Sudhakar Shamrao Deshmukh (born 11 October 1957) was a member of the 13th

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. He represented the Nagpur West Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the

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(BJP) Deshmukh was also member of the 12th Assembly (2009–2014). Deshmukh was the president of

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's (INC) Nagpur district committee. Deshmukh, then with the

, was member of

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from 1991 to 1996. He joined the BJP in 2000 and was the president of BJP's Nagpur city unit in 2007. Deshmukh is a

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graduate from

Nagpur University Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), formerly Nagpur University, is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Nagpur, Maharashtra. It is one of India's oldest universities, as well as th ...

Early life

Was active member of Indian National Congress. Then joined

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in 2000.

Education and early career

Mr. Deshmukh is Commerce Graduate from Nagpur University.

Political career

MLA Nagpur West in 2009

Positions held

Within
BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

City President,

(2006) **State Vice President,

(2003) * Ad-visor to Ex-President of Maharashtra BJP

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Legislative

*Member,

- 1991-1996 *Member,

- 2 consecutive terms, since 2009

References

Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council Politicians from Nagpur Marathi politicians Indian National Congress politicians 1957 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-BJP-politician-stub