Maheswar Mohanty

Maheswar Mohanty (26 February 1956 – 7 November 2023) was an Indian politician from Odisha. He worked as the speaker of Odisha Vidhan Sabha from 2004 to 2008.

Biography 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. He had completed his LLB from SCS College, Puri (Utkal University) and MA in Political Science from Banaras Hindu University.

Mohanty was elected five times to Odisha Vidhan Sabha from 1995 to 2019. 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.

Mohanty died from a stroke in Bhubaneswar, on 7 November 2023, at the age of 67.

Political career