What is Sharad Pawar?
[[File:Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Pawar in May 2011]] [[File:Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Pawar with [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]], July 2009]] '''Sharad Govindrao Pawar''' (born 12 December 1940), is an Indian [[politician]]. He was born in [[Baramati]], [[India]]. Pawar is a member of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]]. Since 1991, Pawar was a member of the [[Indian Parliament]].<ref name=LSMPBio>{{cite web |title=Detailed Profile: Shri Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar |url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=327 |website=[[India.gov.in]] |access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref> Pawar is a well known critic of [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]]. Pawar was the [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]] from 1991 until 1993. From 2004 until 2014, he was the [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution|Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]] and of [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare]]. From 1998 until 1999, Pawar was the [[Lok Sabha]]'s [[Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha|Opposition Leader]]. He was [[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] three times from 1978 to 1980, 1988 until 1991 and from 1993 until 1995. Pawar was the Chairman of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] BCCI from 2005 to 2008 and as the president of the [[International Cricket Council]] from 2010 to 2012.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8778604.stm Indian Sharad Pawar becomes new ICC president: BBC]</ref> On 17 June 2015, he was re-elected as president of the [[Mumbai Cricket Association]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kotian |first=Harish |title=Sharad Pawar re-elected Mumbai Cricket Association president |url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/mca-sharad-pawar-elected-mumbai-cricket-association-president-wankhede-dy-patil/20150617.htm |date=18 June 20