Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
Constituency : Lakhimpur
State : Assam
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Late Shri Jibeswar Sonowal
Mother's Name : Smt. Dineswari Sonowal
Date of birth : 31 Oct 1962
Profession :
Positions held :
2001-2004 Member, Assam Legislative Assembly2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaMember, Committee on CommerceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs5 August 2006 Member, Committee on Commerce5 Aug. 2007 Member, Committee on CommerceMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)27 May 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports9 Nov. 2014 22 May 2016 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports28 May 2016 Resigned
More Information :
Special Interests
Interacting with the learned people to know important things in life and expansion of friendship
Sports and Clubs
Cricket, football and badminton
Other Information
President, (i) All Assam Students` Union, 1992-1999; BJP, Assam; (ii) B.J.P. Assam Pradesh, 1994 - 2004; Chairman, North East Students Organisation, 1994-2004,
