Rajendra Bhaskarrao Shingne is an Indian politician and a member of 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. He was Cabinet Minister for Food and Drugs administration in the Government of Maharashtra.
Early life and education Shingne was born 30 March 1960 in Buldhana of Maharashtra to his father Bhaskarrao Shingne. In 1988, he had completed HSC from Shivaji High School, Buldhana and he got BAMS degree in 1993, from Shri Gurudev Ayurvedic College, Mojhari, Amravati district (Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University).
Political career Shingne is a prominent leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) from Vidarbha and is now the state vice-president of Nationalist Congress Party. Shingne served as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Sindkhed Raja Assembly constituency. He was elected to the Buldhana District Cooperative Credit Society in 1991. He started his journey in Maharashtra Assembly in 1995 when elected from Sindkhed Raja as an Independent candidate and joined Nationalist Congress Party in 1999 along with prominent leaders like Rajesh Tope Jayant Patil, Manohar Naik and R. R. Patil as well. Re-elected MLA in 1999 from Nationalist Congress Party, Shingne was a Minister of State for Education and in 2004 served as the Minister of State for Revenue. He was appointed cabinet minister for Health and Family Welfare in 2008 and 2009.
Posts held # From To Position Comments 01 March 1995 October 1999 Member, 9th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra1st term 02 October 1999 October 2004 Member, 10th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra2nd term03Minister of State for EducationVilasrao Deshmukh Ministry 04 October 2004 October 2009 Member, 11th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra3rd terms05Minister of State for RevenueVilasrao Deshmukh Ministry 06 October 2009 October 2014 Member, 12th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra4th terms07Cabinet Minister of Health and Family WelfareAshok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan Ministry 08 October 2019 November 2024Member, 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra5th terms09Cabinet Minister of Food and Drug AdministrationUddhav Thackeray Ministry (2019 - 2022)
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