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Sunil Deshmukh | |
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 At the Maharashtra State Budget presentation | |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Amravati | |
| In office (1999-2004),(2004-2009),(2014 – 2019) | |
| Preceded by |
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| Succeeded by | Sulbha Sanjay Khodke |
| Minister of State for Finance and Planning,Water Resources,Command Area Development and Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office October 2004 – December 2008 | |
| Vice-Chairman of Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation | |
| Assumed office 26 June 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh 28 May 1958 Amravati, Bombay State, India |
| Political party | Indian national congress |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (till 2009) Janvikas Congress (2011-2014) Bhartiya Janata Party (2014-2021) |
| Spouse | Sonali Deshmukh |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Amravati |
| Alma mater | Government Medical College, Nagpur (MBBS and M.D. (Radiology)) |
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| Website | sunildeshmukh |
Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh (born 28 May 1958) is the Member of Legislative Assembly from the constituency of Amravati, Maharashtra, India. He is a member of Indian National Congress (INC). In 2009, he was expelled from the Indian National Congress due to his rebellion in the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha election, 2009 when he was denied a ticket to contest the election from his Amravati constituency in order to accommodate Mr. Raosaheb Shekhawat, the son of then President of India, Pratibha Patil. He was also the Minister of State for Finance and Planning, Public Works and Energy in the cabinet of the Government of Maharashtra (2004-2009). He was also the guardian minister for Amravati and Bhandara Districts of Vidarbha, Maharashtra from 2004-2009. Additionally, he also served as the ex-officio Vice-Chairman of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board's holding company and as the co-chairman of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
From October 2004 to December 2008, he held the portfolios for Water Resources, Command Area Development and Parliamentary Affairs in addition to Finance and Planning in former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's cabinet. He was also the Vice-Chairman of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation Ltd. from 1999 to 2004.
He is a formerly practising radiologist. He completed his MBBS from the Government Medical College, Nagpur in 1981. From the same institution, he completed his M.D. (Radiology) in 1986.
He has been elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly thrice from the constituency of Amravati. The first two times, he defeated his nearest contestant, Jagdish Motilal Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by about 10,000 votes and about 32,000 votes respectively. The third time, he defeated Raosaheb Shekhawat of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 35,072 votes.