Sunil Dattatray Tatkare | |
Birth Date: | October df=y |
Birth Place: | At Sutarwadi, P.O Jamgaon, Roha taluka,Raigad district |
Spouse: | Varda Tatkare |
Children: | Aniket Tatkare, Aditi Sunil Tatkare |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start: | 23 May 2019 |
Predecessor: | Anant Geete |
Constituency: | Raigad |
Office1: | President Maharashtra State of the Nationalist Congress Party |
Term Start1: | 16 February 2015 |
Term End1: | 20 April 2018 |
1Namedata1: | Sharad Pawar |
1Blankname1: | NCP President |
Predecessor1: | R. R. Patil |
Successor1: | Jayant Patil |
Office3: | Member of Vidhan Sabha, Maharashtra |
Constituency3: | Shrivardhan |
Term Start3: | 2009 |
Term End3: | 2014 |
Predecessor3: | Tukaram Surve |
Successor3: | Avdhoot Tatkare |
Office2: | Member of Vidhan Sabha, Maharashtra |
Term Start2: | 1995 |
Term End2: | 2009 |
Predecessor2: | Ashok Sabale |
Constituency2: | Mangaon Vidhan Sabha |
Office4: | Minister of State in First Deshmukh ministry |
Chief Minister: | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
Minister4: |
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Term Start4: | 19 October 1999 |
Term End4: | 16 January 2003 |
Office5: | Cabinet Minister in Second Deshmukh ministry |
Minister5: | |
Term Start5: | 1st Nov 2004 |
Term End5: | 4 Dec 2008 |
Predecessor5: | Sushilkumar Shinde |
Successor5: | Rameshchandra Gopikisan Bang |
Office6: | Cabinet Minister in First Ashok Chavan ministry |
Minister6: | |
Term Start6: | 8 December 2008 |
Term End6: | 6 November 2009 |
Predecessor6: | Dilip Walse-Patil |
Successor6: | Ajit Pawar |
Office7: | Cabinet Minister in Second Ashok Chavan ministry |
Minister7: | |
Term Start7: | 07 November 2009 |
Term End7: | 10 November 2010 |
Predecessor7: | Dilip Walse-Patil |
Successor7: | Ajit Pawar |
Office8: | Cabinet Minister in Prithviraj Chavan ministry |
Minister8: | |
Term Start8: | 11 November 2010 |
Term End8: | 26 September 2014 |
Predecessor8: | |
Successor8: | |
Party: | Nationalist Congress Party |
Otherparty: | National Democratic Alliance (2023–present) |
Nationality: | Indian |
Relations: | Anil Tatkare (brother), Avdhoot Tatkare (nephew) |
Sunil Dattatray Tatkare is an Indian Politician currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Raigad. He was formerly served as the Member of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra from Shrivardhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as Minister of Water Resources, Maharashtra.[1] He formerly also served as the leader of Nationalist Congress Party in Vidhan Sabha. Tatkare has been alleged to have been associated in number of cases due to which the Anti-Corruption Bureau has sought the state government's nord to launch an "open inquiry" against him over allegations of land grab and disproportionate assets.[2] Enforcement Directorate had started probe against him in assets case.[3]
He was born in Sutarwadi Kolad on 10 July 1955 and studied up to Inter science from Ferguson college in Pune. He worked as government road contractor before joining Indian National Congress in 1984. In 1995 he became MLA on congress party's ticket.He was made Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in 2004. In 2008, he was appointed Energy minister and in 2009 Finance Minister. His daughter Aditi Sunil Tatkare is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.