Satish Sharma

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|10|11|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|02|17|1947|10|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Secunderabad]], ([[Andhra Pradesh]])
| residence = 34, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi.
| death_place = [[Goa]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|term_start1 = 5 July 2010
|term_end1 = 4 July 2016
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| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency2 = [[Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rae Bareli]]
|term_start2 = 1998
|term_end2 = 2004
| predecessor2 = [[Ashok Singh (politician)|Ashok Singh]]
| successor2 = [[Sonia Gandhi]]
| office = Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
|term_start = 1993
|term_end = 1996
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| constituency4 = [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]]
|term_start4 = 1991
|term_end4 = 1998
| predecessor4 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| successor4 = [[Sanjaya Sinh|Dr. Sanjay Singh]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| religion =
| spouse = Sterre Sharma
| children = one son and one daughter
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'''Satish C. Sharma''' (11 October 1947 – 17 February 2021) was an Indian politician. He represented the [[Indian National Congress]] party, and was a former member of the [[Union Cabinet of India|Union Cabinet]] in the [[Government of India]]. Sharma's political career was boosted by his closeness to both [[Rajiv Gandhi]], and after his assassination, his wife and the de facto political power center of the Congress party, [[Sonia Gandhi]]. He held seats in the [[Lok Sabha]] at the behest of both the Nehru-Gandhi family and the electorate.

==Personal life==
{{anchor | Personal life}}
Satish Sharma was born on 11 October 1947 in [[Secunderabad]], a city in the Indian state [[Telangana]]. He was educated in Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehra Dun and was later trained as a pilot in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. He was married to Sterre Sharma who founded and runs the [[Mangar Bani#Tribal jewellery museum|Tribal jewellery museum]] at [[Mangar Bani]] on the Delhi-Haryana which is a [[Sacred groves of India#Locations of scared groves|sacred grove]] in Faridabad district.<ref name=mang2>[https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/chitra-narayanan/mangar-a-hidden-jewel-near-delhi/article9865212.ece Mangar, a hidden jewel near Delhi], [[The Hindu]] BusinessLine, 19 September 2017.</ref><ref name=mangar3>[https://www.thelalit.com/the-lalit-mangar/city-attractions/ Best Places to Visit Mangar, Faridabad, Mangar Tourist Places]</ref> He died on 17 February 2021 in Goa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/gandhi-loyalist-satish-sharma-dies-at-73-213800|title=Gandhi loyalist Satish Sharma dies at 73|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=17 February 2021|access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref>

==Political career==
In 1991 he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in a by-poll from Rajiv Gandhi's constituency of [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]] following the latter's assassination. From January 1993 until December 1996 he was Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Amethi again in 1996, and after losing in Amethi in 1998, he was elected again to Lok Sabha from Raebareli in 1999.

In October 2021, Sharma was named in the [[Pandora Papers]]. These documents showed that Sharma owned property and had control of multiple international trusts, starting in 1995, which were not declared to the Election Commission. According to Sharma's wife Sterre Sharma, her husband had no offshore accounts, and the property was liquidated to pay taxes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yadav |first1=Shyamlal |title=Pandora Papers: Gandhi family friend Satish Sharma set up offshore entities |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/pandora-papers-satish-sharma-congress-7550193/ |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=5 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

== Parliamentary Committees ==
* Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism (1999 – 2000)
* Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation (October 2004 – May 2009 and August 2009 – July 2010)
* Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture (August 2009 – May 2014)
* Member, Committee on Urban Development (September 2014–2021)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020116195116/http://www.indian-express.com/ie20010729/top1.html Indian-express.com]
* [http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/spurned-bharti-takes-grievance-to-advani/193918/ Business-standard.com]
* [http://www.commoncauseindia.org/CASE_LIBRARY/SC10-NOVEMBER1996.pdf Commoncauseindia.org]
* [http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/907349.cms Timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
* [http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/29rb.htm Rediff.com]
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-why-congress-fears-the-latest-wikileaks-revelation/20110317.htm Rediff.com]

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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Politicians from Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:11th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:13th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Sharma Satish]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand|Sharma Satish]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Amethi district]]
[[Category:Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministers of India]]
[[Category:Politicians from Secunderabad]]
[[Category:People named in the Pandora Papers]]

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