Deepak Dhavalikar

Pandurang alias Deepak Dhavalikar^[2] (born 14 May 1958) is an Indian politician who is a former two-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He represented the Priol constituency from 2007 to 2017.^[3][4] Dhavalikar serves as the president of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and has played key role in keeping the party alive in Goan politics.^{[citation needed]} He was a cabinet minister in the Government of Goa for the period 2012–2016.

Deepak Dhavalikar
President of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2007
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office 2007 – March 2017
Preceded by	Vishwas Satarkar
Succeeded by	Govind Gaude
Constituency	Priol
Personal details
Born	Pandurang alias Deepak Dhavalikar Bandora, Goa, Portuguese India
Nationality	Portuguese (until 1961) Indian (from 1961)
Political party	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Relatives	Sudin Dhavalikar (brother)[1]
Occupation	Politician

Dhavalikar is from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in 1961.^[5] He was sacked from the Laxmikant Parsekar led government in Goa in December 2016.

External links

• Goa councle of ministers Archived 1 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine