{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar | image = File:Sunil Kedar.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|04|07|df=y}} | birth_place = Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | death_date = | death_place = | father = Chhatrapal Anandrao Kedar alias Babasaheb Kedar | mother = leelabai Kedar | relatives = Sudhir Babasaheb Kedar (Brother) | spouse = Anuja Vijaykar | children = 2 daughters | office2 = Cabinet Minister<br>Government of Maharashtra | minister2 = * Animal Husbandry * Dairy Development * Sports and Youth Welfare | term_start2 = 30 December 2019 | term_end2 = 29 June 2022 | 1blankname2 = Chief Minister | 1namedata2 = | 2blankname2 = Deputy CM | 2namedata2 = | governor = | predecessor2 = * Balasaheb Thorat * Subhash Desai | successor2 = * Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil * Girish Mahajan | office = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | term_start = (2004-2009), (2009-2014), (2014-2019), (2019 | term_end = 2023) | constituency = Savner | predecessor = Devrao Asole | successor = Ashish Deshmukh | term_start1 = (1995 | term_end1 = 1999) | constituency1 = Savner | predecessor1 = Ranjeet Deshmukh | successor1 = Devrao Asole | office3 = Minister of State<br>Government of Maharashtra | minister3 = *Ministry of Transport (Maharashtra)<br> *Ministry of Power (Maharashtra) | term_start3 = 14 March 1995 | term_end3 = 31 January 1999 | office4 = Minister of State<br>Government of Maharashtra | minister4 = *Ministry of Ports Development (Maharashtra) | term_start4 = 1996 | term_end4 = 1999 | party = *'''20px Indian National Congress (2003-Present)''' | other_party = *''' Nationalist Congress Party (1999-2003)''' }}
'''Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar''' (born 7 April 1961) is a former Cabinet Minister in the Maharashtra government and Member Of Maharashtra Legislative AssemblyFrom Savner Assembly Constituency and an Indian politician of Indian National Congress who was born in Nagpur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationnext.com/sunil-kedar-to-head-dairy-and-animal-husbandry-ministry-in-maharashtra|title = Sunil Kedar to head Dairy and Animal Husbandry Ministry in Maharashtra}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national-maharashtra-government-portfolio-who-got-what-congress-shiv-sena-ncp-576413|title = Uddhav-led Maharashtra govt allocates portfolios; NCP gets home, finance | Who got What|date = 5 January 2020}}</ref> Sunil Kedar is son of late former Maharashtra minister and pioneer of co-operative movement in Nagpur district, Chhatrapal Kedar (Also known as Babasaheb Kedar<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/babasaheb-kedar-former-maharashtra-minister-dies-at-85/story-gfDrtjPnURjCryeTtceziP.html|title=Babasaheb Kedar, former Maharashtra minister, dies at 85|date=2013-08-03|work=www.hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2018-06-28|language=en}}</ref>).
== Personal life == Sunil Kedar was born on 7 April 1961 in Nagpur. He is the son of former Minister Chhatrapal Kedar. He graduated in agricultural science and has obtained his Master of Business and Management. He is married to Anuja Vijaykar (daughter of Kundatai Vijaykar<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/photoprofiler/3887221163|title=Kundatai Vijaykar|work=Flickr|access-date=2018-06-28|language=en-us}}</ref> and granddaughter of Barrister S. K. Wankhede). The couple has two daughters named Purnima and Pallavi. He is a businessman and farmer by profession.
== Political career == Sunil Kedar's political journey started when he was elected in 1992 as a Nagpur Zilla Parishad Member. In 1995 in the 9th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly he was elected independently from Saoner Assembly Constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-MH95.pdf|title=1995 Maharashtra Election Result|last=|first=|date=|website=Election Commission Of India|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> In 1995 Kedar was a Minister of State for the ministries of Ministry of Power and Ministry of Transport. And in 1996 he also became Minister of State for the ministry of Ports. Again In 2004 in the 11th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly he was elected independently from Saoner assembly constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_MH_2004.pdf|title=2004 Maharashtra Election Result|last=|first=|date=|website=Election Commission of India|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> In 2009 in the 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly he was elected from Saoner assembly constituency as an Indian National Congress<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Stats_MH_Aug2009.pdf|title=2009 Maharashtra Election Result|last=|first=|date=|website=Election Commission of India|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> candidate. And again in 2014 in 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly he was elected from Saoner assembly constituency as an Indian National Congress<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2014/StatReportMaharashtra_AE2014.pdf|title=2014 Maharashtra Election Result|last=|first=|date=|website=Election Commission of India|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> candidate.
In 2019 in the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly he was elected from Saoner assembly constituency as an <u>Indian national congress</u> candidate and became cabinet minister of Maharashtra State.
According to local news reporters and journalists Sunil Kedar is said Kingmaker or Masterstroke for Congress Party as he has a powerful hold in Nagpur Rural Area Politics be it Nagpur APMC Election, '''Gram Panchayat Elections''', '''District Council (Zilla Parishad) Elections''', '''Ramtek Lok Sabha Election 2024''', and other Local Government Body Elections.
Sunil Kedar was disqualified as an Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on 24 December 2023 following his conviction and five-year imprisonment term by Nagpur High Court in connection with a 25 year-old-case related to financial irregularities in Nagpur District Central Co-operative Bank (NDCCB) Scam.<ref name="Senior Congress leader Sunil Kedar disqualified from Maharashtra Assembly after conviction in cooperative bank scam">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Senior Congress leader Sunil Kedar disqualified from Maharashtra Assembly after conviction in cooperative bank scam |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/congress-leader-sunil-kedar-disqualified-from-maharashtra-assembly-after-conviction-in-bank-scam/article67671529.ece |access-date=25 December 2023 |date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225183523/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/congress-leader-sunil-kedar-disqualified-from-maharashtra-assembly-after-conviction-in-bank-scam/article67671529.ece |archive-date=25 December 2023 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Unbeaten in polls but bruised in bank scam: political journey of Maharashtra ex-minister Sunil Kedar">{{cite news |last1=The Indian Express |title=Unbeaten in polls but bruised in bank scam: political journey of Maharashtra ex-minister Sunil Kedar |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/unbeaten-polls-bruised-bank-scam-political-journey-maharashtra-ex-minister-sunil-kedar-9082119/ |access-date=25 December 2023 |date=25 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225183528/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/unbeaten-polls-bruised-bank-scam-political-journey-maharashtra-ex-minister-sunil-kedar-9082119/ |archive-date=25 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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