Pramod Sawant
Pramod Pandurang Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician. He is the current Chief Minister of Goa.[1][2] Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3]
Pramod Sawant | |
|---|---|
 Sawant in 2019 | |
| 13th Chief Minister of Goa | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2019 | |
| Governor | Mridula Sinha Satya Pal Malik Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
| Deputy | Manohar Ajgaonkar
(from 28 March 2019) Chandrakant Kavlekar (from 14 July 2019) |
| Preceded by | Manohar Parrikar |
| Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 22 March 2017 – 18 March 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Anant Shet |
| Succeeded by | Rajesh Patnekar |
| Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Constituency | Sanquelim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 April 1973 Goa, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sulakshana Sawant |
He is an Ayurveda Medical practitioner by profession.[4] 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, he became chief minister of Goa.
References
- ↑ Murari Shetye. "Goa speaker Pramod Sawant succeeds Parrikar as CM" The Times of India. 19 March 2019.
- ↑ Gupta, Saurabh (19 March 2019). "Pramod Sawant, Goa's New Chief Minister, Is An Ayurveda Practitioner. H". NDTV. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pramod-sawant-goas-next-chief-minister-is-an-ayurveda-practitioner-2009473.
- ↑ "Member of Legislative Assembly | Goa Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Pramod Pandurang Sawant(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SANQUELIM(NORTH GOA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.