Donkupar Roy

Donkupar Roy
Donkupar Roy
13th Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
	In office; 6 March 2018 – 28 July 2019
Preceded by	Abu Taher Mondal
Succeeded by	Metbah Lyngdoh
10th Chief Minister of Meghalaya
	In office; 19 March 2008 – 19 March 2009
Governor	Shivinder Singh Sidhu ; Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary
Preceded by	D.D. Lapang
Succeeded by	President's Rule
Personal details
Born	10 November 1954
Died	28 July 2019 (aged 64); Gurugram, Haryana, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	United Democratic Party
Alma mater	North-Eastern Hill University

Donkupar Roy (10 November 1954 – 28 July 2019) was an Indian politician, who served as Chief Minister of Meghalaya. He was the head of the United Democratic Party, a political party recognised in Meghalaya.

Political career

After a fractured mandate in Meghalaya's 2008 Assembly Elections, an alliance between his UDP and a handful of other parties stated claim to form the government under the banner of the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance, with Roy as Chief Minister. After D. D. Lapang resigned as Chief Minister because he did not hold a majority in the state legislature, Roy was sworn in as Chief Minister on 19 March 2008.^[1]

On 19 March 2009, exactly one year into his term, the government was dismissed and the state was put under President's Rule. In May 2009, the United Democratic Party left the Progressive Alliance, and D.D. Lapang of the Congress Party returned to power as chief minister. Under Conrad Sangma government, he was the speaker of the assembly. [1]^{[permanent dead link]}