Vilasrao Deshmukh
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh ( Marathi विलासराव देशमुख , born May 26, 1945 in Babhalgaon, Latur District , then Bombay Province , British India , today Maharashtra ; † August 14, 2012 in Chennai , Tamil Nadu ) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress (INC ).
He was twice Chief Minister of Maharashtra and several times Minister of the Indian Federal Government . Most recently he was Minister for Science and Technology and Minister for Geosciences until his death.
Life
Local politician, MP and minister in Maharashtra
After attending school, Deshmukh studied law and then worked as a lawyer . He began his political career in 1974 when he was elected a member of the Council for Local Self-Government (Gram Panchayat) of the village of Babhalgaon, of which he was a member until 1980. During this time he was also head (Sarpanch) of this community between 1974 and 1976 . At the same time, he served between 1974 and 1980 as a member of the Osmanabad District Council and as Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Councils for Local Self-Government (Taluka Panchayat Samiti) in Latur District , both of which are in the Aurangabad Division of Maharashtra. During his time as President of the Youth Congress , the youth association of the INC, in the Osmanabad district from 1975 to 1978, he worked on the introduction of a five-point program for the Youth Congress and was later also President of the INC in the Osmanabad district.
In 1980 Deshmukh was elected for the first time as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and was a member of this after re-elections in 1985 and 1990 to 1995. During this time he was state minister and minister in various governments of the state of Maharashtra, such as in the cabinet of Chief Minister Babasaheb Bhosale , and during this time held numerous ministerial offices, such as for home affairs, general administration, cooperation, public works, Transport, Legislative Affairs, Tourism, Agriculture, Animal Breeding, Dairy Development, Fisheries, Industry, Rural Development, Education, Technical Education, Sports and Youth Welfare. In the 1995 elections, he suffered a loss of 35,000 votes to his challenger and thus retired from the legislative assembly.
In the subsequent elections in September 1999, however, he was re-elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly, received a majority of 91,000 votes, the highest result in the state's electoral history.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
On October 17, 1999, Deshmukh was elected Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first time as the successor to Narayan Rane by the regional party. After factionalism within the INC of Maharashtra , he had to give up the office of chief minister on January 17, 2003 in favor of his party competitor Sushil Kumar Shinde .
In the elections in October 2004 he was re-elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly in the Latur constituency and shortly thereafter took over the post of Chief Minister of Maharashtra from Sinde on November 1, 2004, which he held until his resignation on December 4, 2008 and the subsequent assumption of office by Ashok Chavan . During this term of office, the 2006 Mumbai bombings occurred , after which he called for calm and promised compensation to the victims. The reason for his resignation on December 4, 2008 were allegations of crisis management against Interior Minister Shivraj Patil and him after the November 26, 2008 attacks in Mumbai .
Federal Minister in the second cabinet Manmohan Singh
Less than six months after his resignation as Chief Minister of Maharashtra, however, Deshmukh was appointed Minister for Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises in his second cabinet by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on May 28, 2009 . In the course of a cabinet reshuffle, he succeeded Chandra Prakash Joshi as Minister for Rural Development and Minister for Local Self-Government ( Panchayati Raj ) on January 19, 2011 , while the previous Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Praful Patel , was the new Minister for Heavy Industry and Public Company became.
When the government was again reshuffled, he succeeded Pawan Kumar Bansal as Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences on July 12, 2011 . His successor as Minister for Rural Development and Minister for Local Self-Government was then Kishore Chandra Deo .
A few days later he was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver . At the beginning of August 2012 he was transferred to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai after a liver and kidney failure and then flown to Chennai on August 6, 2012 for a liver and kidney transplant , where he died on August 14, 2012 after a multiple organ failure .
Just one day after his death, Vayalar Ravi was appointed as his successor as Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.
His son is the Hindi film - actor Ritesh Deshmukh .
Web links
- States of India after 1947 (Governors and Chief Ministers)
- Vilasrao Deshmukh dies in Chennai, cremation at his native village tomorrow . In: The Times of India, August 14, 2012 (accessed August 15, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ October 3, 1999 (rulers.org)
- ↑ January 15, 2003 (rulers.org)
- ↑ November 1, 2004 (rulers.org)
- ↑ December 4, 2008 (rulers.org)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deshmukh, Vilasrao |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deshmukh, Vilasrao Dagadojirao (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian Minister and Chief Minister of Maharashtra |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Babhalgaon, Latur District , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2012 |
| Place of death | Chennai , Tamil Nadu |