Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
In office 28 May 2009 – 28 May 2012
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Preceded by
Santosh Mohan Dev
Succeeded by
Praful Patel
14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office 1 November 2004 – 5 December 2008
Preceded by
Sushil Kumar Shinde
Succeeded by
Ashok Chavan
In office 18 October 1999 – 16 January 2003
Preceded by
Narayan Rane
Succeeded by
Sushil Kumar Shinde
Personal details
Born
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh
(1945-05-26)26 May 1945 Babhalgaon, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Maharashtra, India)
Died
14 August 2012(2012-08-14) (aged 67) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party
Indian National Congress
Spouse
Vaishali Deshmukh
(m. 1973)
Children
Amit Deshmukh Riteish Deshmukh Dhiraj Deshmukh
Relatives
Deshmukh family
Residence(s)
Babhalgaon, Latur, Maharashtra, India
Education
LLB
Alma mater
ILS Law College, Pune Pune University
Occupation
Lawyer Politician[1]
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Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, from 1 November 2004 to 5 December 2008. He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.
Vilasrao Deshmukh was a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, India. He had previously held the posts of Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj, Government of India and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India.[2] He was a member of Rajya Sabha representing Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh was two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2008. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and originally belonged to Latur district in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
Critically ill with kidney and liver failures, Deshmukh died on 14 August 2012 due to multiple organ failure at Global Hospitals, Chennai.[3][4] He is the father of well-known Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh.
^"Vilas was shy as a law student, a poor orator". Pune Mirror. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
^"Department of Heavy Industry". Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
^"Vilasrao Deshmukh on life support". 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
^Arun Ram (14 August 2012). "Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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