic (Education) Arnab Deka (Law)
Succeeded by	Nishwan Baidantic (Education) Ankurjyoti Thakuria (Law)
Governor of Uttaranchal
In office 4 October 2019 – 2 February 2020
Appointed by	Varuna Sriraya
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Bhargab Jyoti Medhi
Succeeded by	Reshmi Hazarika, as Governor-General
Governor of Kamrup Pradesh
In office 4 September 2019 – 4 October 2019
Appointed by	Varuna Sriraya
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Rajdeep Deka
Succeeded by	Sanghita Roy
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Culture
In office 17 August 2019 – 1 September 2019
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Saikat Seal
Succeeded by	Bishnu Chetry (acting) Nishwan Baidantic
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sanitation and Natural Resources
In office 16 July 2019 – 1 September 2019
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Succeeded by	Bishnu Chetry (acting)
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Planning and Programme Implementation
In office 3 June 2019 – 16 July 2019
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Ministry established
Succeeded by	Manoj Chetry
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Statistics and Programme Implementation
In office 17 March 2019 – 3 June 2019
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Anirban Phatowali
Succeeded by	Ministry abolished
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Regional and State Affairs
In office 7 January 2019 – 17 March 2019
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Tanvi Sridasa
Succeeded by	Manoj Chetry
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment and Nature Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sanitation and Public Hygiene
In office 12 October 2018 – 6 January 2019
President	Varuna Sriraya
Preceded by	Manoj Chetry
Succeeded by	Jemina Hazarika (Environment) Saikat Seal (Sanitation)
Minister of Law and Justice
In office 14 May 2018 – 12 October 2018
President	Tanishkaa Patranabish Varuna Sriraya
Preceded by	Bishnu Chetry
Succeeded by	Manoj Chetry
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
In office 21 March 2018 – 12 October 2018
Prime Minister	Varuna Sriraya Tanishkaa Patranabish Varuna Sriraya
Preceded by	Saikat Seal
Succeeded by	Jemina Hazarika
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sports and Youth Affairs
In office 25 December 2017 – 21 March 2018
Prime Minister	Varuna Sriraya
Preceded by	Jemina Hazarika
Succeeded by	Saikat Seal
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of States
In office 7 September 2017 – 25 December 2017
Prime Minister	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Preceded by	Asmi Patranabis
Succeeded by	Anirban Phatowali
Chief Minister of Central Guwahati
In office 18 September 2016 – 12 April 2017
Governor	Kalyan Dey (from Feb'2017)
Lieutenant Governor	Klarissa Sriraya Anoushkaa Patranabish (Administrator) Kalyan Dey (until Feb'2017)
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Tax and Revenue
In office 10 July 2016 – 18 September 2016
Prime Minister	Varuna Sriraya
Succeeded by	Bishnu Chetry
Minister of Sanitation and Cleanliness Campaign
In office 14 May 2016 – 10 July 2016
Prime Minister	Varuna Sriraya
Deputy	Sanghita Roy
Succeeded by	Anoushkaa Patranabish
Personal details
Born	2004 (age 19–20)
Political party	Congress (2019–present)
Other political affiliations	Secular Party (2016–2019)

Sampriti Paul is a Vishwamitran politician who is currently serving as the Governor of Basistha since 28 July 2024. Prior to become governor, she had also served as the Mayor of Dadara from 2020 until 2023. She has served as a minister in the union cabinet holding numerous key portfolios including serving as Minister of Education, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Law and Justice, etc.

Career

Ministerial career (2016–2019)

Sampriti joined Vishwamitra at the persuasion of her friend Tanishkaa Patranabish, then President, in 2016. Months later, on 14 May 2016, she was appointed as the Minister of Sanitation and Cleanliness Campaign in the third ministry of prime minister Varuna Sriraya, while her other friend Sanghita Roy was appointed as her deputy. In a cabinet reshuffle which took place on 10 July 2016, in which many cabinet ministers were demoted as minister of state (independent charge), she too lost her cabinet post and was appointed as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tax and Revenue. She remained in the ministry until her appointed as the Chief Minister of South Guwahati on 18 September 2016. She served as the Chief Minister of South Guwahati state from September 2016 until her April 2017.

She was reappointed a minister in the union council of ministers under prime minister Tanishkaa Patranabish on 7 September 2017 and assigned the portfolios as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for States, and Minister of State for External Affairs and Law and Justice. She was reappointed a minister on 25 December 2017 in the fifth ministry of prime minister Varuna Sriraya and appointed as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Sports and Youth Affairs and also retained her role as minister of state in the Ministry of External Affairs. Following the re-election of Varuna Sriraya as the prime minister on 21 March 2018, she was re-inducted into the council of ministers and promoted to cabinet rank. She was appointed as the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation. She continued to hold the charge of the ministry along with the charge as Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of Planning until 12 October 2018 under presidents Tanishkaa Patranabish and Varuna Sriraya.

She was demoted for the second time as a minister of state on 12 October 2018 in the seventh ministry headed by Varuna Sriraya and was appointed as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Nature and for Sanitation and Hygiene. She was moved as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Regional and State Affairs in the fourth ministry of prime minister Tanishkaa Patranabish formed on 7 January 2019. She was later appointed as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation on 17 March 2019 and served in office until 3 June 2019, when she was appointed as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning and Programme Implementation. She was moved to the Ministry of Sanitation and Natural Resources as minister of state (independent charge) on 16 July 2019, and was also assigned the charge of the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture on 17 August 2019. She resigned from the council of ministers on 1 September 2019.

Governorship (2019–2020)

Days after her resignation from the union council of ministers, on 4 September 2019, she was appointed as the Governor of Kamrup Pradesh succeeding Rajdeep Deka who was transferred and appointed as the Governor of Purvanchal. Just having served a month in office, she was transferred and appointed as the Governor of Uttaranchal on 4 October 2019 in place of Bhargab Jyoti Medhi who was transferred as the Governor of Beltola. On 14 November 2019, the Supreme Court gave the verdict on the dismissal of members of parliament serving as the chief ministers of the states, and on 19 November, President's rule was imposed in all the states and she assumed the executive power of the administration of Uttaranchal. On 22 November 2019, she appointed Dishant Kashyap as the Chief Minister of the state.

She remained in office as the Governor until 2 February 2020 when the governors of the states were promoted to the status as governors-general of the dominions.

Ministerial career (2020)

A month after stepping down as governor, she was inducted into the caretaker ministry of prime minister Anoushkaa Patranabish on 3 March 2020 and assigned portfolios as Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of Education. She was re-inducted as a minister in the sixth ministry of prime minister Tanishkaa Patranabish as Minister of Environment and Natural Resources and Minister of Sanitation and Public Hygiene. She retained her role as environment minister in the seventh ministry of Tanishkaa Patranabish formed on 13 May 2020 along with the charge as Minister of Education. She briefly served as Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 8 June until 17 June 2020 under prime minister Anoushkaa Patranabish.

Mayorship (2020–2023)

Sampriti was appointed as the first governor of Dadara city of Kamrupa on 26 June 2020 by Rashtradhyaksh Tanishkaa Patranabish. On 11 November 2020, the governors of the cities were re-designated as mayors. She continued to serve as mayor until being replaced by Bhargab Jyoti Medhi on 29 March 2023.

Governorship (2024–present)

Sampriti was appointed as the Governor of Basistha on 28 July 2024.

Honours

Honours of Vishwamitra

• Vishwamitra:
  • Companion of the Most Exalted Order of Sri Maha Vishwamitra (CoSV) (8 June 2024)
  • Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the Crystal Jubilee of the Foundation of Vishwamitra (15 April 2022)
  • Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 21st Birthday of Rashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya (11 January 2023)
  • Recipient of the Installation Medal of Rashtradhyaksh III (1 August 2024)
• Kamrupa:
  • Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the State of Kamrupa (KCSK) – Maha Paduka (1 October 2024)
  • Member of the Most Excellent Order of the State of Kamrupa (MSK) (1 April 2023)
• Uttaranchal:
  • Knight Commander of the Most Illustrious Order of Loyalty to Rajpramukh Sri Bishnu Chetry (KCSB) – Maha Jaya (14 September 2024)
  • Officer of the Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Uttaranchal (OCU) (4 May 2023)

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