Satish Sharma
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Satish Sharma | |
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Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
In office 1993–1996 | |
Amethi | |
Personal details | |
Born | Secunderabad, Hyderabad State | 11 October 1947
Died | 17 February 2021 Goa, India | (aged 73)
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | 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 represented the
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
He was first elected as a Rajya Sabha MP in 1986 from Madhya Pradesh. In 1991 he was elected to the
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.[5]
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
- ^ Mangar, a hidden jewel near Delhi, The Hindu BusinessLine, 19 September 2017.
- ^ Best Places to Visit Mangar, Faridabad, Mangar Tourist Places
- The Tribune. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Indian National Congress". Indian National Congress. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Yadav, Shyamlal (5 October 2021). "Pandora Papers: Gandhi family friend Satish Sharma set up offshore entities". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 October 2021.