Prakashrao Abitkar
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Prakash Abitkar
| image =
| birth_date =
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| office = Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
| subterm = Cabinet
| suboffice = Third Fadnavis ministry
| minister = Public Health & Family Welfare
| term_start = 15 December 2024
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Devendra Fadnavis
| 2blankname = Deputy CM
| 2namedata =
| 3blankname = Guardian Minister
| 3namedata = Kolhapur district
| governor = C. P. Radhakrishnan
| predecessor = Tanaji Sawant
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
| term_start1 = 2014
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Krishnarao Patil alias K.P Patil
| successor1 =
| constituency1 = Radhanagari
| party = Shiv Sena
| alma_mater = Shivaji University, Kolhapur
| nationality = Indian
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| website =
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Prakash Abitkar is a Shiv Sena politician from Kolhapur district, Maharashtra. He has been serving as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Radhanagari Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India since 2014.{{cite web |title=Shiv Sena MLAs 2014 |url=http://shivsena.org/m/shivsena-mla |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912025453/http://shivsena.org/m/shivsena-mla/ |archive-date=2015-09-12}}{{cite web |title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Radhanagari Assembly Constituency |url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/radhanagari.html}}
Positions held
- 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/story/maharashtra-assembly-poll-results-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-223847-2014-10-19|title=Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014|last=India Today|date=19 October 2014|access-date=20 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120080656/https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/story/maharashtra-assembly-poll-results-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-223847-2014-10-19|archive-date=20 November 2022|language=en}}
- 2019: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for second term{{Cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/maharashtra-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-and-losers-fadnavis-thackeray-chavan-among-victors-pankaja-munde-six-ministers-taste-defeat-7551291.html|title=Maharashtra Election Results 2019; Full List of Winners and Losers: Fadnavis, Thackeray, Chavan among victors; Pankaja Munde, six ministers taste defeat|last=Firstpost|date=24 October 2019|access-date=20 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120081215/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/maharashtra-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-and-losers-fadnavis-thackeray-chavan-among-victors-pankaja-munde-six-ministers-taste-defeat-7551291.html|archive-date=20 November 2022|language=en}}
- 2024: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the third time{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |date=23 November 2024 |title=Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Radhanagari |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/ConstituencywiseS13272.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126081838/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S13272.htm |archive-date=26 November 2024 |access-date=26 November 2024}}
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Category:People from Kolhapur district
Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019
Category:Shiv Sena politicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)