Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He has previously held the posts of Minister of Defence and Chief Minister of Maharashtra . Pawar currently serves as Minister of Agriculture, Government of India. Pawar is from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He leads the NCP delegation in the Lok Sabha, representing his constituency of Madha in Maharashtra. He holds a position of prominence in national politics as well as the regional politics of Maharashtra, although marred by frequent allegations of corruption.
Pawar also served as the Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 2005 to 2008. In 2010, Sharad Pawar became the International Cricket Council president after England's David Morgan.
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1967
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He became a Member of
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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1972 - 1974
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Minister of State, Home,
Food, Civil Supplies, Rehabilitation, Publicity, Youth Welfare and
Sports, Government of Maharashtra
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1974 - 1978
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Cabinet Minister, Education,
Agriculture, Industries, Home, Labour and Youth Welfare,Government
of Maharashtra
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1978 - 1980, 1988 - 1991 and
1993 - 1995
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Chief Minister, Maharashtra
(four terms)
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1981 - 1986
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He became a Leader of the
Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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1982 - 1987
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President, Congress (S)
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1984
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He was elected to 8th Lok
Sabha
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1991
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He was re-elected to 10th
Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1991 - 1993
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Union Cabinet Minister,
Defence
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1993 - 1995
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He became a Member of
Maharashtra Legislative Council
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1995 - 1996
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Leader of the Opposition,
Maharashtra Legislative Council
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1996
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He was re-elected to 11th
Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1996 - 1997
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Member, Committee on Science
and Technology, Environment and Forests
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1998
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He was re-elected to 12th
Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1998 - 1999
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Member, General Purposes
Committee
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha
(5th term)
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1999 - 2000
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Member, Committee on
Agriculture
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2000 - 2001
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Member, Committee on Ethics
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2001 - 2004
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Vice-Chairman, National
Committee on Disatster Management
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2004
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He was re-elected to 14th
Lok Sabha( 6th term)
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23 May 2004 onwards
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Union Cabinet Minister,
Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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2009
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He was re-elected to 15th
Lok Sabha (7th term)
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31 May 2009 - 18 Jan 2011
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Union Cabinet Minister,
Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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19 Jan 2011 onwards
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Union Cabinet Minister,
Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
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