Sharad Govindrao Pawar (born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician who serves as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three separate occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. Pawar hails from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha where he leads the NCP delegation. He holds a position of prominence in national politics as well as the regional politics of Maharashtra.
Pawar has served as the Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 2005 to 2008 and as the president of the International Cricket Council from 2010 to 2012. On 17 June 2015, he was re-elected as president of the Mumbai Cricket Association, a position he held from 2001 to 2010 and in 2012.
Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha today
This profile was published on India Vote Kar in December 2016 and describes Sharad Pawar as it stood then. Maharashtra returns 48 members to the 18th Lok Sabha, elected in 2024; the first 12 by seat number are:
- Nandurbar — Gowaal Kagada Padavi, Indian National Congress
- Dhule — Bachhav Shobha Dinesh, Indian National Congress
- Jalgaon — Smita Wagh, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Raver — Raksha Khadse, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Buldhana — Prataprao Jadhav, Shiv Sena (2022-present)
- Akola — Anup Dhotre, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Amravati — Balwant Wankhade, Indian National Congress
- Wardha — Amar Kale, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)
- Ramtek — Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve, Indian National Congress
- Nagpur — Nitin Gadkari, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Bhandara–Gondiya — Prashant Padole, Indian National Congress
- Gadchiroli–Chimur — Namdeo Kirsan, Indian National Congress