Digambar Kamat
Digamber Kamat is an Indian politician who served as the ninth Chief Minister of Goa from 2007 to 2012. He won the seventh term as a MLA from Margao Assembly constituency in 2022. From 2006 to 2019, he was the president of Swimming Federation of India. Currently, he serves as an MLA from the Margao constituency.
Early life
Digambar Kamat was born in Margão, Portuguese Goa. He holds a bachelor's degree in science.Political career
Kamat started his career as a member of the Indian National Congress. In 1994, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party Coalition government. In 2005, he again joined the Indian National Congress to support the Margao constituency voters' referendum choice. Kamat passed the baton of leadership on 6 March 2012, to a BJP majority government in the Goa Assembly Elections held in March 2012. He retained his Margao Constituency seat and continued until 2019 as elected legislative member of Margao Constituency.Chief Minister of Goa
He became Chief Minister of Goa in 2007.Leader of Opposition, Goa
On 17 July 2019, Digambar Kamat was unanimously chosen a leader of opposition of Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Indian National Congress. In March 2022, he was once again elected as a legislative member of Margao Constituency.On 31 March 2022, he was appointed a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee. In July 2022, he was removed as the 'Permanent Invitee' to CWC.