Tangor Tapak
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| office = Minister of Health & Family Welfare
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| term_start = 2009
| term_end = 9 April 2014
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| party = BJP
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| residence = Rani Village, East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh
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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.{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091012/jsp/northeast/story_11603045.jsp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140923230617/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091012/jsp/northeast/story_11603045.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2014 |title=Litmus test in two key constituencies |date= 12 October 2009 |newspaper=The Telegraph |first=Atonu |last=Choudhurri}} He lost the 2004 election for the Pasighat West seat to Omak Apang,{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/oct/10aruna1.htm |title=Arunachal results in detail |publisher=Rediff |date=10 October 2004}} the son of Gegong and Yadag Apang, but contested the seat again in the 2009 election and won.{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/statepoll-cong-leads-ncp-in-arunachal/20091022.htm |title=Congress set to retain power in Arunachal |date=22 October 2009 |newspaper=Rediff}} In November 2009 he became the victim of a shooting by unknown assailants that severely damaged his car but left him uninjured.{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-gunmen-shoot-arunachal-bjp-president-1317954 |title=Gunmen shoot Arunachal BJP president |date=29 November 2009 |newspaper=DNA}} He retired from his post as State president of the BJP on 11 February 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/arunachal/story.php?sec=2&subsec=7&id=149203&dtP=2014-04-11&ppr=1 |title=Tai Tagak takes over as new BJP State president |newspaper=The Sentinel |date=11 February 2014}} and lost his seat in the legislative assembly in the May 2014 election.{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/assembly-elections-2014/arunachal-pradesh/congress-secures-three-fourth-majority-in-arunachal-pradesh_932713.html |title=Congress secures three-fourth majority in Arunachal Pradesh |date=16 May 2014 |newspaper=Zee News}}{{Cite news|url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/BJP-gains-in-Arunachal-with-11-assembly-seats/articleshow/35314699.cms|title = BJP gains in Arunachal with 11 assembly seats|date = 18 May 2014 |access-date = 29 January 2019|newspaper = The Times of India}}{{cite news |date=17 May 2014 |title=19 Newcomers Win Arunachal Assembly Poll |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/elections/2014/May/17/19-newcomers-win-arunachal-assembly-poll-613969.html |access-date=20 May 2025 |publisher=The New Indian Express |language=en}}{{cite news |date=17 May 2014 |title=16 Arunachal ministers, Parliamentary secretaries lose in assembly polls |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/16-arunachal-ministers-parliamentary-secretaries-lose-in-assembly-polls/articleshow/35253733.cms?from=mdr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520164113/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/16-arunachal-ministers-parliamentary-secretaries-lose-in-assembly-polls/articleshow/35253733.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=20 May 2025 |access-date=20 May 2025 |publisher=The Economic Times}}
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Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Arunachal Pradesh
Category:Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014
Category:People from Adi Community
Category:People from East Siang district
Category:State cabinet ministers of Arunachal Pradesh
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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