Rihon Daimary

Rihon Daimary
Rihon Daimary
Deputy Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 October 2025
Governor	Lakshman Acharya
Chief Executive Member	Hagrama Mohilary
Department	Agriculture
Preceded by	Gobinda Basumatary
Cabinet Minister, Assam
	In office; 25 May 2016 – 10 May 2021
Chief Minister	Sarbananda Sonowal
Departments	Public Health Engineering; Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (2016–18); Co-operation (2018–20);
Preceded by	Sukur Ali Ahmed (PHE); Nazrul Islam (FCS&CA); Himanta Biswa Sarma (Co-operation);
Succeeded by	Ranjeet Kumar Dass (PHE); Phani Bhusan Choudhury (FCS&CA); Siddhartha Bhattacharya (Co-operation);
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Assam
	In office; 21 May 2006 – 18 May 2011
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Department	Public Health Engineering
Preceded by	Dinesh Prasad Goala
Succeeded by	Gautam Roy
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2001 – 2 May 2021
Preceded by	Deva Kanta Ramchiary
Succeeded by	Gobinda Chandra Basumatary
Constituency	Udalguri (ST)
Personal details
Born	1 January 1960 (age 66); Udalguri, Assam
Party	Bodoland People's Front

Rihon Daimary (born 1 January 1960 in Udalguri, Assam) is an Indian politician and former lawmaker from the state of Assam.He currently serves as the Deputy Chief executive member of the Bodoland Territorial Council since 2025. He was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bodoland People's Front until 2021. He became a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led government in 2016. He was elected for the fourth time from the Udalguri constituency.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Chief Executive MemberHagrama Mohilary

DepartmentAgriculture

Preceded byGobinda Basumatary

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Year	Constituency		Votes	%	Opponent		Result	Margin
2001	Udalguri (ST)	Independent	30,170	38.4%	Jaman Singh Brahma	INC	Won	2,323
2006		BPF	35,560	41.6%	Jaman Singh Brahma	INC	Won	4,875
2011			40,970	43.4%	Bhramon Baglari	Independent	Won	16,194
2016			45,037	41.9%	Anjali Prabha Daimari	Independent	Won	24,374
2021			56,916	48.0%	Gobinda Chandra Basumatary	UPPL	Lost	4,851
2026			TBD		Dipen Baro	UPPL	TBD

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Rihon Daimary


Deputy Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2025
Governor	Lakshman Acharya
Chief Executive Member	Hagrama Mohilary
Department	Agriculture
Preceded by	Gobinda Basumatary
Cabinet Minister, Assam
In office 25 May 2016 – 10 May 2021
Chief Minister	Sarbananda Sonowal
Departments	Public Health Engineering Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (2016–18) Co-operation (2018–20)
Preceded by	Sukur Ali Ahmed (PHE) Nazrul Islam (FCS&CA) Himanta Biswa Sarma (Co-operation)
Succeeded by	Ranjeet Kumar Dass (PHE) Phani Bhusan Choudhury (FCS&CA) Siddhartha Bhattacharya (Co-operation)
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Assam
In office 21 May 2006 – 18 May 2011
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Department	Public Health Engineering
Preceded by	Dinesh Prasad Goala
Succeeded by	Gautam Roy
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 2001 – 2 May 2021
Preceded by	Deva Kanta Ramchiary
Succeeded by	Gobinda Chandra Basumatary
Constituency	Udalguri (ST)

Personal details
Born	(1960-01-01) 1 January 1960 (age 66) Udalguri, Assam
Party	Bodoland People's Front