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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name =Sudhir Sawant<br />
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age |1955|02|9|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place =[[Belgaum]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]<br />
| residence =<br />
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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Rajapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajapur]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| term =1991-1996<br />
| predecessor =[[Madhu Dandavate]]<br />
| successor =[[Suresh Prabhu]]<br />
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| term1 =<br />
| predecessor1 =<br />
| successor1 =<br />
| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]<br />
|otherparty=[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse = Shubhangi<br />
| children = One son and one daughter<br />
| website =<br />
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|source= http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3588.htm<br />
}}<br />
'''Sudhir Sawant''' is an Indian politician. He is Brigadier (Retd.) from Indian Army. He was actively involved in Party Politics till Late 2019, currently heading Sainik Federation and actively involved with grassroot level social activities for promotion of natural farming & implementation of concept of Abudant Village for overall growth in rural Maharashtra.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sudhir Sawant is the son of CS Sawant who was a three term MLA in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly as a Member of [[Peasants and Workers Party]]. Graduate from Defence Services Staff College, he served in the Indian army as Commando Instructor, 1982 to 84, served in J&K & Siachen & then Military Intelligence, 1988 to 91. He participated in Kargil War (Operation Parakram)<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Former Indian prime minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] brought Sawant into electoral politics and gave him Loksabha [[Ticket (election)|ticket]] for [[Indian National Congress]] from the [[Rajapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajapur Loksabha Constituency]] from the [[Konkan]] region of Maharashtra for the 1991 election. In the election Sawant defeated the long serving incumbent and former Union Railway Minister, [[Madhu Dandavate]].<br />
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Indian National Congress President [[Sonia Gandhi]] appointed Sudhir Sawant as a national secretary of the party. <br />
Sawant joined [[Aam Aadmi Party]] [[Maharashtra]] unit on 12 January 2018 in presence of [[Arvind Kejriwal]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/sudhir-sawant-to-join-aap-party/states/news/1101651.html| title=Sudhir Sawant to join AAP party|date=10 January 2018|publisher=United News of India|access-date=14 June 2019}}</ref> and on 6 June 2018 under presence of AAP National Secretary [[Pankaj Gupta (politician)|Pankaj Gupta]] he has been appointed as [[Aam Aadmi Party]] Maharashtra Unit Head '''Convenor'''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/mumbai/politics/aap-choice-sudhir-sawant/articleshow/64484571.cms|title='आप' की पसंद सुधीर सावंत - Navbharat Times|date=2018-06-07|work=Navbharat Times|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> He resigned from the post of state convenor citing differences with Arvind Kejriwal.<br />
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==Career and Business interests outside politics==<br />
He is chairman of Forum for Strategic Studies, New Delhi and Tourism Co-Operative.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S13/partycomp01.htm| title=Partywise Comparison since 1977 Rajapur Parliamentary Constituency | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3588.htm| title=Lok Sabha Bioprofile Sudhir Sawant| publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] | access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=loksabha1991>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991- Constituency Wise Detailed Results | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | access-date =9 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Business India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f69IAAAAYAAJ|access-date=9 June 2016|year=1996|publisher=A.H. Advani|page=162}}</ref> He is the founder Of Sindhudurg sainik school Amboli located in Amboli, Sawantwadi of Sindhudurg district of maharashtra. This is the only one school in Maharashtra which is run by Ex-servicemen. He is also the president of sainik patpedhi (bank for ex servicemen of Sindhudurg). He also established Agriculture college in Oros, Sindhudurg.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3588.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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