Amit Deshmukh Explained

Amit Deshmukh
Birth Name:Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh
Birth Date:1976 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Latur, Maharashtra, India
Term Start3:30 December 2019
Term End3:29 June 2022
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
1Namedata3:Uddhav Thackeray
3Blankname3:Ministry and Departments
3Namedata3:
Predecessor3:Girish Dattatray Mahajan
Vinod Tawde
Office5:Guardian minister of Latur District Government of Maharashtra
Constituency5:Latur City
Term Start5:9 January 2020
Term End5:29 June 2022
Predecessor5:Pankaja Munde
Office:Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency:Latur City
Term Start:2009
Predecessor:Vilasrao Deshmukh
Office4:Cabinet Minister, Government of Maharashtra
Term Start4:2 June 2014
Term End4:26 September 2014
1Blankname4:Chief Minister
1Namedata4:Prithviraj Chavan
Minister4:
  • Food & Drugs Administration,
  • Excise,
  • New Renewable Energy
Office1:National Secretary of the
All India Congress Committee
Term Start1:2014-Present
Party:Indian National Congress
Assembly:Maharashtra Legislative
Residence:Latur
Nationality:Indian
Children:2
Relatives:See Deshmukh family
Father:Vilasrao Deshmukh

Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 21 March 1976) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is the son of veteran congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is a three term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Latur city constituency. He is the National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee.

Early life

Deshmukh was born on 21 March 1976 to Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is also the elder brother of actor Ritesh Deshmukh and Dhiraj Deshmukh.[2]

Political career

Son of a politician, Amit Deshmukh entered the Maharashtra political scene at a young age. Working from the grassroots, he actively participated in the 1997 Latur Nagar Parishad elections at the age of 21, and was involved in the campaigning for Shivraj Patil in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections.[3] [4] [5]

He has been the vice-president of the Youth Congress in the years 2002 and 2008. In 2009, Amit Deshmukh contested from Latur city on a Congress ticket and defeated Kayyum Khan Mohammad Khan Pathan of Bahujan Samaj Party, and Shripad Kulkarni of Shiv Sena by a margin of 89,480 votes. It was the fourth largest victory in Maharashtra.[6] [7]

In December 2019, Deshmukh took oath as a cabinet minister in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[8]

He is the guardian minister of Latur district.[9]

Personal life

He is married to actress Aditi Pratap.[10]

Positions held

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra. live. 22 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20160209052737/https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/ . 9 February 2016 .
  2. News: Amit Deshmukh: Congress leader who is set to battle from Latur . 13 May 2022 . Mid Day . 16 July 2019 . en.
  3. News: Congress-NCP ministry in Maharashtra expanded; two inducted. 10 January 2016. Deccan Chronicle. 13 February 2017 .
  4. News: Kumar . Krishna . Deshmukh's son Amit may get Cabinet berth in Chavan government . 13 May 2022 . India Today . 15 August 2012 . en.
  5. News: Ray-Goswami . Samyabrata . Party tribute: Vilasrao son set to join ministry Induction with ally bond hope . 13 May 2022 . The Telegraph . 17 August 2012.
  6. News: Amit Deshmukh to step into his father's shoes . 14 August 2012. Hindustan Times. 13 February 2017 .
  7. News: Heavyweights in fray: Who wins, who loses. 19 October 2014. Rediff India. 13 February 2017 .
  8. News: PTI . Maharashtra cabinet expansion: Ashok Chavan, Amit Deshmukh among 10 Congress MLAs to take oath today, claim sources . 30 December 2019 . Firstpost . 30 December 2019.
  9. News: Maharashtra Congress minister trying to divert central project: Sena MP hits out at MVA ally . 12 January 2021 . The New Indian Express . 6 October 2020.
  10. News: Proud parents. 5 December 2014. The Indian Express. 22 March 2019.