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'''Dr. Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar''' (born 13 December 1955) is an Indian politician and leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who has been [[Chief Minister of Goa]] since 14 March 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/manohar-parrikar-to-take-oath-as-goa-cm-tomorrow/article17455622.ece?homepage=true|title=Manohar Parrikar to take oath as Goa CM tomorrow|last=Desk|first=Internet|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-03-13|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Goa CM">{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/manohar-parrikar-appointed-as-new-goa-chief-minister/articleshow/57610213.cms |title=Manohar Parrikar appointed as new Goa Chief Minister|work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=14 March 2017}}</ref> Previously he was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014.
Parrikar proposed the name of [[Narendra Modi]] as the Prime Ministerial candidate before the 2013 BJP parliamentary elections convention in Goa, later he served in the BJP government under Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] as [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence Minister of India]] from 2014 to 2017. He is a former member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/thank-you-for-goa-digvijaya-singh-says-manohar-parrikar-in-rajya-sabha-1675731</ref><ref>http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/memberlist.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/parrikar-makes-appearance-in-rajya-sabha-cong-protests/385083.html</ref>
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