Pandurang Fundkar Explained

Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar
Office:Minister of Agriculture
Government of Maharashtra
Term Start:8 July 2016
Term End:31 May 2018
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Devendra Fadnavis
Predecessor:Eknath Khadse
Successor:Chandrakant Patil
Office1:Minister of Horticulture
Government of Maharashtra
Term Start1:8 July 2016
Term End1:31 May 2018
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Devendra Fadnavis
Successor1:Jaydutt Kshirsagar
Office2:Leader of Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Term Start2:11 April 2005
Term End2:22 December 2011
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Vilasrao Deshmukh
Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan
Predecessor2:Nitin Gadkari
Successor2:Vinod Tawde
Office3:Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Term Start3:2002
Term End3:2018
Constituency3:elected by Legislative Assembly members
Office6:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start6:1989
Term End6:1999
Predecessor6:Vairale Madhusudan
Successor6:Prakash Ambedkar
Constituency6:Akola
Office7:Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Term Start7:1978
Term End7:1985
Predecessor7:Manikrao Gawande
Successor7:Manikrao Gawande
Constituency7:Khamgaon
Birth Date:21 August 1950
Birth Place:Narkhed, Buldhana, India
Children:Sagar Fundkar Vasundhara
Akash Pandurang Fundkar
Alma Mater:University of Nagpur
Education:Bachelor of Arts
Residence:Khamgaon, Maharashtra
Party:Bhartiya Janata Party
Source:http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3278.htm
Death Cause:Heart attack

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maharashtra Legislative Council. Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi website.
  2. Web site: Members Bioprofile. Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi website.
  3. Web site: Elections result analysis 1978-2004 . Election Commission of India, New Delhi . 27 January 2010.
  4. Web site: Maharashtra Ministry . Maharashtraweb.com . 2018-06-06.
  5. News: Maharashtra cabinet reshuffle: CM allocated portfolios to newly sworn-in ministers . The Indian Express . 2016-07-10 . 2018-06-06.
  6. News: Sanjay Jog . Fadnavis rejigs Cabinet with induction of 10 ministers . Business Standard . 2018-06-06.
  7. News: bjp leader pandurang phundkar passed away due to heart attack . Maharashtra Times . 2018-06-06.