Tangor Tapak

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

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 byTatung Jamoh
Personal details
Nationality India
Political partyBJP
Residence(s)Rani Village, East Siang district, 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 11 February 2014[5] and lost his seat in the legislative assembly in the May 2014 election.[6][7]

References
  1. Choudhurri, Atonu (12 October 2009). "Litmus test in two key constituencies". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 September 2014.
  2. "Arunachal results in detail". Rediff. 10 October 2004.
  3. "Congress set to retain power in Arunachal". Rediff. 22 October 2009.
  4. "Gunmen shoot Arunachal BJP president". DNA. 29 November 2009.
  5. "Tai Tagak takes over as new BJP State president". The Sentinel. 11 February 2014.
  6. "Congress secures three-fourth majority in Arunachal Pradesh". Zee News. 16 May 2014.
  7. "BJP gains in Arunachal with 11 assembly seats". The Times of India. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2019.


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