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Subhash Shirodkar
Indian politician (born 1952) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Subhash Ankush Shirodkar (born 22 February 1952)[1] is an Indian politician who is an eight-time member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Shiroda Assembly constituency.[2][3]
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Member of the Legislative Assembly
Shirodkar served as the sarpanch of the Shiroda Gram Panchayat from 1978 to 1984.[3] He was elected to the Goa, Daman, and Diu Legislative Assembly in the 1984 Assembly Elections from the Shiroda constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.[4] Shirodkar successfully contested the 1989 Goa Legislative Assembly elections from the Shiroda constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.[5] He also won the Goa Legislative Assembly elections of 1994,[6] 1999[7] and 2002[8] from the Shiroda constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.
Subhash Shirodkar lost the 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the Shiroda constituency to Mahadev Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[9] Shirodkar contested the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the Siroda constituency as the Indian National Congress party's candidate, but lost to Mahadev Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[10]
Shirodkar returned to the Goa Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate by defeating Mahadev Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election.[11] Shirodkar quit the Indian National Congress on 16 October 2018 and resigned as the Member of the Legislative Assembly,[12] to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.[13]
Cabinet Minister
Shirodkar was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa headed by Pratapsingh Rane from 1985 to 1989 and held the portfolios of Information, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Forests, Cooperation and Town & Country Planning.[3] He also served as a Cabinet Minister in the Ravi Naik Ministry from 19 June 1991[14] to 18 May 1993 and in the Wilfred de Souza Ministry from 18 May 1993[15] to March 1994,[3] where he held the portfolios of Education, Art & Culture, Information & Technology, Sports & Youth Affairs and Inland Waterways.[16]
He served as a Cabinet Minister in the Pratapsingh Rane Ministry from 16 December 1994[17] to 29 July 1998 and [3][18] in the Wilfred de Souza Ministry from 29 July 1998[19] to 22 November 1998[20] and held the portfolios of Industries, Urban Development and Information.[21][3] From 30 November 1998[22] to 8 February 1999,[23] Shirodkar was a Cabinet Minister in the Luizinho Faleiro Ministry and held the portfolios of Public Works Department, Industries and Printing & Stationery.[24]
Shirodkar served as the Cabinet Minister in the second[25] Luizinho Faleiro from 14 September 1999[26] to 24 November 1999 and was entrusted with the portfolios of Urban Development, Education, Archives & Archaeology, Museum & Gazetteers and Official Language.[27] He was also a Cabinet Minister in the Francisco Sardinha Ministry[28] from 24 November 1999[29] to 20 October 2000[3] with the portfolios of Public Works Department, Mining[30] and Information.[31]
Other offices held
Shirodkar also served as the President of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee from September 2008 to 2013.[32][33] He is a former Chairman of the All Goa Kabaddi Association[3] and the former President of the Goa Olympic Association.[34][35]
He is the Chairman[36] of the Shivgram Education Society,[37] which manages various educational institutions in Shiroda, Goa. The Shivgram Education Society manages the Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Shri Kamaxshi Devi Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Shiroda Higher Secondary School,[38][39] Shri Brahmadurga High School, School of Symbiosis[40] and the Daffodils Primary School.[37]
On 31 October 2018,[12] Shirodkar was appointed the Chairman of the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), a financial institution of the Government of Goa.[41]
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