Paban Singh Ghatowar
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Preceded byShri B. K. Handique
Succeeded byGeneral V.K. Singh
ConstituencyDibrugarh, Assam
Preceded bySarbananda Sonowal
Paban Singh Ghatowar | |
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 Paban Singh Ghatowar at the 2013 Horasis Global India Business Meeting | |
| Union Minister of State (Independent charge), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office July 2011 – 26 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Shri B. K. Handique |
| Succeeded by | General V.K. Singh |
| Constituency | Dibrugarh, Assam |
| Member of parliament for Dibrugarh | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Succeeded by | Rameswar Teli |
| In office 1991–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Haren Bhumij |
| Succeeded by | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare | |
| In office 1995–1996 | |
| Union Deputy Minister of Labour | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 2002–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1950 Sivasagar, Assam, India |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Smt. Jibontara Ghatowar |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
As of 27 May, 2014 Source: | |
Paban Singh Ghatowar (born 6 December 1950) is an Indian politician from Assam and a member of the Indian National Congress. He is a five-term Member of Parliament, and represented Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency from 1991 to 2004, and again from 2009 to 2014. He was the Chief Whip of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2012. Ghatowar was a Minister of State in the Union Government of India as the Minister for Development of North Eastern Region from 2012 to 2014, for Health and Family Welfare from 1995 to 1996, and for Labour from 1991 to 1993. He was the president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 2002 to 2004.
