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.

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

[3] 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.

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