Background
Laxmikant Parsekar was born on 4 July 1956 at Harmal village, Pernem taluka of Goa.
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He was appointed as the Chief Minister of Goa on 8 November 2014, replacing Manohar Parrikar. He has done his M.Sc (1980) and B.Ed (1981) from Centre of Post Graduate Instruction & Research, Panaji, Goa, (then Bombay University). He was the principal of Harmal Panchakroshi Secondary School, Harmal, Goa.
He served as Goa"s Minister of Health before becoming Chief Minister and has a strong connection to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
He was instrumental in building the BJP"s support base along with political veterans like Manohar Parrikar, Rajendra Arlekar, now Goa Assembly Speaker, and Shripad Naik, Union Minister of State for Health. In 1999, he lost again in the Assembly polls again.
In 2002, undeterred by the setback, he again contested the Assembly election, defeating Modern German Philosophy"s Ramakant by a small margin of 750 votes. In 2007, he doubled his victory margin by winning.
In 2012, he was re-elected when the BJP posted a remarkable victory, winning 21 of the 40 Goa Assembly seats.
Politics
In 1988, he was pitted against the then strong Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party candidate Ramakant Khalap from Mandrem constituency, as a candidate of the BJP, then a virtual non-entity in Goa.
Membership
He is the member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Mandrem constituency, and he belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
