Vikramsinh Patankar

Vikramsinh Patankar
Sharad Pawar (right) and Vikramsinh Patankar (left)
Minister of Public works, Maharashtra
In office
1999–2004
Chief MinisterVilasrao Deshmukh
Minister of Tourism, Maharashtra
In office
July 2004  November 2004
Chief MinisterSushilkumar Shinde
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1983–2004
Preceded byDaulatrao Shripatrao Desai
Succeeded byShambhuraj Desai
ConstituencyPatan
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byShambhuraj Desai
Succeeded byShambhuraj Desai
ConstituencyPatan
Personal details
Born (1943-12-27) 27 December 1943
NationalityIndian
Political partyNationalist Congress Party (1999−present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian Congress (Socialist) (till 1990)
Indian National Congress (1990−1999)
Children2 (including Satyajit Patankar)
Parent
  • Ranjitsinh Patankar (father)
EducationB.com
Alma materUniversity of Baroda

Vikramsinh Ranjitsinh Patankar (born 27 December 1943) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra, who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), representing the Patan (Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituency) for five terms since 1983 to 2014, winning 1983, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1999 and 2009 elections. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party.

He served as the Minister of Public works in the cabinet of Vilasrao Deshmukh from 1999 to 2004. In July 2004, he was given additional charge of Tourism Ministry in the Sushilkumar Shinde's cabinet.