Ranjeet Kumar Dass

Ranjeet Kumar Dass (born 1 December 1965) is an Indian politician and journalist from Assam. He has been the Minister of Panchayat and Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Government of Assam in the Himanta Biswa Sarma ministry since 2021. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party representing Patacharkuchi since 2021 and Sorbhog from 2011 to 2021. He was elected as Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2017.^[1][2][3][4] He became a member of the BJP in 1992. From 2011 to 2016, he was the deputy leader of the BJP in the Assam Legislative Assembly. He served as the BJP Assam state unit president from 2016 to 2021.^[5][6][7]

Ranjeet Kumar Dass
Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 May 2021
Chief Minister	Himanta Biswa Sarma
Portfolios	Panchayat and Rural Development Tourism Law and Justice General Administration Department
Preceded by	Naba Kumar Doley (P&RD) Phani Bhusan Choudhury (FCS&CA) Rihon Daimary (PHE) Himanta Biswa Sarma (GAD)
Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 2 June 2016 – 25 December 2016
Deputy	Dilip Kumar Paul
Preceded by	Pranab Kumar Gogoi
Succeeded by	Hitendra Nath Goswami
President, Assam Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party
In office 25 December 2016 – 26 June 2021
Preceded by	Sarbananda Sonowal
Succeeded by	Bhabesh Kalita
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2021
Preceded by	Pabindra Deka
Constituency	Patacharkuchi
In office 13 May 2011 – 2 May 2021
Preceded by	Uddabh Barman
Succeeded by	Manoranjan Talukdar
Constituency	Sorbhog
Personal details
Born	(1965-12-01) 1 December 1965 (age 59) Barpeta, Assam, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (1992-present)
Spouse	Anju Rani Baishya
Children	3 (one son and two daughters)
Parent(s)	Arabinda Das (father) Hira Das (mother)
Residence(s)	Barpeta Road, Assam
Alma mater	Gauhati University (M.Sc. (Botany))
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Journalist
Website	www.assamassembly.gov.in/speaker-assam-2016.html