{{short description|Indian politician (born 1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Supriya Sharadchandra Pawar | image = Supriya Sule.png | image_size = 200px | caption = Sule in 2014 | order = | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term_start = 16 May 2009 | term_end = | constituency = Baramati, Maharashtra | predecessor = Sharad Pawar | office1 = Leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) in Lok Sabha | term_start1 = {{Start date|2024|2|7|df=y}} | term_end1 = | 1namedata1 = Sharad Pawar | 1blankname1 = National President | 2blankname1 = LS Speaker | 2namedata1 = Om Birla | predecessor1 = ''office established'' | successor1 = | office2 = National Working President of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | term_start2 = 1 June 2024 | term_end2 = | 1namedata2 = Sharad Pawar | 1blankname2 = National President | 2namedata2 = *Maharashtra *Punjab *Haryana | 2blankname2 = Incharge of States | 3blankname2 = Department | 3namedata2 = Lok Sabha (Election Head) | predecessor2 = ''office established'' | successor2 = | office3 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | constituency3 = Maharashtra | term_start3 = 18 September 2006 | term_end3 = 16 May 2009 | predecessor3 = Vasant Chavan | successor3 = Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|06|30}} | birth_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India | birth_name = Supriya Sharad Pawar | party = Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (2024–present) | other_party = Nationalist Congress Party (2009–2024) | spouse = {{marriage|Sadanand Sule|1991}} | father = Sharad Pawar | children = 2 | alma_mater = Jai Hind College, Mumbai | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|social worker}} | committees = | portfolio = }}
'''Supriya Sadanand Sule''' (''née'' '''Pawar'''; born 30 June 1969) is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and currently a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Baramati since 2009, leader of the party in Lok Sabha since 2014 and the Working National President of Nationalist Congress Party since 2023. She is awarded with ''Sansad Ratna'' awards in 2025 for her excellence performance in parliamentary duties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sansad Ratna: 'संसद रत्न' से सम्मानित होंगे 17 सांसद; जानें सुप्रिया-निशिकांत समेत किस-किस को मिलेगा पुरस्कार |url=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/seventeen-members-of-parliament-to-receive-sansad-ratna-awards-news-in-hindi-2025-05-18 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref>
Previously, she served as the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra from 2006 to 2009. In 2011, she launched a state-wide campaign against female foeticide.<ref>{{cite news|title=Supriya Sule to launch statewide campaign against female foeticide|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-PUN-supriya-sule-to-launch-statewide-campaign-against-female-foeticide-2270303.html|access-date=30 August 2011|newspaper=Daily Bhaskar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816202155/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-PUN-supriya-sule-to-launch-statewide-campaign-against-female-foeticide-2270303.html|archive-date=16 August 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2014, she was awarded with the Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award for Excellence in Social Service by All Ladies League for social service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2022-09-14 |title=Achievements & Awards - MP Supriya Sule, Baramati Lok Sabha Constituency, Pune, Maharashtra, Working President - Nationalist Congress Party |url=https://supriyassule.in/ |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=supriyassule.in |language=en-gb}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Sule was born to Indian politician and Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar and his wife, Pratibha Pawar, on 30 June 1969 in Pune, Maharashtra. She studied at St. Columba School in Gamdevi, Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C3PgK10oQT6/?de |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> She then completed her B.Sc. degree in microbiology from the Jai Hind College, Mumbai.
==Political career==
Sule was elected to the Rajya Sabha in the September 2006 intake from Maharashtra<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|title=Rajya Sabha members|access-date=2009-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109030114/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|archive-date=9 January 2010|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and is a trustee of the Nehru Centre in Mumbai.
In 2012, under the leadership of Sule, the wing named Rashtravadi Yuvati Congress was formed to give platform to young girls in politics. For months past, several rallies had been organised all over Maharashtra which focused on female fetus abortion, dowry system and women empowerment in general.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Young, female and a march ahead - Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/young-female-and-a-march-ahead/963639/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>
Sule is known for her parliamentary engagement as a member of the Lok Sabha, with her emerging as one of the Best Performers In Lok Sabha on multiple occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MP Supriya Sule Emerges As Best Performer In Lok Sabha Second Time - SheThePeople TV |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/supriya-sule-best-performer-mp-lok-sabha/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Involvement with IPL Irregularities == In June 2010, Sule denied allegations of involvement in the Indian Premier League (IPL), when reports on IPL irregularities in its ownership and functioning surfaced and led to Shashi Tharoor, India's Minister of State for External Affairs to resign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1221042 |title=Supriya Sule: My family has no IPL links |access-date=22 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422195417/http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1221042 |archive-date=22 April 2010 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kochi-IPL-row-Shashi-Tharoor-resigns-PM-accepts/articleshow/5829718.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811061054/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-19/india/28144258_1_shashi-tharoor-kochi-ipl-rendezvous-sports-world | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | work=The Times of India | title=Kochi IPL row: Shashi Tharoor resigns, PM accepts | date=19 April 2010}}</ref> However, there were reports that her husband owned (via a power of attorney from his father) 10% of a firm that had exclusive multi-year broadcasting rights for IPL matches.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5842005.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Pawar's son-in-law holds 10% in MSM | date=22 April 2010 | access-date=22 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426004425/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5842005.cms | archive-date=26 April 2010 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pawar's daughter fights IPL allegations |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pawars-daughter-fights-ipl-allegations-416108 |work=NDTV.com |publisher=NDTV |date=April 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=My family has no connection with IPL: Supriya Sule |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/my-family-has-no-connection-with-ipl-supriya-sule/story-mW5j6LEjkJC9tegYyHFwqM.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=20 April 2010 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=We have nothing to do with any IPL bid, says Supriya Sule |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/we-have-nothing-to-do-with-any-ipl-bid-says-supriya-sule-75874-2010-06-04 |work=PTI |publisher=India Today |date=June 4, 2010 |language=en}}</ref>
In June 2010, ''The Economic Times'', India's largest business newspaper, reported that Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule owned 16.22 percent of a firm that had bid for the Pune franchise of IPL. She had previously stated, "I say with full conviction that my husband or my family has nothing to do with these issues (the IPL bids) ... We always stay miles away from it. Yes, we are avid cricket watchers, my husband, my kids, my family, all, and that's where the buck stops." When challenged on this, she said she was just a minority shareholder and cannot be responsible for the firm's actions.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pawar Family holds 16 in IPL bidder|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Politics/Nation/Pawar-family-hold-16-in-IPL-bidder/articleshow/6009628.cms?curpg=1|newspaper=Economic Times - India Times | date=4 June 2010}}</ref>
==Personal life== She married Sadanand Bhalchandra Sule on 4 March 1991. They have one son - Vijay and one daughter - Revati.<ref>{{cite web|title=Supriya Sule - Biography.|url=http://www.supriyassule.com/about-me/biography.html|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031164910/http://www.supriyassule.com/about-me/biography.html|archive-date=31 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After marriage, she spent some time in California, where she studied water pollution at UC Berkeley. Subsequently, she moved to Indonesia and Singapore and then returned to Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news|title=Business Standard|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/newsmakersupriya-sule/397765/|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607101620/http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/newsmakersupriya-sule/397765/|archive-date=7 June 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=11 June 2010|last1=Jog|first1=Sanjay}}</ref>
==Electoral performance== {| class="sortable wikitable" |+Election candidature history |- ! |Election ! |Year ! colspan = "2" |Party ! |Constituency ! colspan = "3" |Opponent ! |Result ! |Margin |- |rowspan = "4"|Loksabha |2009 |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |rowspan = "4"|Baramati |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ||Kanta Nalawade |{{yes2|Won}} |{{yes2|3,36,831}} |- |2014 |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |{{party name with color|Rashtriya Samaj Paksha}} | Mahadev Jankar |{{yes2|Won}} |{{yes2|69,719}} |- |2019 |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | Kanchan Rahul Kul |{{yes2|Won}} |{{yes2|1,55,774}} |- |2024<ref name="Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls">{{cite news|last1=The Economic Times|title=Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|accessdate=27 July 2024|date=6 June 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727153249/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|archivedate=27 July 2024}}</ref>
|{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)|color=Blue|abbrev=y}} |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} | Sunetra Pawar | {{yes2|Won}} | {{yes2|1,58,333}} |}
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