Gopinath Munde

Gopinathrao Munde
Minister of Rural Development
In office
26 May 2014 – 3 June 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byJairam Ramesh
Succeeded byNitin Jairam Gadkari
Minister of Panchayati Raj
In office
26 May 2014 – 3 June 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byKishore Chandra Deo
Succeeded byNitin Gadkari
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation
In office
26 May 2014 – 3 June 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byBharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki
Succeeded byNitin Gadkari
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 3 June 2014
Preceded byJaisingrao Gaikwad Patil
Succeeded byPritam Munde
ConstituencyBeed
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
14 March 1995 – 18 October 1999
DepartmentHome Affairs
Chief MinisterManohar Joshi
Narayan Rane
Preceded byRamrao Adik
Succeeded byChhagan Bhujbal
Leader of Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
12 December 1991 – 14 March 1995
Chief MinisterSudhakarrao Naik
Sharad Pawar
Preceded byManohar Joshi
Succeeded byMadhukarrao Pichad
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
1990–2009
Preceded byPanditrao Daund
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
ConstituencyRenapur
In office
1980–1985
Preceded byRaghunath Munde
Succeeded byPanditrao Daund
ConstituencyRenapur
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
In office
22 December 2009 – 20 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Leader of the OppositionSushma Swaraj
Preceded bySushma Swaraj
Succeeded byAkhilesh Yadav, (2024)
Personal details
Born(1949-12-12)12 December 1949
Parli, Hyderabad State, India
(now in Maharashtra, India)
Died3 June 2014(2014-06-03) (aged 64)
New Delhi, India
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
Spouse
Pradnya Mahajan
​
(m. 1978)​
RelationsPramod Mahajan
(brother-in-law)
ChildrenPankaja Munde
Pritam Munde
Yashashri Munde
Websitewww.gopinathraomunde.com
Source: [1]

Gopinath Pandurang Munde (12 December 1949 – 3 June 2014) was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A popular Leader in Maharashtra called a Lokneta.[1] He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Union Minister for Rural and Panchayati Raj in Narendra Modi's Cabinet.[2] He is well known for being the mastermind behind the finish of the underworld in Mumbai,[3][4][5][6] as deputy chief minister with home ministry of Maharashtra in 1995-1999. He is a chief architect who introduced the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act[7] in assembly which was ratified by the supreme court of India.[8][9]

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  7. ^ . 21 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210621174749/https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/16362/1/the_maharashtra_control_of_organised_crime_act%2C_1999.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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