Vasant Purke

{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1956)}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Vasantrao Purke |office = Chairman of Adivasi Congress<br> Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee |term_start = 6 July 2025 |term_end = | office1 = Member of the <br>Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | constituency1 = Ralegaon | term_start1 = (1995-1999), (1999-2004), (2004-2009), <br/>(2009 | term_end1 = 2014) | predecessor1 = Netaji Tanbaji Rajgadkar | successor1 = Ashok Uike | office2 = Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | term_start2 = 4 December 2010 | term_end2 = 8 November 2014 | 2blankname2 = Speaker | 2namedata2 = Dilip Walse-Patil | predecessor2 = Madhukarrao Chavan | successor2 = Vijayrao Bhaskarrao Auti | office3 = Minister of School Education, Maharashtra | term_start3 = 9 November 2004 | term_end3 = 1 December 2008 | predecessor3 = Suresh Jain | successor3 = Balasaheb Thorat | office4 = Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare, Maharashtra | term_start4 = 1 November 2004 | term_end4 = 4 December 2008 | predecessor4 = Ramkrishna More | successor4 = Ravisheth Patil | office5 = Guardian Minister of Hingoli District | term_start5 = 1 Nov 2004 | term_end5 = 4 Dec 2008 | birth_name = Vasant Chindhuji Purke | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|05|03|df=y}} | birth_place = At.Atmurdi, Tq.Ralegaon, Yavatmal District, Maharashtra | death_date = | death_place = | party =20px Indian National Congress | parents = Chindhuji Laxmanrao Purke (Father) | spouse = Smt.Premlata Vasantrao Purke | children = Pradhnya Bhupesh Uike (Purke) <br> Unmesh Vasantrao Purke | alma_mater = Amravati University (MA) }}

'''Prof. Vasantrao Chindhuji Purke (Sir)''', (born 3 May 1956) is an Indian politician, elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Ralegaon constituency in 1995 and serving until 2014 as a member of the Indian National Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-02 |title=Maharashtra Assembly Deputy Speaker Post Vacant For 28 Months, Reveals RTI |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/maharashtra-assembly-deputy-speaker-post-vacant-for-28-months-reveals-rti-1665483 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=NDTV |agency=Press Trust Of India}}</ref> He is currently Vice President of Maharashtra Adivasi Development Corporation (Nashik) - Minister of State आदिवासी विकास विभाग (महाराष्ट्र शासन).<ref name="Nagpur Winter Sessions witnessed elections of four Deputy Speakers">{{cite news |title=Nagpur Winter Sessions witnessed elections of four Deputy Speakers |url=https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2019/12/12/Nagpur-Winter-Sessions-witnessed-elections-of-four-Deputy-Speakers.amp.html |access-date=13 December 2024 |work= |date=12 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213060905/https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2019/12/12/Nagpur-Winter-Sessions-witnessed-elections-of-four-Deputy-Speakers.amp.html |archive-date=13 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Purke, Vasant}} Category:Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Category:Living people Category:People from Yavatmal district Category:1956 births