Dr. Rajendra Bhaskarrao Shingne is an Indian politician and a member of 9th, 10th, 11th,

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and 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. He was Cabinet Minister for Food and Drugs administration in the

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Early life and education

Shingne was born 30 March 1960 in

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to his father Bhaskarrao Shingne. In 1988, he had completed H.S.C. from Shivaji High School, Buldhana ( Maharashtra State Board) and he got B.A.M.S. degree in 1993, from Shri Gurudev Ayurvedic College, Mojhari, District Amravati. (

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Political career

Shingne is a prominent leader of the

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(NCP) from

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and is now the state vice-president of Nationalist Congress Party. Shingne served as a Member of Legislative Assembly from

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Constituency, the birthplace of Rashtramata Rajmata

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Bhosale. Shingne was elected to the

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District Cooperative Credit Society in 1991. He started his journey in Maharashtra Assembly in 1995 when elected from Sindkhed Raja as an Independent candidate and joined Nationalist Congress Party in 1999 along with prominent leaders like Rajesh Tope

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Manohar Naik and R. R. Patil as well. Re-elected MLA in 1999 from Nationalist Congress Party, Shingne was a Minister of State for Education and in 2004 served as the Minister of State for Revenue. He was appointed cabinet minister for Health and Family Welfare in 2008 and 2009.

Posts held

References

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