Sudhakar Deshmukh

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sudhakar Deshmukh

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| constituency1 = Nagpur West

| office1 = Member of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra

| term_start1 = 2009

| term_end1 = 2019

| predecessor1 = Devendra Fadnavis

| successor1 = Vikas Pandurang Thakre

| constituency2 = Maharashtra

| office2 = Member of Legislative Council

| term_start2 = 1991

| term_end2 = 1996

| predecessor2 = Vinod Gudadhe Patil

| successor2 =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

| nationality = Indian

| party = Joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2000

| alma_mater = Hislop College Nagpur
Commerce

| occupation = Politician

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| website = {{URL|www.mahabjp.org}}

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Sudhakar Shamrao Deshmukh (born 11 October 1957) was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Nagpur West Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharashtra-assembly-poll-results-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress/1/396659.html|title=Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014 |work=India Today|accessdate=2015-06-17}} Deshmukh was also member of the 12th Assembly (2009–2014).{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Stats_MH_Aug2009.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election 2009, to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra|publisher=Election Commission of India|pages=7|accessdate=13 June 2015}}

Deshmukh was the president of Indian National Congress's (INC) Nagpur district committee.{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141008/jsp/nation/story_18904887.jsp#.VYJHh_mqqko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010002006/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141008/jsp/nation/story_18904887.jsp#.VYJHh_mqqko|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2014|title=Divorces set up tussle of turncoats - Maharashtra scramble for defectors, with focus on seats that fell in ex-partners' quotas|last=Hardikar|first=Jaideep|date=2014-10-08|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=18 June 2015}} Deshmukh, then with the Indian National Congress, was member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from 1991 to 1996. He joined the BJP in 2000 and was the president of BJP's Nagpur city unit in 2007.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/None-can-match-my-track-record-says-MLA-Sudhakar-Deshmukh/articleshow/44943026.cms|title=None can match my track record, says MLA Sudhakar Deshmukh|last=Chakraborty|first=Proshun|date=2014-10-27|work=Times of India|accessdate=18 June 2015}} Deshmukh is a commerce graduate from Nagpur University.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/assembly-elections-2014/maharashtra-news/Only-31-Maharashtra-MLAs-are-graduates-11-postgraduates/articleshow/44532412.cms|title=Only 31% Maharashtra MLAs are graduates, 11% postgraduates|last=Ganjapure|first=Vaibhav|date=2014-10-07|work=Times of India|accessdate=15 June 2015}}