Gaurav Gogoi is an Indian politician of

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from the Indian state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. He is son of former chief minister of Assam

Tarun Gogoi Tarun Gogoi (11 October 1936 – 23 November 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral vi ...

. He contested the Indian general elections 2014 and 2019 from

Kaliabor Kaliabor, a sub-division town in Nagaon district of Assam situated at a distance of 48 km east of Nagaon town. It was the headquarters of Borphukans during the Ahom era. Kaliabor lies in the middle of assam and surrounded in the north by t ...

seat and won. Gaurav left his job at

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to join a

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-based NGO called Pravah in 2005.

Early life and personal life

Gaurav Gogoi was born in 1982. His father

(died on 23 November 2020) served as

Chief Minister of Assam The chief minister of Assam, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Assam. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following e ...

from 2001 to 2016 as the longest-serving chief minister of the state. He graduated from St. Columba's School in Delhi. He then completed B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2004 from Indraprastha University, Delhi and then joined the marketing team of Airtel. He later went to the

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to study

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. He holds a

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from

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. He also enjoys

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and

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. In 2013, Gaurav married UK-born Elizabeth Colebourn. In 2014, Gaurav joined the Congress Party and is the Member of the Indian Parliament for Kaliabor (Assumed office 1 September 2014). He and his wife have 2 children - one son and one daughter, (born 2016 and 2020).

Political career

Upon his return, he entered politics and said that he would do whatever the party wanted him to do. In March 2014, the Congress Party announced Gogoi as its candidate from

Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency) Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Assembly segments Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament ^ by ...

. After the announcement, Gogoi filed his nomination on 19 March 2014. He won his first election polling a total of 443,315 votes beating his nearest rival, Mrinal Kumar Saikia of BJP by over 93,000 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gogoi, Gaurav Living people 1982 births New York University alumni India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Assam India MPs 2019–present