Satish Sharma

Satish Sharma
Satish Sharma
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
	In office; 1993–1996
Member of Parliament for Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 5 July 2010 – 4 July 2016
Member of Parliament
	In office; 1998–2004
Preceded by	Ashok Singh
Succeeded by	Sonia Gandhi
Constituency	Rae Bareli
	In office; 1991–1998
Preceded by	Rajiv Gandhi
Succeeded by	Dr. Sanjay Singh
Constituency	Amethi
Personal details
Born	11 October 1947; Secunderabad, (Andhra Pradesh)
Died	February 17, 2021 (aged 73)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Shrimati Sterre Sharma
Children	one son and one daughter
Residence(s)	34, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi.

Satish C. Sharma (11 October 1947 – 17 February 2021) was an Indian politician. He lately 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

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.^[1]^[2] He died on 17 February 2021 in Goa.^[3]

Political career

In 1991 he was elected to the Lok Sabha in a bye-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.

Parliamentary Committees

Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism (1999 - 2000)
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation (Oct. 2004 - May 2009 and Aug 2009 - July 2010)
Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture (Aug 2009 - May 2014)
Member, Committee on Urban Development (Sept. 2014–Present)

References

^ Mangar, a hidden jewel near Delhi, The Hindu BusinessLine, 19 Sep 2017.
^ Best Places to Visit Mangar, Faridabad, Mangar Tourist Places
^ "Gandhi loyalist Satish Sharma dies at 73". The Tribune. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

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[mang2-1] Mangar, a hidden jewel near Delhi, The Hindu BusinessLine, 19 Sep 2017.

[mangar3-2] Best Places to Visit Mangar, Faridabad, Mangar Tourist Places

[3] "Gandhi loyalist Satish Sharma dies at 73". The Tribune. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

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