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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = [[Second Omar Abdullah ministry|Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| predecessor =
| successor =
| lieutenant_governor = [[Manoj Sinha]]
| 1blankname = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Omar Abdullah]]
| term_start = 16 October 2024
| term_end =
| 2blankname = [[Second Omar Abdullah ministry|Ministry and Departments]]
| 2namedata = *Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
*Transport, Science & Technology
*Information Technology
*Youth Services & Sports
*ARI & Training
| office1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the]] [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Chhamb Assembly constituency|Chhamb]]
| term_start1 = 8 October 2024
| term_end1 =
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| birth_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
| relations = [[Madan Lal Sharma]] (father)<br />
[[Sham Lal Sharma]] (uncle)
| other_party = [[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]][[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(Before 2024)}}
| predecessor1 = [[Kirshan Lal]]
| education = {{plainlist|
* [[Dogra Law College]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]])
* [[University of Wales]] ([[Masters in Business Administration|MBA]])}}
}}
'''Satish Sharma''' is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir, currently serving as the cabinet minister in the government of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ashiq |first=Peerzada |date=2024-10-16 |title=Omar Abdullah sworn in as new CM of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir; Surinder Kumar Choudhary to be his deputy |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/jammu-and-kashmir-assembly/omar-abdullah-sworn-in-as-first-cm-of-ut-jammu-and-kashmir/article68759594.ece |access-date=2024-10-16 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He is a member of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]. Sharma won [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024 assembly election]] from [[Chhamb Assembly constituency|Chhamb]] as an Independent candidate and later gave his support to Omar Abdullaah and his party National conference Government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=Chhamb, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: Independent candidate Satish Sharma with 33985 defeats BJP's Rajeev Sharma |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/chhamb-jammu-and-kashmir-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-aelb-2612960-2024-10-08 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=Chhamb FINAL Election Result 2024: Satish Sharma of IND Wins by... |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/chhamb-final-election-result-2024-2-9079379.html |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

== Life and education ==
Sharma was born in a [[Dogras|Dogra]] [[Brahmin]] family in [[Jammu]]. Sharma comes from political background being the son of late senior Congress leader [[Madan Lal Sharma]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-10-16 |title=Also in J&K Cabinet, an Independent and rebel who felled a Congress heavyweight |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/jk-cabinet-independent-rebel-congress-chhamb-satish-sharma-9623083/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He did his [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]] from [[Dogra Law College]] and received his MBA degree from [[University of Wales]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Omar's balancing act as five-member cabinet takes charge in J&K |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/omars-balancing-act-as-five-member-cabinet-takes-charge-in-jk-101729077943724.html}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Satish Sharma: An independent who withstood BJP in Jammu |url=https://m.greaterkashmir.com/article/satish-sharma-an-independent-who-withstood-bjp-in-jammu/340628/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Greaterkashmir |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Sharma political career began when he unsuccessfully contested from Bhalwal Brahmana constituency in 2020 District Development Councils elections and independent candidate.<ref name=":1" />

In [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]], Sharma contested from [[Chhamb Assembly constituency]] and won with a margin of 6929 votes, defeating former MLA [[Rajeev Sharma (politician)|Rajeev Sharma]] of BJP and former deputy chief minister, [[Tara Chand (Jammu-Kashmir politician)|Tara Chand]] of Congress.<ref name=":0" /> On 16 October 2024, he was sworn in as the cabinet minister in the newly formed government of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/jammu-and-kashmir-assembly/omar-abdullah-sworn-in-as-first-cm-of-ut-jammu-and-kashmir/article68759594.ece | title=Omar Abdullah sworn in as new CM of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir; Surinder Kumar Choudhary to be his deputy | newspaper=The Hindu | last1=Ashiq | first1=Peerzada }}</ref> On 18 October 2024, following an order issued by [[Manoj Sinha|Lieutenant Governor Sinha]] to allocate portfolios to [[Second Omar Abdullah ministry|council of ministers]] on the advice of chief minister, Sharma was given the charge of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Transport, Science and Technology, Information Technology, Youth Services and Sports and ARI and Trainings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2024-10-18 |title=J&K L-G allocates portfolios; who gets what in newly inducted Omar Abdullah-led cabinet |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jammu-and-kashmir/jk-l-g-allocates-portfolios-who-gets-what-in-newly-inducted-omar-abdullah-led-cabinet/article68767814.ece |access-date=2024-10-18 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024 Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Independent politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Politicians from Jammu]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Wales]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]
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