Gopal Mayekar

{{Short description|Indian politician and writer (1934–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 1989

| term_end = 1991

| predecessor = Shantaram Naik

| successor = Harish Zantye

| constituency = North Goa

| office2 = Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly

| term_start2 = 1967

| term_end2 = 1972

| predecessor2 = Raghunath Tople

| successor2 = Pancar Raghuvir

| constituency2 = Mapusa

}}

Gopal Mayekar (1934 – 22 July 2021) was a writer and a leader of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. He was a member of 9th Lok Sabha from North Goa. He served as minister in Dayanand Bandodkar's ministry of Goa, Daman and Diu from 1967 to 1970. He received the Kala Academy Award for best poetry in 1987 for Swapnamegh.[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3338.htm Members Bioprofile] He died at the age of 87 on 22 July 2021.{{Cite news|agency=PTI|date=2021-07-23|title=Former Goa MP Gopalrao Mayekar dead|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/former-goa-mp-gopalrao-mayekar-dead/article35482051.ece|access-date=2021-07-23|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web|title=Gopalrao Mayekar passes away|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Gopalrao-Mayekar-passes-away/177808|access-date=2021-07-23|website=oHeraldo}}