Dip Gogoi

Dip Gogoi
Dip Gogoi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2002 – 15 May 2014
Preceded by	Tarun Gogoi
Succeeded by	Gaurav Gogoi
Constituency	Kaliabor
Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2001–2001
Preceded by	Hemanta Kalita
Succeeded by	Tarun Gogoi
Constituency	Titabor
Personal details
Born	17 December 1951 (age 73); Jorhat, Assam, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Mitali Gogoi
Alma mater	University of Dibrugarh
	As of 30 August, 2012Source: [1]

Dip Gogoi (Assamese: দীপ গগৈ; born 17 December 1951) is an Indian politician from Assam who was a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency from 2002 to 2014. He was also the member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Kaliabor constituency in 2001 and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the brother of former Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi.

Background

Dip Gogoi was educated at Dibrugarh University and graduated with a B.Sc. degree. He is married to Mitali Gogoi.^[1]^[2]

Gogoi has served one term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).^[1] He was elected to the Assam state assembly from the Titabar constituency in 2001 but vacated the seat a few months later for his brother Tarun Gogoi.^[1]^[3] Gogoi has since served three terms as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Lok Sabha.^[1] He was elected from Kaliabor in the 2002 by-elections (seat vacated by his brother) and was re-elected in 2004 and 2009.^[1] Gogoi is a member of the Indian National Congress.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Shri Dip Gogoi". Government of India. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ "Dip Gogoi". Netapedia. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ "Dip Gogoi to relinquish his Titabar seat for brother Tarun". The Sentinel. 15 May 2001. Archived from the original on 27 April 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

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