# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phani-bhusan-choudhury
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:05:16.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phani-bhusan-choudhury"
name: "Phani Bhusan Choudhury"
slug: "phani-bhusan-choudhury"
description: "Phani Bhusan Choudhury is an Indian politician from Assam, India. He is currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency as a member of Asom Gana Parishad. He has a distinct record of representing Bongaigaon constituency for the 8th consecutive time in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 1985. He was the Minister of Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Pension and Public Grievance, Government of Assam from 2018 to 2021 in the Sarbananda Sonowal ministry. Phani was the member of the Housing Committee of Assam Legislative Assembly, Member, Public Undertakings committee of Assam Legislative Assembly Minister from 1996 to 2001. He was also Chairman of Public Accounts Committee from 2009 to 2011 and leader of AGP legislature Party from 2011 to 2016. Choudhury is a leader of the regional outfit Asom Gana Parishad. He was also elected as Protem Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly in 2021."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Phani_Bhushan_Choudhary_ALA_portrait.jpg/330px-Phani_Bhushan_Choudhary_ALA_portrait.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-05-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             15
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump