Party Name : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Constituency : Madha
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Shri Govindrao Pawar
Mother's Name : Smt. Shardabai G. Pawar
Date of birth : 12 Dec 1940
Profession : Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1967 Member, Maharashtra Legislative AssemblyGeneral-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), MaharashtraSecretary, Congress Legislature Party (C.L.P.), Maharashtra1972-74 Minister of State, Home, Food, Civil Supplies, Rehabilitation, Publicity, Youth Welfare and Sports, Government of Maharashtra1974-78 Cabinet Minister, Education, Agriculture, Industries, Home, Labour and Youth Welfare,Government of Maharashtra1978-80, 1988-91 and 1993-95 Chief Minister, Maharashtra (four terms)1981-86 Leader of the Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly1982-87 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, Defence1993-95 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council1995-96 Leader of the Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Council1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1996-97 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-IIMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)Leader, NCP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee on AgricultureMember, General Purposes Committee2000-2001 Member, Committee on Ethics2001-2004 Vice-Chairman, National Committee on Disatster ManagementLeader, NCP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha2004 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 & Management2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)31 May 2009 - 18 Jan 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionLeader, NCP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha19 Jan 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries31 Jan. 2014 Ceased to be a member of the Lok Sabha upon election as Member of Rajya Sabha
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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
