{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Deepak Kesarkar | native_name = | native_name_lang = | honorific_suffix = | birth_date = 17 July 1955 | birth_place = Sawantwadi | image = | caption = | office = Cabinet Minister<br>Government of Maharashtra | minister = *School Education *Marathi Language | term_start = 14 August 2022 | term_end = 26 November 2024 | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = Eknath Shinde | 2blankname = Deputy CM | 2namedata = Devendra Fadnavis<br/> Ajit Pawar | 3blankname = Guardian Minister | 3namedata = *Mumbai City District | governor = *Bhagat Singh Koshyari *Ramesh Bais *C. P. Radhakrishnan | predecessor = *Varsha Gaikwad <br /> {{small|(School Education Ministry)}} *Subhash Desai <br /> {{small|(Marathi Language Ministry)}} *Satej Patil <br /> {{small|(Kolhapur District)}} *Aslam Shaikh <br /> {{small|(Mumbai City District)}} | successor = | office1 = Minister of State for Home (Rural), Finance and Planning <br>Government of Maharashtra | term_start1 = 9 July 2016 | term_end1 = 2019 | governor1 = | office2 = Minister of State for Finance, Rural Development <br>Government of Maharashtra | term_start2 = 5 December 2014 | term_end2 = 9 July 2016 | office3 = Member of Legislative Assembly of the Maharashtra | term_start3 = 2009 | majority3 = | term_end3 = | constituency3 = Sawantwadi | spouse = | children = | party = Shiv Sena (2022-present) | occupation = Politician | website = [http://www.deepakkesarkar.net/ deepakkesarkar.net] | education = B.Com., Shree Pancham Khemraj Mahavidyalay, Sawantwadi, Mumbai University, 1975 }}
'''Deepak Vasant Kesarkar'''<ref name="MD-20141206" /> is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is a former Cabinet Minister for Ministry of Education and Ministry of Marathi Language.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=2022-08-14 |title=Maha: Fadnavis bags key ministries as Shinde allocates portfolios |url=https://www.siasat.com/maha-fadnavis-bags-key-ministries-as-shinde-allocates-portfolios-2390186/ |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> He represents the Sawantwadi Assembly Constituency.<ref name = Sawantwadi2019>{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ACOCT2019/ConstituencywiseS13269.htm?ac=270 | title = Sawantwadi Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019}}</ref><ref name = Sawantwadi>{{cite news|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/sawantwadi.html|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Sawantwadi Assembly Constituency}}</ref> He belongs to Shivsena.<ref name="IT-20141103">{{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 |work=India Today|access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref> He was appointed Maharashtra's minister of state for Finance, Rural Development in December 2014.<ref name="MD-20141206">{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/declared-portfolios-of-maharashtra-government-ministers/15821176|title=Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers|date=2014-12-06|work=Mid-Day|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref> He is also guardian minister of Sindhudurg district.<ref name="ZeeNews-20141226">{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/guardian-ministers-appointed-in-maharashtra_1520825.html|title=Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra|date=2014-12-26|work=Zee News|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>
==Positions held== * 2009: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/sawantwadi.html|title=Live Sawantwadi (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs}}</ref> * 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term) * 2014: Minister of State for Finance, Rural Development in Maharashtra State Government * 2014: Guardian minister of Sindhudurg district<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/guardian-ministers-appointed-in-maharashtra-114122601108_1.html|title = Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 26 December 2014|agency = Press Trust of India}}</ref> * 2016: Minister of State for Home (Rural), Finance and Planning in Maharashtra State Government<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/government-of-maharashtra-cabinet-division-1265006/|title=राज्य मंत्रिमंडळाचे खातेवाटप}}</ref> * 2019: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly<ref name = Sawantwadi2019/> * 2022: Minister for Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra) and Ministry of Marathi Language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maharashtra portfolios announced - CM Shinde keeps Urban Development, Fadnavis gets Home, Finance |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/maharashtra-portfolios-announced-cm-shinde-keeps-urban-development-fadnavis-gets-home-finance-article-93557472 |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== * Devendra Fadnavis ministry
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192907/http://www.deepakkesarkar.net/ official website] * [https://shivsena.org/leadership/ Shivsena Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901163032/https://shivsena.org/leadership/ |date=1 September 2020 }} * http://www.rediff.com/news/report/fadnavis-ministry-expansion-sees-mix-of-old-and-new-faces/20141205.htm * http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-team-portfolios-allocated-bjp-retains-key-departments-2041510 * [http://abpmajha.abplive.in/maharashtra/profile-of-maharashtra-govt-new-ministers-31529/ Profile of Maharashtra government ministers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185329/http://abpmajha.abplive.in/maharashtra/profile-of-maharashtra-govt-new-ministers-31529 |date=4 March 2016 }}
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