Pandurang Fundkar

Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar
Minister of Agriculture
Government of Maharashtra
In office
8 July 2016 – 31 May 2018
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byEknath Khadse
Succeeded byChandrakant Patil
Minister of Horticulture
Government of Maharashtra
In office
8 July 2016 – 31 May 2018
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded byJaydattaji Kshirsagar
Leader of Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
11 April 2005 – 22 December 2011
Chief MinisterVilasrao Deshmukh
Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan
Preceded byNitin Gadkari
Succeeded byVinod Tawde
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
(2002-2008), (2008-2014), (2014 – 2018)
Constituencyelected by MLAs
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
(1989-1991), (1991-1996), (1996 – 1998)
Preceded byVairale Madhusudan
Succeeded byPrakash Ambedkar
ConstituencyAkola
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
(1978-1080), (1980 – 1985)
Preceded byManikrao Gawande
Succeeded byManikrao Gawande
ConstituencyKhamgaon
Personal details
Born(1950-08-21)21 August 1950
Narkhed, Buldhana, India
Died31 May 2018(2018-05-31) (aged 67)
Cause of deathHeart attack
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
Spouse
Sunita
(m. 1979)
ChildrenSagar Fundkar Vasundhara
Akash Pandurang Fundkar
Residence(s)Khamgaon, Maharashtra
EducationBachelor of Arts
Alma materUniversity of Nagpur
Source: [1]

Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar (21 August 1950 – 31 May 2018), alias Bhausaheb Fundkar, was leader of opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council in India. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

He was a member of 9th Lok Sabha (1989-1991), 10th Lok Sabha (1991-1996) and 11th Lok Sabha from Akola from Maharashtra. He was also former president of State BJP. He was born in 1950 in Buldhana. [2]

He was elected as member of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Khamgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1978 and 1980.[3] On July 8, 2016, he was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in Devendra Fadnavis[4][5] government.[6]

He died on 31 May 2018 in Breach Candy hospital, Mumbai due to a massive heart attack.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Council". Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi website.
  2. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi website.
  3. ^ "Elections result analysis 1978-2004". Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra Ministry". Maharashtraweb.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Maharashtra cabinet reshuffle: CM allocated portfolios to newly sworn-in ministers". The Indian Express. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. ^ Sanjay Jog. "Fadnavis rejigs Cabinet with induction of 10 ministers". Business Standard. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  7. ^ "bjp leader pandurang phundkar passed away due to heart attack". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 6 June 2018.