Digambar Kamat

Politician

Indian Margao, Goa, Portuguese India

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth08/03/1954
Age72 years
BirthplaceMargao, Goa, Portuguese India

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Bio/Wiki

Full NameDigambar Vasant Kamat

Physical Stats & More

Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorSalt and Pepper

Educational Qualification(s)

College/UniversityParvatibai Chowgule College, University of Bombay
Educational QualificationB.Sc. degree in 1973

Personal Life

Hobbies
  • Reading Books
  • Playing Badminton
  • Swimming

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Family
WifeAsha Kamat (homemaker)
Children
  • Yogiraj Kamat
  • Neha Kamat
  • Radha Kamat
Parents
FatherVasant Kamat
MotherName

Family

FatherVasant Kamat
MotherName
SpouseAsha Kamat
ChildrenYogiraj Kamat

Career

Political Party
  • Indian National Congress (1989-1994) (2005-2022)
  • Bharatiya Janata Party (1994-2005) (2022-present)
Positions Held
  • 11th Chief Minister of Goa
  • Leader of the Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly
  • 9th Chief Minister of Goa (2007-2012)
  • MLA from Margao Constituency (2022-present)
  • Cabinet Minister (since 27/08/2025)
  • State Power Minister (multiple consecutive terms)
  • Minister for Mines, Art and Culture
  • Minister for Urban Development and Town and Country Planning

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Served as the President of the Swimming Federation of India from 2006 to 2019.
2. Held the position of Honorary Secretary of the Goa Badminton Association from 1976 to 1978.
3. Led Goa to achieve the Golden Shield at the All India National level competition for grading agriculture commodities from 1979 to 1987.
4. Played a key role in engineering the collapse of the Manohar Parrikar-led BJP government in 2005.
5. Was instrumental in building the BJP in Goa alongside Manohar Parrikar in the 1990s.
6. Contested his first election from Margao in 1989 on a Congress ticket and lost.
7. Real estate developer by profession.
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