Tangor Tapak

Tangor Tapak
MLA of 37 Pasighat West (ST) Constituency
Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Assembly Member
for Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh
In office
2009 – 9 April 2014
Succeeded by Tatung Jamoh
Personal details
Nationality  India
Political party BJP
Residence Rani Village, East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh

Tangor Tapak is an Indian politician associated with the BJP party in Arunachal Pradesh.

Early life

Tapak is a physician with the state health system. In the 1999 election for the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh he defeated Yadag Apang, the wife of Chief Minister Gegong Apang. He served as State health minister.[1] He lost the 2004 election for the Pasighat West seat to Omak Apang,[2] the son of Gegong and Yadag Apang, but contested the seat again in the 2009 election[1] and won.[3] In November 2009 he became the victim of a shooting by unknown assailants that severely damaged his car but left him uninjured.[4] He retired from his post as State president of the BJP on February 11, 2014[5] and lost his seat in the legislative assembly in the May 2014 election.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Choudhurri, Atonu (October 12, 2009). "Litmus test in two key constituencies". The Telegraph.
  2. ↑ "Arunachal results in detail". Rediff. October 10, 2004.
  3. ↑ "Congress set to retain power in Arunachal". Rediff. October 22, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Gunmen shoot Arunachal BJP president". DNA. November 29, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Tai Tagak takes over as new BJP State president". The Sentinel. February 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Congress secures three-fourth majority in Arunachal Pradesh". Zee News. May 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ "BJP gains in Arunachal with 11 assembly seats". Times of India. Retrieved 24 January 2015.


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