Ganpatrao Deshmukh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ganpatrao Deshmukh

Indian politician

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1926

Place of Birth: Pimpri, Maharashtra, India

Profession: politician

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Ganpatrao Deshmukh

  • Ganpatrao Deshmukh (born 10 August 1927, at Pimpri , Tal-Mohol, Dist-Solapur.) is an Indian politician and leader of the Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP).
  • He is the longest serving member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly have been elected 11 times, during the last 54 years, from Sangole in Solapur district.
  • Deshmukh also briefly served as a minister in the First Sharad Pawar ministry in 1978, and later in 1999, when PWP supported the Congress-NCP alliance.Deshmukh was first elected to the State Assembly in the 1962 elections, and since then won every election, except for the 1972 and 1995 elections .
  • In 2012, the government and the Assembly congratulated him upon his completing 50 years as a member .In the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election at the age of eighty-eight, he won the Sangole constituency for a record 11th time with 94,374 votes.

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