| Amit Deshmukh | |
| Birth Name: | Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Birth Date: | 1976 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Latur, Maharashtra, India |
| Term Start3: | 30 December 2019 |
| Term End3: | 29 June 2022 |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Uddhav Thackeray |
| 3Blankname3: | Ministry and Departments |
| 3Namedata3: | |
| Predecessor3: | Girish Dattatray Mahajan Vinod Tawde |
| Office5: | Guardian minister of Latur District Government of Maharashtra |
| Constituency5: | Latur City |
| Term Start5: | 9 January 2020 |
| Term End5: | 29 June 2022 |
| Predecessor5: | Pankaja Munde |
| Office: | Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency: | Latur City |
| Term Start: | 2009 |
| Predecessor: | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Office4: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Maharashtra |
| Term Start4: | 2 June 2014 |
| Term End4: | 26 September 2014 |
| 1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata4: | Prithviraj Chavan |
| Minister4: |
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| Office1: | National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee |
| Term Start1: | 2014-Present |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Assembly: | Maharashtra Legislative |
| Residence: | Latur |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Children: | 2 |
| Relatives: | See Deshmukh family |
| Father: | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 21 March 1976) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is the son of veteran congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is a three term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Latur city constituency. He is the National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee.
Deshmukh was born on 21 March 1976 to Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is also the elder brother of actor Ritesh Deshmukh and Dhiraj Deshmukh.[2]
Son of a politician, Amit Deshmukh entered the Maharashtra political scene at a young age. Working from the grassroots, he actively participated in the 1997 Latur Nagar Parishad elections at the age of 21, and was involved in the campaigning for Shivraj Patil in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections.[3] [4] [5]
He has been the vice-president of the Youth Congress in the years 2002 and 2008. In 2009, Amit Deshmukh contested from Latur city on a Congress ticket and defeated Kayyum Khan Mohammad Khan Pathan of Bahujan Samaj Party, and Shripad Kulkarni of Shiv Sena by a margin of 89,480 votes. It was the fourth largest victory in Maharashtra.[6] [7]
In December 2019, Deshmukh took oath as a cabinet minister in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[8]
He is the guardian minister of Latur district.[9]
He is married to actress Aditi Pratap.[10]