In which country did Ajit Pawar hold government office?
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He was a minister in the Indian state of Maharashtra from 1991 onwards.
Which constituency did Pawar represent in the Maharashtra assembly?
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He held Baramati for eight terms and did not lose an assembly election there.
Which office did Pawar hold on six separate occasions?
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Six terms as deputy chief minister, more than eight years in total, the longest anyone has served in the post.
Which party did Pawar lead a faction of from 2023?
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The Election Commission recognised his faction as the Nationalist Congress Party after the 2023 split.
Which senior Indian politician was Ajit Pawar’s uncle?
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Sharad Pawar, a former union minister and Maharashtra chief minister, was his uncle.
Which state portfolio did Pawar hold when he presented budgets?
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He held the finance portfolio for much of his time as deputy chief minister.
In which year was Pawar first elected to the Maharashtra assembly?
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He won the Baramati assembly seat in 1991, the same year he was briefly a member of parliament.
How many times did Pawar present the Maharashtra state budget?
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Eleven budgets, a total very few Indian state finance ministers reach.
Which sector did Pawar build his early political base in?
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Like most western Maharashtrian politicians of his generation he rose through the sugar and credit co-operatives.
In which city did Pawar serve in state government?
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Maharashtra’s capital and seat of government is Mumbai, where the state secretariat sits.
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