Suresh Ambadasrao Warpudkar (born 15 July 1951) is an Indian politician who is the member of

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 memb ...

in 2019 from

Pathri Pathri is a town, near the city of Parbhani and a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra. It has been claimed that Pathri is the real birthplace of Sai Baba of Shirdi, Sai Baba, ...

as an

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candidate. He was also a

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and Member of Parliament in 1998 from Parbhani.

Early life and education

Warpudkar was born on 15 July 1951 in Warpud village of Parbhani District. His father, Ambadasrao Warpudkar was a farmer. Warpudkar received his initial schooling from Warpud, He then transferred to Parbhani town, where he received most of his schooling and completed

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in Agriculture from Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth in 1972.

Personal life

Warpudkar married Meena Warpudkar on 29 June 1974, with whom he has a son and two daughters. His wife was mayor of

Parbhani Municipal Corporation The Parbhani Municipal Corporation is D grade Municipal Corporation of Maharashtra, the governing body of the city of Parbhani, situated beside the Collector Office, and District Court. The municipal corporation consists of democratically electe ...

Positions held

* Member of

(MLA) for Singnapur Assembly constituency 1986–1998 (3 terms) * Member of

(MLA) for Singnapur Assembly constituency 2004–2009 * Member of

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for

Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency covers the entire Parbhani district and a part of Jalna district. Vidhan Sabha segments At pres ...

1998–1999. * Member, Committee on Science and Technology 1998–1999 * Environment and Forests; and its Sub-Committee on Ganga Action Plan 1998–1999 * Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour 1998–1999 * Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture 1998–1999 * Minister of state in

for agriculture 2008–2009 * Chairman, Parbhani Distt. Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Parbhani * Narshinha Sosuk Ltd. Luhgoan, Parbhani District * Director, Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank, Mumbai * District President

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party in ...

, Parbhani

Current positions

* Member of

(MLA) for

Pathri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Pathri (Assembly constituency) is one of four constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Parbhani district. It is a part of the Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Jintur, Parb ...

2019. * President, District Congress Committee, Parbhani 2014.

References

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