Pandurang Fundkar

Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar (21 August 1950 – 31 May 2018), alias Bhausaheb Fundkar, was leader of opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council in India. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1]

Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar
Minister of Agriculture Government of Maharashtra
In office 8 July 2016 – 31 May 2018
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Eknath Khadse
Succeeded by	Chandrakant Patil
Minister of Horticulture Government of Maharashtra
In office 8 July 2016 – 31 May 2018
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Succeeded by	Jaydattaji Kshirsagar
Leader of Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office 11 April 2005 – 22 December 2011
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan
Preceded by	Nitin Gadkari
Succeeded by	Vinod Tawde
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office 2002–2018
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1989–1999
Preceded by	Vairale Madhusudan
Succeeded by	Prakash Ambedkar
Constituency	Akola
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 1978–1985
Preceded by	Manikrao Gawande
Succeeded by	Manikrao Gawande
Constituency	Khamgaon
Personal details
Born	(1950-08-21)21 August 1950 Narkhed, Buldhana, India
Died	31 May 2018(2018-05-31) (aged 67)
Cause of death	Heart attack
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sunita ​ (m. 1979)​
Children	Sagar Fundkar Vasundhara Akash Pandurang Fundkar
Residence(s)	Khamgaon, Maharashtra
Education	Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater	University of Nagpur
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He was a member of 9th Lok Sabha (1989-1991), 10th Lok Sabha (1991-1996) and 11th Lok Sabha from Akola from Maharashtra. He was also former president of State BJP. He was born in 1950 in Buldhana. ^[2]

He was elected as member of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Khamgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1978 and 1980.^[3] On July 8, 2016, he was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in Devendra Fadnavis^[4][5] government.^[6]

He died on 31 May 2018 in Breach Candy hospital, Mumbai due to a massive heart attack.^[7]