Position Held:

1967-91 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Maharashtra.

Secretary, Congress Legislature Party (C.L.P.), Maharashtra.

1972-74 Minister of State, Home, Food, Civil Supplies, Rehabilitation, Publicity, Youth Welfare and Sports, Government of Maharashtra.

1974-78 Cabinet Minister, Education, Agriculture, Industries, Home, Labour and Youth Welfare,Government of Maharashtra.

1978-80, 1988-91 and 1993-95 Chief Minister, Maharashtra (four terms).

1981-86 Leader of the Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

1982-87 President, Congress (S).

1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha (resigned in March 1985).

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term).

1991-93 Union Cabinet Minister, Defence.

1993-95 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council.

1995-96 Leader of the Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Council.

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term).

1996-97 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests.

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term).

Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha.

1998-99 Member, General Purposes Committee.

Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-II.

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term).

Leader, NCP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha.

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Agriculture.

Member, General Purposes Committee.

2000-2001 Member, Committee on Ethics.

2001-2004 Vice-Chairman, National Committee on Disatster Management.

Leader, NCP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha.

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term).

23 May 2004 - onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

-- Vice President, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management.

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term).

31 May 2009 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

President:
(i) Nehru Centre, Mumbai; (ii) Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara; (iii) Vidya Pratishthan, Baramati, Pune; (iv) Agriculture Development Trust, Baramati; (v) Y.B. Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai; and (vi) V. Sugar Institute, Pune.
Special Interests Agriculture, horticulture, economics, irrigation, energy, finance and sports.

Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading and travelling.

Sports and Clubs President, (i) Maharashtra Olympic Association; (ii) Garware Club House; and (iii) Maharashtra Kustigir Parishad and (iv) Mumbai Cricket Association.

Countries Visited Widely travelled.

Other Information Has been awarded for "Outstanding Parliamentarian Award, 2003" by President Smt. Pratibha Devsingh Patil.

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