Anil Deshmukh

Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician. He served as the Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Works in the Government of Maharashtra state, India until September 2014.

Political career

Deshmukh served as chairman of Nagpur zilla Parishad during initial years of his political career. He first got elected to Maharashtra state assembly 1995 from Katol and held it until 2014 when he lost the seat to his nephew,Ashish Ranjeet Deshmukh in that year's assembly elections.[1][2] He represented Katol, Nagpur district, first on behalf of the Congress party, and then the Nationalist Congress Party. [3][4]

Personal life

Deshmukh hails from a village Vad Vihira, which is near Katol in the Nagpur district. Deshmukh lost his father Vasantrao Deshmukh during his childhood and was brought up by his uncle. He attended Katol High school, Katol. He attended The College of Agriculture, Nagpur and holds a master of science degree in Agriculture awarded by Nagpur University.[5] The college of Agriculture has now shifted affiliation to Dr.Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (Agricultural University), Akola.
He is married to Aarti, and they have two sons and a daughter.

Preceded by
 Minister of Food and Civil Supplies
7 November 2009 – 30 October 2014		 Succeeded by
Girish Bapat

References

  1. ↑ "2014 Candidate-Wise Vote Share".
  2. ↑ http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/government/MinisterEng.pdf
  3. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_MH_2004.pdf
  4. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S13/partycomp139.htm
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-22. Retrieved 2010-09-05.


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