Satish Sharma
{{Short description|Indian politician (1947–2021)}}
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| name = Satish Sharma
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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, Hyderabad State
| residence = 34, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi.
| office1 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
| term_start1 = 5 July 2010
| term_end1 = 4 July 2016
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| office2 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| constituency2 = Rae Bareli
| term_start2 = 1998
| term_end2 = 2004
| predecessor2 = Ashok Singh
| successor2 = Sonia Gandhi
| office = Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
| term_start = 1993
| term_end = 1996
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| successor =
| constituency4 = Amethi
| term_start4 = 1991
| term_end4 = 1998
| predecessor4 = Rajiv Gandhi
| successor4 = Dr. Sanjay Singh
| party = Indian National Congress
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| spouse = Sterre Sharma
| children = one son and one daughter
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| constituency1 = Uttar Pradesh
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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 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
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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 Tribal jewellery museum at Mangar Bani on the Delhi - Haryana which is a sacred grove in Faridabad district.[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.[https://www.thelalit.com/the-lalit-mangar/city-attractions/ Best Places to Visit Mangar, Faridabad, Mangar Tourist Places] He died on 17 February 2021 in Goa.{{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|date=17 February 2021|access-date=17 February 2021}}
Political career
He was first elected as a Rajya Sabha MP in 1986 from Madhya Pradesh. In 1991 he was elected to the Lok Sabha in a by-poll from Rajiv Gandhi's constituency of 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. From 2004 to 2016, he served as a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite web |title=Indian National Congress |url=https://inc.in/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Indian National Congress |language=en}}
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.{{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}}
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 from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Politicians from Hyderabad, India
Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh
Category:People from Amethi district
Category:Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministers of India