President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 13 January 2014 – 14 July 2020
National President
Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi
Preceded by
C. P. Joshi
Succeeded by
Govind Singh Dotasra
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Corporate Affairs
In office 29 October 2012 – 24 May 2014
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Preceded by
Veerappa Moily
Succeeded by
Arun Jaitley
Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
In office 28 May 2009 – 28 October 2012
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by
Rasa Singh Rawat
Succeeded by
Sanwar Lal Jat
Constituency
Ajmer
In office 17 May 2004 – 16 May 2009
Preceded by
Rama Pilot
Succeeded by
Kirodi Lal Meena
Constituency
Dausa
Personal details
Born
Sachin Rajesh Pilot
(1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 (age 46) Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party
Indian National Congress
Spouse
Sara Abdullah
(m. 2004; div. 2023)
Children
2
Parent(s)
Rajesh Pilot (father) Rama Pilot (mother)
Alma mater
University of Delhi (BA) I.M.T. Ghaziabad (PGDM)
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Profession
Politician
Military service
Allegiance
India
Branch/service
Indian Army
Years of service
2011– present
Rank
Captain
Unit
Territorial Army
Captain Sachin Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian politician. Earlier he served as the MoS (Independent charge) Corporate Affairs & MoS Communication & IT, Government of India,[1] Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan and also President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee.[2][3] As Member of the Congress party, he has represented the Tonk assembly seat in Rajasthan since 2018. Pilot became the youngest citizen of India to become Member of Parliament, at the age of 26.[4]
Pilot was previously a member of the Indian Parliament for Ajmer in 2009 and Dausa constituencies of Rajasthan, becoming the youngest member of parliament when he was elected from the latter seat in 2004, aged 26. He was unseated from the Lok Sabha during the 2014 election from Ajmer constituency.[5] He served as the Minister of Corporate Affairs in the UPA-2 government tenure (2012–2014). [6]
Pilot was born to late Congress leader Rajesh Pilot and Rama Pilot. His father was a Union minister of India. His ancestral village is Vaidpura in Greater Noida (West), Uttar Pradesh.[7]
He studied at Air Force Bal Bharati School, New Delhi, and holds a B.A. from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi, a diploma in marketing from I.M.T. Ghaziabad and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.[8][9] He was employed with the Delhi Bureau of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and then with American multinational corporation General Motors for two years.[10]
^"Cabinet reshuffle: Ministers take charge - Pawan Kumar Bansal the new Railways Minister". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^"Congress sacks Sachin Pilot as Rajasthan deputy CM, PCC chief". The Times of India. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^"The End Nears. Sachin Pilot Is Now Ex Deputy Chief Minister". NDTV.
^"Who is Sachin Pilot?". The Times of India. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^"Rajasthan Election Result 2018 Highlights: Ashok Gehlot Named Chief Minister, Sachin Pilot Will Be Deputy CM". Moneycontrol. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^"Sachin Pilot". Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^"Sachin Pilot". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^"Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - Sachin Pilot". loksabha.nic. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
Captain SachinPilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian politician. Earlier he served as the MoS (Independent charge) Corporate Affairs & MoS Communication...
completion of her term, INC fielded her son SachinPilot for the 14th Lok Sabha. Rama married Rajesh Pilot on 12 March 1974 with whom she had one son and...
Narendra Modi in the Parliament in Lok Sabha in August 2023. SachinPilot, son of Rajesh Pilot denied his father's involvement. In late 1979, Prasad resigned...
200 constituencies. Currently this seat belongs to the INC candidate SachinPilot, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan who won in 2018 Rajasthan...
have separated. His younger sister, Sara, was married to SachinPilot, son of Rajesh Pilot whose divorced news has come recently. He had a role in director...
in Jaipur and gave their resignation to oppose the decision of making SachinPilot as Chief Minister of Rajasthan. It was the second time in the term of...
chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Sara was married to Congress leader SachinPilot, whose divorce news has come recently. Abdullah was elected to the Lok...
"Rajasthan Election Results 2018 News Updates: Congress Heads Towards Win; SachinPilot, Ashok Gehlot in CM Race". India.com. 11 December 2018. Archived from...
India, but she lost the election. Meena is considered a supporter of SachinPilot. In 2024 Indian general election, Meena is the candidate of the Indian...
Assembly, as claimed by the then Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan SachinPilot, flew to Delhi after disputes over different offices between rival factions...
Online News Epaper". "Want to prove pollsters wrong in 2014 election: SachinPilot". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved...
were all stooges of the BJP. On 1 March, Congress general secretary SachinPilot said at a public meeting in Tirupati that the Congress would accord 10-year...
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India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 January 2003. "SachinPilot Wears Traditional Turban While Taking Oath After 2014 Pledge". "Rajasthan...
took oath as chief minister of Rajasthan for his third term in Jaipur. SachinPilot also took oath as deputy chief minister. On 12 July 2020, around 19 members...
with the Gandhi family, but this victory saw rise of a young leader, SachinPilot, who later indirectly claimed the CM seat. The high voltage drama of...
Public Works Women & Child Development Child Empowerment Preceded by SachinPilot Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Incumbent Assumed office 3 December...
the party, with pro-Gehlot MLAs planning on submitting resignations if SachinPilot were to become the CM. On 29 September, Gehlot met with Congress president...
Sawai Madopur - Tonk Namo Narain Meena Indian National Congress 13 Ajmer SachinPilot Indian National Congress 14 Nagaur Jyoti Mirdha Indian National Congress...
53.12 Namo Naraian Meena Indian National Congress 317 13 Ajmer 52.99 SachinPilot Indian National Congress 76,135 14 Nagaur 41.03 Jyoti Mirdha Indian National...
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