Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar
Minister of Agriculture
Government of Maharashtra
In office
8 July 2016  31 May 2018
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byEknath Khadse
Succeeded byChandrakant Patil
Minister of Horticulture
Government of Maharashtra
In office
8 July 2016  31 May 2018
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded byJaydutt Kshirsagar
Leader of Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
11 April 2005  22 December 2011
Chief MinisterVilasrao Deshmukh
Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan
Preceded byNitin Gadkari
Succeeded byVinod Tawde
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
2002–2018
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1989–1999
Preceded byVairale Madhusudan
Succeeded byPrakash Ambedkar
ConstituencyAkola
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
1978–1985
Preceded byManikrao Gawande
Succeeded byManikrao Gawande
ConstituencyKhamgaon
Personal details
Born(1950-08-21)21 August 1950
Narkhed, Buldhana, India
Died31 May 2018(2018-05-31) (aged 67)
Cause of deathHeart attack
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
Spouse
Sunita
(m. 1979)
ChildrenSagar Fundkar Vasundhara
Akash Pandurang Fundkar
Residence(s)Khamgaon, Maharashtra
EducationBachelor of Arts
Alma materUniversity of Nagpur
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Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar (21 August 1950 – 31 May 2018), alias Bhausaheb Fundkar, was leader of opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council in India. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

He was a member of 9th Lok Sabha (1989-1991), 10th Lok Sabha (1991-1996) and 11th Lok Sabha from Akola from Maharashtra. He was also former president of State BJP. He was born in 1950 in Buldhana. [2]

He was elected as member of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Khamgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1978 and 1980.[3] On July 8, 2016, he was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in Devendra Fadnavis[4][5] government.[6]

He died on 31 May 2018 in Breach Candy hospital, Mumbai due to a massive heart attack.[7]

References

  1. "Maharashtra Legislative Council". Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi website.
  2. "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi website.
  3. "Elections result analysis 1978-2004". Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  4. "Maharashtra Ministry". Maharashtraweb.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. "Maharashtra cabinet reshuffle: CM allocated portfolios to newly sworn-in ministers". The Indian Express. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. Sanjay Jog. "Fadnavis rejigs Cabinet with induction of 10 ministers". Business Standard. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  7. "bjp leader pandurang phundkar passed away due to heart attack". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 6 June 2018.


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