Pandurang Fundkar

{{Short description|Indian politician (1950– 2018)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar

| image = File:Pandurang_Pundalik_Fundkar_profile_picture.jpg

| office = Minister of Agriculture
Government of Maharashtra

| term_start = 8 July 2016

| term_end = 31 May 2018

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Devendra Fadnavis

| predecessor = Eknath Khadse

| successor = Chandrakant Patil

| office1 = Minister of Horticulture

Government of Maharashtra

| term_start1 = 8 July 2016

| term_end1 = 31 May 2018

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Devendra Fadnavis

| successor1 = Jaydattaji Kshirsagar

| office2 = Leader of Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Council

| term_start2 = 11 April 2005

| term_end2 = 22 December 2011

| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata2 = Vilasrao Deshmukh
Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan

| predecessor2 = Nitin Gadkari

| successor2 = Vinod Tawde

| office3 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council

| term_start3 = 2002

| term_end3 = 2018

| constituency3 = elected by Legislative Assembly members

| office6 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start6 = 1989

| term_end6 = 1999

| predecessor6 = Vairale Madhusudan

| successor6 = Prakash Ambedkar

| constituency6 = Akola

| office7 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

| term_start7 = 1978

| term_end7 = 1985

| predecessor7 = Manikrao Gawande

| successor7 = Manikrao Gawande

| constituency7 = Khamgaon

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|08|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Narkhed, Buldhana, India

| spouse = {{marriage|Sunita|1979}}

| children =Sagar Fundkar Vasundhara
Akash Pandurang Fundkar

| alma_mater = University of Nagpur

| education = Bachelor of Arts

| residence = Khamgaon, Maharashtra

| party = Bhartiya Janata Party

| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3278.htm

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|05|31|1950|08|21|df=y}}

| death_cause = Heart attack

}}

Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar (21 August 1950 – 31 May 2018), alias Bhausaheb Fundkar, was leader of opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council in India. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite web|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Maharashtra/Leaopp.htm |title=Maharashtra Legislative Council|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi website}}

He was a member of 9th Lok Sabha (1989-1991), 10th Lok Sabha (1991-1996) and 11th Lok Sabha from Akola from Maharashtra. He was also former president of State BJP. He was born in 1950 in Buldhana.

{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3278.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi website}}

He was elected as member of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Khamgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1978 and 1980.{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S13/partycomp107.htm |title=Elections result analysis 1978-2004 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=27 January 2010}} On July 8, 2016, he was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in Devendra Fadnavis{{cite web|url=http://www.maharashtraweb.com/Government/ministry.asp |title=Maharashtra Ministry |publisher=Maharashtraweb.com |accessdate=2018-06-06}}{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/maharashtra-cabinet-reshuffle-cm-allocated-portfolios-to-newly-sworn-in-ministers-2904213/ |title=Maharashtra cabinet reshuffle: CM allocated portfolios to newly sworn-in ministers |work=The Indian Express |date=2016-07-10 |accessdate=2018-06-06}} government.{{cite news|author=Sanjay Jog |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/fadnavis-rejigs-cabinet-with-induction-of-10-ministers-116070800163_1.html |title=Fadnavis rejigs Cabinet with induction of 10 ministers |work=Business Standard |accessdate=2018-06-06}}

He died on 31 May 2018 in Breach Candy hospital, Mumbai due to a massive heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/bjp-leader-pandurang-phundkar-passed-away-due-to-heart-attack/articleshow/64393949.cms |title=bjp leader pandurang phundkar passed away due to heart attack |work=Maharashtra Times |accessdate=2018-06-06}}