Dr. Pramod Sawant is an Indian politician and an Ayurvedic Practitioner. He is currently serving the 13th Chief Minister of Goa. Sawant, began his political journey with the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) at the booth level.
In 2008, the then Chief Minister Manohar Bhai Parrikar encouraged him to contest the election from the Pali constituency. Dr. Sawant resigned from his class 1 gazetted job to take part in the election, but he did not win that year.
Later, in 2010, he became the State President of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP). After that, he won the Goa Legislative Assembly seat from Sanquelim in 2012, 2017 and 2022.
In 2019, after the passing of Manohar Bhai Parrikar, Dr, Sawant was elected by the Legislative Assembly as the Chief Minister of Goa.