Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh, the Union Minister for Science and
Technology and Earth Sciences died of multiple organ failure at the
Global Health City Hospital in Chennai on 14 August 2012. He was 67. He
was admitted to hospital on 6 August after his kidney and lever stopped
to work.
Born on 26 May 1945 in Babhalgaon, Latur district, in Maharashtra, he
received his Bachelors degree his in science and arts from M.E.S
Abasaheb Garware College, Pune. He entered in active politics. Starting
his political career as a deputy-chairman of Lathur District Panchayat
Committee, he was first elected to Maharashtra State Legislative
Assembly from Lathur constituency in 1980.
Vilasrao Deshmukh first became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra
after 1999 state assembly elections. He remained on the position till
2003. Year 2004 saw him again taking over as the Chief Minister of the
state. He resigned from the post following the Mumbai Terror Attack on
26 November 2008.
In 2009, Deshmukh was elected to the Rajya Sabha and was made the
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. Later he became the
Minister for Rural Development replacing Manishankar Aiyyar .
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