-The Union Minister for Science and Technology
and Earth Sciences & Former Maharashtra chief minister, Vilasrao
Dagadojirao Deshmukh, died of liver failure and multiple organ
failure at the Global Health City Hospital in Chennai on 14 August 2012. He was
67 years old.
-He was born on 26 May 1945 in Babhalgaon,
Latur district, in Maharashtra. He got a degree in law before
returning to his village to enter politics.
-He entered in active politics. He
was elected as member of the village council in 1974. He became the village
head (Sarpanch) in 1979.
-He was a member of Osmanabad Zilla Parishad and Deputy
Chairman of Latur Taluka Panchayat Samiti (Latur District Panchayat Committee)
from 1974 to 1980.
-Vilasrao Deshmukh first became the Chief
Minister of Maharashtra after 1999 state assembly elections.
He was Chief Minister until 17 January 2003.
-He was re-elected to the State
Legislative Assembly from Latur Constituency in the Elections held in October
2004.
-He resigned from the post following the Mumbai Terror Attack on 26
November 2008.
-In 2009, Deshmukh was elected to the Rajya
Sabha and was made the Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Later he became the Minister for Rural Development replacing Manishankar
Aiyyar.
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