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Jogendra Nath Hazarika
Jogendra Nath Hazarika
7th Chief Minister of Assam
	In office; 9 September 1979 – 11 December 1979
Preceded by	Golap Borbora
Succeeded by	President's rule
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1952–1971
Succeeded by	Robindranath Kakoti
Constituency	Dibrugarh, Assam
Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly
	In office; 21 March 1978 - 4 September 1979
Preceded by	Ramesh Chandra Barooah
Succeeded by	Sheikh Chand Mohammad
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1978-1985
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Amiya Gogoi
Constituency	Duliajan
Personal details
Born	9 September 1924; Tengakhat Mawza, Assam, British India
Died	1998 (aged 73–74); Assam, India
Political party	Janata Party
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress
	Source: [1]

Jogendra Nath Hazarika (9 September 1924 – 1998) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 9 September 1979 to 11 December 1979. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Dibrugarh constituency, Assam in 1951, 1957, 1962 and 1967.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He was also a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly.^[6]^[7]

Early life

Hazarika was born in September 1924 in Tengakhat Mawza, Lakhimpur District (now Dibrugarh District) in Assam. His family were Sonowal Kacharis. He attended school in his home town, and in 1949 he graduated and subsequently completed an L.L.B. from University of Calcutta.^[8]