Pasang Dorjee Sona

Pasang Dorjee Sona
Speaker of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
4 June 2019 – 13 June 2024
Preceded byWangki Lowang
Succeeded byTesam Pongte
ConstituencyMechuka
Personal details
Born (1972-11-06) 6 November 1972 Singbir Village, Mechukha, Shi-Yomi
PartyBharatiya Janata Party

Pasang Dorjee Sona (born 6 November 1972) is an Indian politician from the state of Arunachal Pradesh. He represents the Mechukha constituency in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[1] He is currently a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Career

Sona was elected as MLA for the first time in 2009 from the 33rd Mechukha Assembly (ST) Constituency representing the Indian National Congress.

He was re-elected in the 2014 Assembly Election as a member of the People's Party of Arunachal and served as Parliamentary Secretary (Tourism) in the Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

Pasang Dorjee Sona won re-election for a third consecutive time in 2019[2], this time as a BJP candidate, and was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the 7th Legislative Assembly on 4 June 2019.[3][4][5]

On 12 January 2021, Sona was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Zone-III.

In the 2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Sona was again re-elected with a huge majority for a fourth term. He was inducted into the Pema Khandu-led State Government as a Cabinet Minister on 13 June 2024 and was allotted the portfolios of Minister of Education, Rural Works, Parliamentary Affairs, Tourism, and Libraries.[6][7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ CEO Arunachal Pradesh. List of contesting candidates Archived 2 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Postal votes decide the fate of Arunachal Pradesh BJP candidate". The Hindu. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Arunachal CM Pema Khandu appoints 26 MLAs as parliamentary secretary". The Indian Express. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Khandu appoints 26 MLAs as parliamentary secretary". The Hindu. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Arunachal CM appoints 26 MLAs as parliamentary secretary". India Today. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh: CM Pema Khandu allocates portfolios to newly inducted ministers". The Times of India. 15 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu allocates portfolios to newly inducted ministers". Hindustan Times. 15 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh Council of Ministers portfolios: Who got what?". Financialexpress. 15 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
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