Digambar Kamat

Digamber Kamat
Kamat in 2010
Leader of the Opposition,
Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
18 July 2019 – 31 March 2022
GovernorMridula Sinha
Satya Pal Malik
Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
(Additional charge)
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
Chief MinisterPramod Sawant
Preceded byChandrakant Kavlekar,
Succeeded byMichael Lobo
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
1994
Preceded byAnanta Narcina Naik
ConstituencyMargao
9th Chief Minister of Goa
In office
8 June 2007 – 9 March 2012
Preceded byPratapsingh Rane
Succeeded byManohar Parrikar
Personal details
Born (1954-03-08) 8 March 1954 (age 70)
Margao, Goa, Portuguese India
Political partyBharatiya Janata party (1994-2005)
(2022 - present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress(1989-1994)
(2005-2022)
SpouseAsha Kamat
Children2
ResidenceGoa

Digamber Kamat (born 8 March 1954) is an Indian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Goa from 2007 to 2012. CM contender, Kamat won seventh term from Margao.[1] From 2006 to 2019, he was the president of Swimming Federation of India.[2] Currently, he serves as an MLA from the Margao constituency. Kamat is one of the most well recognised contemporary Goan politicians. Known for his philanthropic activities for the people of Goa. Kamat is a liberal and passionate about sports, education, culture and music.

  1. ^ "Goa election results: Digambar Kamat resigns as Goa chief minister". The Times of India. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Kamat is new SFI president". The Hindu. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2016.