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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Maheswar Mohanty<br />
| image = Maheswar Mohanty (cropped).JPG<br />
| caption = Mohanty in 2013<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1956|02|26}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Puri]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|11|07|1956|02|26}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bhubaneswar]], Odisha, India<br />
| office = Member of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency = [[Puri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Puri]]<br />
| salary =<br />
| term_start = 1995<br />
| term_end = 2019<br />
| predecessor = [[Uma Ballav Rath]]<br />
| successor = [[Jayant Kumar Sarangi]]<br />
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]<br />
| other_party = [[Janata Dal]]<br />
| citizenship = Indian<br />
| occupation = Lawyer, politician<br />
| parents = Narayan Mohanty (father)<br />
| spouse = Bishnupriya Mohanty<br />
| children = 2<br />
| relations = <br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = <br />
| year = <br />
| source = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Maheswar Mohanty''' (26 February 1956 – 7 November 2023) was an Indian politician from Odisha. He worked as the speaker of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Odisha Vidhan Sabha]] from 2004 to 2008.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Maheswar Mohanty was born on 26 February 1956 in Puri to Narayan Mohanty. He was married to Bishnupriya Mohanty and the couple had two children.<ref name="Maheswar Mohanty">{{cite web |title=Shri Maheswar Mohanty |url=https://odishaassembly.nic.in/memberprofile.aspx?img=56 |accessdate=7 November 2023 |website=odishaassembly.nic.in |publisher=Odisha Assembly}}</ref> He had completed his LLB from SCS College, Puri ([[Utkal University]]) and MA in Political Science from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dash |first=Mrunal Manmay |title=Former Odisha Assembly Speaker, Minister Maheswar Mohanty no more |url=https://odishatv.in/news/odisha/former-odisha-assembly-speaker-minister-maheswar-mohanty-no-more-219566 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=OdishaTV |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Mohanty was elected five times to Odisha Vidhan Sabha from 1995 to 2019.<ref name="death">{{Cite web |date=7 November 2023 |title=Former Odisha Speaker Maheswar Mohanty passes away |url=https://www.prameyanews.com/former-odisha-speaker-maheswar-mohanty-passes-away |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107040613/https://www.prameyanews.com/former-odisha-speaker-maheswar-mohanty-passes-away |archive-date=7 November 2023 |access-date=7 November 2023 |website=Prameya English |language=en-IN}}</ref> He served as a speaker and held several ministries like Revenue and Disaster Management, Law, Planning and Coordination, Tourism and Culture, Panchayati Raj in the cabinet of [[Naveen Patnaik]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=7 November 2023 |title=Former Odisha Speaker Maheswar Mohanty No More |url=https://odishabytes.com/former-odisha-speaker-maheswar-mohanty-no-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107040600/https://odishabytes.com/former-odisha-speaker-maheswar-mohanty-no-more/ |archive-date=7 November 2023 |access-date=7 November 2023 |website=Odisha Bytes |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Mohanty died from a stroke in [[Bhubaneswar]], on 7 November 2023, at the age of 67.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/former-odisha-speaker-maheswar-mohanty-passes-away/articleshow/105025092.cms|title=Former Odisha speaker Maheswar Mohanty passes away|last=Mohapatra|first=Debabrata|date=7 November 2023|work=The Times of India|access-date=7 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107040553/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/former-odisha-speaker-maheswar-mohanty-passes-away/articleshow/105025092.cms|archive-date=7 November 2023|issn=0971-8257 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="death"/><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Tern start<br />
!Tertm end<br />
!Position<br />
!Constituency<br />
!Party<br />
|-<br />
|1995<br />
|2000<br />
|Member, 11th Odisha Vidhan Sabha<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[Puri Assembly constituency|Puri]]<br />
|[[Janata Dal]]<br />
|-<br />
|2000<br />
|2004<br />
|Member, 12th Odisha Vidhan Sabha<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Biju Janata Dal]]<br />
|-<br />
|2004<br />
|2009<br />
|Member, 13th Odisha Vidhan Sabha<br />
|-<br />
|2009<br />
|2014<br />
|Member, 14th Odisha Vidhan Sabha<br />
|-<br />
|2014<br />
|2019<br />
|Member, 15th Odisha Vidhan Sabha<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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[[Category:1956 births]]<br />
[[Category:2023 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Puri district]]<br />
[[Category:Biju Janata Dal politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Orissa MLAs 1995–2000]]<br />
[[Category:Orissa MLAs 2000–2004]]<br />
[[Category:Orissa MLAs 2004–2009]]<br />
[[Category:Odisha MLAs 2009–2014]]<br />
[[Category:Odisha MLAs 2014–2019]]</div>
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