Daily Pioneer, Bhubaneswar
President of India Pratibha Patil on Saturday appointed former Chief Minister of Odisha JB Patnaik as Governor of Assam. He will assume charge of his gubernatorial responsibilities after Syed Sibtey Razi's tenure comes to an end on December 9.
The appointment will take effect from the date JB Patnaik assumes charge of his new office. On being contacted, the veteran politician and Congress leader said he had not yet decided when he would go to Assam to take charge.
After passing from Khurda High School, he graduated in Sanskrit from Utkal University in 1947 and secured his his MA in Political Science from BHU in 1949. In 1950, he became the president of the State unit of the youth wing of the Congress. In 1980, he became the Union Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation and Labour. Later, he served as Chief Minister for a record number of years. He is also an eminent writer.
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