Deepak Sawant is a member of

Maharashtra Legislative Council The Maharashtra Legislative Council or Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. Maharashtra Legislature Leaders Party Group Leader & Chief Whip and Whip Location Th ...

, belonging to the

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddha ...

. He represents the Mumbai graduate constituency. He was elected to office in July, 2006 for a term of six years and then reelected in July 2012. However he was denied a spot on the ticket in his third election bid. He was appointed Maharashtra's cabinet minister of in December, 2014 with the portfolio Public Health and Family Welfare. Later in the same month, he was also given responsibility of being guardian minister of

Bhandara district Bhandara District (Marathi pronunciation: ʰəɳɖaːɾa is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The name Bhandara is a corruption oBhanara Reference to Bhanara is found in an inscription of 1100 A.D. traced at Rat ...

and

Dharashiv District Osmanabad District (pronunciation: smaːnabaːd̪ (Transliteration: Usmanabad Jil'hā), officially known as Dharashiv District, is an administrative district in the Marathwada region in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The district headquar ...

. In June 2023 he was appointed as Head of Task Force to eradicate Malnutrition in tribal areas of Maharashtra State.

Positions held

* 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council * 2006: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council * 2012: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council * 2014: Cabinet Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare () in Maharashtra State Government * 2014: Guardian minister of

Osmanabad District Osmanabad District (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, smaːnabaːd̪ (Transliteration: Usmanabad Jil'hā), officially known as Dharashiv District, is an administrative district in the Marathwada, Marathwada region in the States and union te ...

and Aurangabad District * 2023: Head of Task Force to eradicate Malnutrition in Maharashtra State.

References

External links

Official website

Shiv Sena Home Page
* http://www.rediff.com/news/report/fadnavis-ministry-expansion-sees-mix-of-old-and-new-faces/20141205.htm * http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-team-portfolios-allocated-bjp-retains-key-departments-2041510 Shiv Sena politicians Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council State cabinet ministers of Maharashtra Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Maharashtra-SS-politician-stub

Positions held

See also

References

External links