Deepak Vasant Kesarkar

Deepak Vasant Kesarkar^[1] is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is the Cabinet Minister for Ministry of Education and Ministry of Marathi Language.^[2] He represents the Sawantwadi Assembly Constituency.^[3][4] He belongs to Shivsena.^[5] He was appointed Maharashtra's minister of state for Finance, Rural Development in December 2014.^[1] He is also guardian minister of Sindhudurg district.^[6]

Deepak Kesarkar
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 August 2022
Minister	School Education Marathi Language
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Mumbai City District
Preceded by	Varsha Gaikwad (School Education Ministry) Subhash Desai (Marathi Language Ministry) Satej Patil (Kolhapur District) Aslam Shaikh (Mumbai City District)
Minister of State for Home (Rural), Finance and Planning Government of Maharashtra
In office 9 July 2016 – 2019
Minister of State for Finance, Rural Development Government of Maharashtra
In office 5 December 2014 – 9 July 2016
Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Constituency	Sawantwadi
Personal details
Born	18 July 1955 Sawantwadi
Political party	Shiv Sena
Occupation	Politician
Website	deepakkesarkar.net

Positions held

• 2009: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)^[7]
• 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
• 2014: Minister of State for Finance, Rural Development in Maharashtra State Government
• 2014: Guardian minister of Sindhudurg district^[8]
• 2016: Minister of State for Home (Rural), Finance and Planning in Maharashtra State Government^[9]
• 2019: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly^[3]
• 2022: Minister for Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra) and Ministry of Marathi Language.^[10]

See also

• Devendra Fadnavis ministry

References

1. "Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers". Mid-Day. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
2. ANI (14 August 2022). "Maha: Fadnavis bags key ministries as Shinde allocates portfolios". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
3. "Sawantwadi Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019".
4. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Sawantwadi Assembly Constituency".
5. "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
6. "Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra". Zee News. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
7. "Live Sawantwadi (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs".
8. "Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 26 December 2014.
9. "राज्य मंत्रिमंडळाचे खातेवाटप".
10. "Maharashtra portfolios announced - CM Shinde keeps Urban Development, Fadnavis gets Home, Finance". TimesNow. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

External links

• official website
• Shivsena Home Page Archived 1 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.rediff.com/news/report/fadnavis-ministry-expansion-sees-mix-of-old-and-new-faces/20141205.htm
• http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-team-portfolios-allocated-bjp-retains-key-departments-2041510
• Profile of Maharashtra government ministers Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

Political offices
Preceded by	Minister of State for Home (Rural), Finance and Planning; Maharashtra State July 2016–present	Incumbent
Preceded by	Minister of State for Finance and Rural Development; Maharashtra State December 2014–July 2016	Succeeded by Dadaji Bhuse
Preceded by	Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Sindhudurg district December 2014–present	Incumbent