Vikramsinh Patankar
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Vikramsinh Patankar | |
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 Sharad Pawar (right) and Vikramsinh Patankar (left) | |
| Minister of Public works, Maharashtra | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Chief Minister | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Minister of Tourism, Maharashtra | |
| In office July 2004 – November 2004 | |
| Chief Minister | Sushilkumar Shinde |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1983–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Daulatrao Shripatrao Desai |
| Succeeded by | Shambhuraj Desai |
| Constituency | Patan |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Shambhuraj Desai |
| Succeeded by | Shambhuraj Desai |
| Constituency | Patan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1943[1] |
| Party | Nationalist Congress Party (1999−present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian Congress (Socialist) (till 1990) Indian National Congress (1990−1999) |
| Children | 2 (including Satyajit Patankar)[2] |
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| Education | B.com |
| Alma mater | University of Baroda |
Vikramsinh Ranjitsinh Patankar (born 27 December 1943) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra,[4] who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), representing the Patan (Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituency) for five terms since 1983 to 2014, winning 1983, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1999 and 2009 elections.[5] He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party.[6]
He served as the Minister of Public works in the cabinet of Vilasrao Deshmukh from 1999 to 2004.[7][8][9] In July 2004, he was given additional charge of Tourism Ministry in the Sushilkumar Shinde's cabinet.[10]
Vikramsinh Patankar hails from Patan royal family, that participated in the establishment of Hindavi Swarajya.[11] He received a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Baroda in 1962.[12]
Career
He was first elected as an MLA, by winning a by-election in 1983 from Patan,[13] and subsequently re-elected from the same constituency in 1985 assembly election on the ticket of Indian Congress (Socialist). In 1990, he won the seat, securing 62647 votes for Indian National Congress.[5] He was re-elected in the 1995 assembly election by defeating nearest rival Shambhuraj Desai. In 1999, he successfully contested the election from the Sharad Pawar's newly formed party, Nationalist Congress Party.[5]
In 1999, he was assigned the ministry of Public works in the chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's cabinet.[7] In 2002, he was a Guardian Minister for Beed district of Maharashtra. He held additional charge of Maharashtra's Tourism Ministry in Sushilkumar Shinde's cabinet from July 2004 to November 2004.[10]
He played a major role in the upcoming New Mahabaleshwar project in Satara district.[14] During his tenure as PWD Minister, he worked on the completion of Mumbai Pune Expressway[15] and Bandra–Worli Sea Link.[16] He helped set up one of the largest wind farms in Asia in Patan taluka of Maharashtra.[17][18] Patankar also held the position of chairman of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation.[19]
He lost the assembly election in 2004 by a small margin.[5] In 2009, Vikramsinh Patankar won the assembly election from Patan constituency by defeating the Shiv Sena's candidate by a margin of 580 votes.[20] Before being elected as an MLA, Vikramsinh Patankar was elected as a member of Zila Parishad (district council) from Satara district in 1972.[21]