Pramod Sawant

Sulakshana Sawant

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(m. 2005)​

Pramod Sawant
Sawant at Goa University in 2021
11th Chief Minister of Goa
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 March 2019
Children	1
Alma mater	Tilak Maharashtra University (MSW)
Occupation	Ayurveda medical practitioner Politician

Pramod Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician and ayurveda medical practitioner who has served as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa since March 2019. ^{[1] [2]} He represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2012. ^[3]

Early life and education

Pramod Sawant was born on 24 April 1973 in Mapusa, Goa to Pandurang Sawant. ^[4] He obtained a Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery degree from the Ganga Education Society's Ayurvedic Medical College in Kolhapur and a postgraduate degree of Master of Social Work from the Tilak Maharashtra University at Pune. ^{[5] [ better source needed ]}

Political career

Sawant started his electoral career when he contested the 2008 Pale Constituency by-election on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket and lost to Pratap Prabhakar Gauns of the Indian National Congress. ^[6] The Pale constituency was abolished due to the delimitation of assembly constituencies.^{[ citation needed ]}

He contested the 2012 assembly election from the newly formed Sanquelim constituency and won with 14,255 votes, securing 66.02% of the vote share and defeating Gauns of the Indian National Congress. He also served as the spokesperson of the Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party for a brief period of time. ^[7]

In the 2017 election, Sawantas re-elected from Sanquelim, defeating Dharmesh Saglani of the Indian National Congress with 10,058 votes (43.04%). On 22 March 2017, he was elected as the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly. ^{[8] [9]}

He secured a third consecutive victory in the 2022 assembly election from Sanquelim, again defeating Saglani again. However, the contest was much tighter than previous years — Sawant won by a narrow margin of just 666 votes, receiving 12,250 votes (47.73%) against Saglani’s 11,584 votes (45.13%). ^{[10] [11]}

Chief Minister of Goa

After the death of Manohar Parrikar, the seat of the Chief Minister of Goa fell vacant. Sawant was elected by the Legislative Assembly and later he was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Personal life

Sawant is a Maratha by caste. ^[12] On 28 May 2005, he married Sulakshana, ^[15] a teacher of chemistry ^[16] at the Shri Shantadurga Higher Secondary School in Bicholim. She is also a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and currently the President ^[17] of the Goa unit of the BJP Mahila Morcha. ^{[18] [19]} The couple has a daughter, Parthivi, born in 2006. ^[20]

See also

• Pramod Sawant ministry

References

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10. "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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12. "From Ayurveda practioner[sic] to Goa CM: All you need to know about Pramod Sawant". India Today. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
13. "जानिए गोवा के नए CM प्रमोद सावंत के बारे में 5 बड़ी बातें". Economic Times (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
14. "प्रमोद सावंत बने गोवा के नए CM, दो उप-मुख्यमंत्रियों ने भी ली शपथ". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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16. "Pramod Sawant: 10 Interesting facts about CM of Goa". Jagranjosh.com. 19 March 2019.
17. "BJP women's wing demands 33% seats". oHeraldo.
18. "BJP Mahila Morcha chief: No woman eligible to be candidate - Times of India". The Times of India.
19. "BJP Mahila eyes Porvorim seat in 2017 Assembly polls". The Goan.
20. Da Gama, Danuska (3 November 2019). "Feet rooted on the ground". The Navhind Times. Retrieved 6 November 2023.