Sunil Tatkare

During a program in shrivardhan

Sunil Tatkare Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Anant Geete
Constituency	Raigad
State President of the Nationalist Congress Party Maharashtra
In office 16 February 2015 – 20 April 2018
National President Nationalist Congress Party	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	R. R. Patil
Succeeded by	Jayant Patil
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014
Minister	Water Resources
Governor	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan C. Vidyasagar Rao
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Preceded by	Ajit Pawar
Succeeded by	Girish Mahajan
In office 07 November 2009 – 10 November 2010
Minister	Finance Planning
Governor	S. C. Jamir K. Sankaranarayanan
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Preceded by	Dilip Walse-Patil
Succeeded by	Ajit Pawar
In office 08 December 2008 – 06 November 2009
Minister	Energy
Governor	S. C. Jamir
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Preceded by	Dilip Walse-Patil
Succeeded by	Ajit Pawar
In office 09 November 2004 – 01 December 2008
Minister	Food and Civil Supplies
Governor	Mohammed Fazal S. M. Krishna S. C. Jamir
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Preceded by	Datta Meghe
Succeeded by	Ramesh Bang
Ministers of state Government of Maharashtra
In office 27 October 1999 – 16 January 2003
Minister	Urban Development Urban Land Ceiling Ports
Governor	P.C. Alexander Mohammed Fazal
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Member of Legislative Assembly Maharashtra
In office 30 October 2009 – 31 October 2014
Preceded by	Tukaram Surve
Succeeded by	Avdhoot Tatkare
Constituency	Shrivardhan
Personal details
Born	10 July 1955 Sutarwadi Kolad Maharashtra
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Nationalist Congress Party
Children	2

Sunil Tatkare was water resources minister of Maharashtra. He is a leader of Nationalist Congress Party and was elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Shrivardhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency).The Anti-Corruption Bureau has sought the state government's okay to launch an "open inquiry" against him over allegations of land grab and disproportionate assets. Enforcement Directorate had started probe against him in assets case.

He was born in Sutarwadi Kolad on 10 July 1955 and studied up to Inter science from Ferguson college in Pune. He worked as government road contractor before joining Indian National Congress in 1984. In 1995 he became MLA on congress party's ticket.

He was made Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in 2004. In 2008, he was appointed Energy minister and in 2009 Finance Minister. His daughter Aditi Sunil Tatkare is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.