About Pramod Sawant
Pramod Pandurang Sawant is an Indian politician and ayurveda medical practitioner, who has been serving as the 11th and current Chief Minister of Goa since 2019. He represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2012
Goa CM Pramod Sawant Biography
| Full name | Dr Pramod Sawant |
| Date of Birth/DOB | 24 Apr 1973 (Age 50) |
| Birth Place | Mapusa, Goa |
| Current Designation | 11th Chief Minister of Goa |
| Current Address | H.No. 18 Khothambi, Pale Goa |
| Profession | Politician |
| Father name | Pandurang Sawant |
| Mother name | Padmini Sawant |
| Married | Yes |
| Spouse | Sulakshana Sawant |
| Children | 1 |
| Education Qualification | Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery degree from the Ganga Education Society’s Ayurvedic Medical College in Kolhapur a postgraduate degree of Master of Social Work from the Tilak Maharashtra University at Pune |
| College or University | Tilak Maharashtra University at Pune |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2008–present) |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance |
| Constituency | Sanquelim |
Pramod Sawant Political career
Sawant started his electoral career when he contested the 2008 Pale Constituency by-election on the Bharatiya Janta Party ticket and lost to Pratap Prabhakar Gauns of the Indian National Congress. He contested the 2012 assembly election from Sanquelim constituency. He won the constituency by 14,255 (66.02%) votes 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. Later in 2017, he was re-elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from the same constituency defeating Dharmesh Saglani of the Indian National Congress with 10,058 (43.04%) votes. On 22 March 2017, he was elected as the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly.
Chief Minister of Goa
After the demise of Manohar Parrikar, the seat of the Chief Minister of Goa fell vacant. Pramod Sawant was elected by the Legislative Assembly afterwards and later he was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019
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