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Sharad Pawar | |
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![]() Pawar in 2013 | |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 3 April 2014 | |
Preceded by | Y. P. Trivedi |
Constituency | Maharashtra |
President of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | |
Assumed office 8 February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
9th President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) | |
In office 2010–2012 | |
Preceded by | David Morgan |
Succeeded by | Alan Isaac |
28th Union Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 23 May 2004 – 26 May 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Rajnath Singh |
Succeeded by | Radha Mohan Singh |
9th Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | |
In office 22 May 2004 – 19 January 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Sharad Yadav |
Succeeded by | K. V. Thomas |
9th Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha | |
In office 19 March 1998 – 26 April 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Speaker | G. M. C. Balayogi |
Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Succeeded by | Sonia Gandhi |
15th Union Minister of Defence | |
In office 1991–1993 | |
Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Preceded by | Chandra Shekhar |
Succeeded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 2009–2014 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil |
Constituency | Madha |
In office 1996–2009 | |
Preceded by | Bapusaheb Thite |
Succeeded by | Supriya Sule |
Constituency | Baramati |
In office 1991–1993 | |
Preceded by | Ajit Pawar |
Succeeded by | Bapusaheb Thite |
Constituency | Baramati |
In office 1984–1985 | |
Preceded by | Shankarrao Bajirao Patil |
Succeeded by | Sambhajirao Kakade |
Constituency | Baramati |
6th Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |
In office 6 March 1993 – 14 March 1995 | |
Governor | P. C. Alexander |
Cabinet | Pawar IV |
Preceded by | Sudhakarrao Naik |
Succeeded by | Manohar Joshi |
In office 26 June 1988 – 25 June 1991 | |
Governor | |
Cabinet | |
Preceded by | Shankarrao Chavan |
Succeeded by | Sudhakarrao Naik |
In office 18 July 1978 – 17 February 1980 | |
Governor | Sadiq Ali |
Cabinet | Pawar I |
Preceded by | Vasantdada Patil |
Succeeded by | President's rule |
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1967–1991 | |
Preceded by | Malatibai Madhavrao Shirole |
Succeeded by | Ajit Pawar |
Constituency | Baramati |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Baramati, Bombay Presidency, British India[1] (present-day Maharashtra, India) | 12 December 1940
Political party | Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (1958-1999) Nationalist Congress Party (1999–2024) |
Spouse |
Pratibha Pawar (m. 1967) |
Relations |
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Children | Supriya Sule |
Residence | Baramati |
Profession |
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Website | sharadpawar |
As of 29 October, 2010 Source: [1] |
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: [ʃəɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ], born 12 December 1940)[1] is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and has also served in the Union Council Of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V. Narsimha Rao and Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Manmohan Singh. He is the first and former president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. His NCP was split by his nephew, Ajit Pawar. He leads his faction of the NCP delegation in the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is the chairperson of Maha Vikas Aghadi, a regional Maharashtra-based political alliance.
Pawar comes from Baramati of Maharashtra. He is the patriarch of the influential political family—the Pawar Family—and a prominent face in Maharashtra politics. Other politicians from the family include his daughter Supriya Sule, Ajit Pawar his nephew, Rohit Rajendra Pawar a nephew's son and other members of his extended family.[2][3][4][5][6]
Outside of politics, Pawar has served as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 2005 to 2008 and as the president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) from 2010 to 2012.[7] He was the president of the Mumbai Cricket Association from October 2013 to January 2017.[8]
In 2017, the Indian government conferred upon him Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of India.