Deepak Vasant Kesarkar

Deepak Vasant Kesarkar^[1] is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is the Cabinet Minister for Ministry of Education and Ministry of Marathi Language.^[2] He represents the Sawantwadi Assembly Constituency.^[3][4] He belongs to Shivsena.^[5] He was appointed Maharashtra's minister of state for Finance, Rural Development in December 2014.^[1] He is also guardian minister of Sindhudurg district.^[6]

Deepak Kesarkar
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 14 August 2022 – 26 November 2024
Minister	School Education Marathi Language
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Mumbai City District
Preceded by	Varsha Gaikwad (School Education Ministry) Subhash Desai (Marathi Language Ministry) Satej Patil (Kolhapur District) Aslam Shaikh (Mumbai City District)
Minister of State for Home (Rural), Finance and Planning Government of Maharashtra
In office 9 July 2016 – 2019
Minister of State for Finance, Rural Development Government of Maharashtra
In office 5 December 2014 – 9 July 2016
Member of Legislative Assembly of the Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Constituency	Sawantwadi
Personal details
Born	17 July 1955 Sawantwadi
Political party	Shiv Sena
Occupation	Politician
Website	deepakkesarkar.net

Positions held

• 2009: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)^[7]
• 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
• 2014: Minister of State for Finance, Rural Development in Maharashtra State Government
• 2014: Guardian minister of Sindhudurg district^[8]
• 2016: Minister of State for Home (Rural), Finance and Planning in Maharashtra State Government^[9]
• 2019: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly^[3]
• 2022: Minister for Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra) and Ministry of Marathi Language.^[10]

See also

• Devendra Fadnavis ministry