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 Latur(लातूर) is a city in Indian state of Maharashtra, and is one of the largest cities of the Marathwada region. It is the administrative headquarters of Latur district and Latur Taluka. The city is a tourist hub surrounded by many ...

constituency. He is the National Secretary of the

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. In 2014, he was appointed Minister of State for Tourism, Food & Drugs Administration, Excise, and New Renewable Energy.

Early life

Deshmukh was born on 21 March 1976 to Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is also the elder brother of actor Ritesh Deshmukh and Dhiraj Deshmukh.

Political career

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. 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

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, and Shripad Kulkarni of

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by a margin of 89,480 votes. It was the fourth largest victory in

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. In December 2019, Deshmukh took oath as a cabinet minister in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is the guardian minister of Latur district.

Personal life

He is married to actress

Aditi Pratap Aditi Deshmukh ( Ghorpade) is an Indian TV actress, married to Congress politician Amit Deshmukh (son of Vilasrao Deshmukh). She has acted in Television shows like Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar Saat may refer to: *Beren Saat (born 1984), Turkish ...

Positions held

* 2009– present - Member of Legislative Assembly,

. * 2014- 2014 - Minister of State, Govt of Maharashtra * 2014– present - National Secretary of the

* 2019–2022 - Cabinet Minister, Govt of Maharashtra

References

Living people 1976 births People from Latur Marathi politicians Indian National Congress politicians Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 People from Marathwada Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub