Gaurav Gogoi

Gaurav Gogoi was born in Delhi on 4 September 1982. His father, Tarun Gogoi, served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016, and was the longest-serving chief minister of the state.

Gogoi studied at St. Columba's School, Delhi. He then completed a B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2004 from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, and then joined the marketing team of Airtel. He left his job at Airtel to join a Delhi-based NGO called Pravah in 2005.^[4] He later went to the United States of America to study public administration.^[4] He holds a Master of Public Administration from New York University.^[5] He also enjoys dancing and choreography.^[6]

In 2013, Gogoi married UK-born Elizabeth Colebourn. In 2014, he joined the Congress Party and served as the Member of the Indian Parliament from Kaliabor (Assumed office 1 September 2014).^[7][8][9] He and his wife have 2 children—one son and one daughter (born 2016 and 2020).^[10]

Notable public figures related to Gogoi are poet Ganesh Gogoi (granduncle), film producer Paran Barbarooah (uncle), film director Prerana Barbarooah (cousin), and politician Dip Gogoi (uncle).

After returning to India, Gogoi entered politics and expressed that he would be willing to perform in any role for the Indian National Congress.^[11] In March 2014, the Congress announced Gogoi as its candidate from Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency. After the announcement, Gogoi filed his nomination for Kaliabor on 19 March 2014.^[1] He won the election against the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Mrinal Kumar Saikia, polling 443,315 votes and recording a winning margin of 93,000 votes.^[12][13]

Gogoi was re-elected from Kaliabor in 2019, defeating Asom Gana Parishad candidate, Moni Madhab Mahanta, polling 786,092 votes and recording a winning margin of 209,994 votes. In 2024, Gogoi contested from Jorhat, where he defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and incumbent, Topon Kumar Gogoi, polling 751,771 votes and recording a winning margin of 144,393 votes.

On 8 August 2023, Gogoi tabled the no-confidence motion for the I.N.D.I.A alliance against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.^[14][15] Gogoi justified the no-confidence motion on the inaction and silence of the NDA government on the Manipur violence. The no-confidence motion failed to succeed, as it did not garner enough support from members in the Parliament.^[14]

On 26 May 2025, Gogoi was elected President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee.^[3]

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