Pawar, Shri Sharad Chandra Govindrao Constituency   : Madha (Maharashtra) Party Name     : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Email Address : sharadpawar[DOT]sp[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Father’s Name Shri Govindrao Pawar Mother’s Name Smt. Shardabai G. Pawar Date of Birth 12 Dec 1940 Place of Birth Baramati, Distt. Pune (Maharashtra) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 01 Aug 1967 Spouse’s Name Smt. Pratibha Pawar No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications B.Com. Profession Political and Social Worker Permanent Address House No. 142, Ambarai Baramati, Distt. Pune – 413 102, Maharashtra Present Address 6, Janpath, New Delhi – 110001 Tels. (011) 23018619, 23018870 (R) 23782691, 23383370 (O) Fax. (011) 23018609 (R) 23384129 (O) Parliament Address: Room No: 42, Parliament House, New Delhi – 110001 Tel. (011) 23017952 Positions Held

1967 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Maharashtra

Secretary, Congress Legislature Party (C.L.P.), Maharashtra

1972-74 Minister of State, Home, Food, Civil Supplies, Rehabilitation, Publicity, Youth Welfare and Sports, Government of Maharashtra

1974-78 Cabinet Minister, Education, Agriculture, Industries, Home, Labour and Youth Welfare,Government of Maharashtra

1978-80, 1988-91 and 1993-95 Chief Minister, Maharashtra (four terms)

1981-86 Leader of the Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

1982-87 President, Congress (S)

1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha (resigned in March 1985)

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-93 Union Cabinet Minister, Defence

1993-95 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council

1995-96 Leader of the Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Council

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha

1998-99 Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-II

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)

Leader, NCP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Agriculture

Member, General Purposes Committee

2000-2001 Member, Committee on Ethics

2001-2004 Vice-Chairman, National Committee on Disatster Management

Leader, NCP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)

23 May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

— Vice President, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)

31 May 2009 – 18 Jan 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Leader, NCP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

19 Jan 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries

31 Jan. 2014 Ceased to be a member of the Lok Sabha upon election as Member of Rajya Sabha

Social And Cultural Activities President, (i) Nehru Centre, Mumbai; (ii) Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara; (iii) Vidya Pratishthan, Baramati, Pune; (iv) Agriculture Development Trust, Baramati; (v) Y.B. Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai; and (iv) Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune. Special Interests Agriculture, horticulture, economics, irrigation, energy, finance and sports Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading and travelling Sports and Clubs President, (i) Maharashtra Olympic Association; (ii) Garware Club House; (iii) Maharashtra Kustigir Parishad; (iv) Mumbai Cricket Association; and (v) President, ICC Countries Visited Widely travelled Other Information Has been awarded for “Outstanding Parliamentarian Award, 2003” by President Smt. Pratibha Devsingh Patil; Honorary Doctoral Degree in Humanities by Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, Detroit, U.S.A. A book titled “Fast Forward” – a collection of his speeches released by Hon`ble Prime Minister of India in 2008

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