Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar (born 4 July 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Goa, from 2014 to 2017.

He was the member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Mandrem constituency, and he belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

[1][2] He was appointed the Chief Minister of Goa on 8 November 2014, replacing Manohar Parrikar.

Laxmikant Parsekar was born on 4 July 1956 in the village of Arambol (regionally called Harmal), Pernem taluka of Goa.

He has done his M.Sc (1980) and B.Ed (1981) from Centre of Post Graduate Instruction & Research, Panaji, Goa, (then Bombay University).