Pramod Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician and the 11th and current Chief Minister of Goa. Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the

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and is a member of the

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. He is an

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by profession. He was serving as the speaker of the Goa assembly before being sworn in as Chief Minister, after the death of the sitting chief minister

Manohar Parrikar Manohar Parrikar (born Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar; 13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 until his death. Previous ...

Early life and education

Sawant was born on 24 April 1973 to Pandurang and Padmini Sawant. He obtained a Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery degree from the Ganga Education Society's Ayurvedic Medical College in

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and a

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from the

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Political career

Sawant started his electoral career when he contested the 2008 Pale Constituency by-election on

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ticket and lost to

Pratap Prabhakar Gauns Pratap Prabhakar Gauns or Pratap Prabhakar Gawas (born 2 August 1963) is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress party in 2008. He won agains ...

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. He contested the 2012 assembly election from Sanquelim constituency. He won the constituency by 14,255 (66.02%) votes defeating

of the

. He also served as the spokesperson of the Goa unit of the

for a brief period of time. Later in

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he was re-elected to the

from the same constituency defeating Dharmesh Saglani of the

with 10,058 (43.04%) votes. On 22 March 2017, he was elected as the Speaker of the

Chief Minister of Goa

After the demise of Manohar Parrikar, the seat of the Chief Minister of Goa fell vacant. Pramod Sawant was elected by the Legislative Assembly afterwards and later he was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019.

Personal life

Sawant is a Kunbi-Maratha by caste. He is married to Sulakshana, who is a teacher of

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at the Shri Shantadurga Higher Secondary School in

Bicholim Bicholim, pronounced (), also known as Divchal and Dicholi, is a town and a municipal council in North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is the headquarters of the ''Concelho'' (district) of Bicholim, one of seven that make up the No ...

. She is also a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and currently the President of the Goa unit of the BJP Mahila Morcha.

References

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Early life and education

Political career

Chief Minister of Goa

Personal life

See also

References