Manohar Parrikar

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Manohar Parrikar (born December 13, 1955, Mapusa, Goa) is an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005.

He is a graduate from IIT Bombay, the first IIT graduate to become the Chief Minister of any Indian state ever.

He is from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the first from his party to become the Chief Minister. He was first elected to the Second Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa in 1994. He was the leader of the opposition from June to November 1999. He first became the Chief Minister of Goa on October 24, 2000 but could only last till February 27, 2002. In June 2002, he was re-elected to the assembly and was elected Chief Minister again (on June 5, 2002).

He is credited with bringing the BJP to power in Goa. He is also credited with single handedly bringing the IFFI (International Film Festival of India) to Goa, and creating more international quality infrastructure in Goa for the event in a short time than any other former government. He is also known to be a man of action, and principles.

On January 29, 2005, his government was reduced to a minority after 4 BJP MLAs resigned from the House. Parrikar claimed that he could prove his majority, but in February 2005, he did lose his position. After continued disputes, the state was put under president's rule in March 2005, but in June 2005, opposition leader Pratapsing Rane was allowed to become chief minister.