Pramod Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician and

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medical practitioner who has served as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa since March 2019. He represents the Sanquelim constituency in the

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as a member of the

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since 2012.

Early life and education

Pramod Sawant was born on 24 April 1973 in Mapusa, Goa to Pandurang 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 Tilak Maharashtra University at

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Political career

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

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 ...

of the

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. The Pale constituency was abolished due to the delimitation of assembly constituencies. 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 Pratap Prabhakar 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. In the 2017 election, he was 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. He secured a third consecutive victory in the 2022 assembly election from Sanquelim, again defeating Dharmesh Saglani of the Congress. 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%).

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.

Personal life

Sawant is a

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by caste. On 28 May 2005, he married Sulakshana, a teacher of

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at the Shri Shantadurga Higher Secondary School in Bicholim. She is also a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and currently the President of the Goa unit of the BJP Mahila Morcha. The couple has a daughter, Parthivi, born in 2006.

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Early life and education

Political career

Chief Minister of Goa

Personal life

See also

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