Subhash Shirodkar | |
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![]() Shirodkar in 2022 | |
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1984–2007 | |
Preceded by | Ramchandra Prabhu |
Succeeded by | Mahadev Naik |
Constituency | Shiroda |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Preceded by | Mahadev Naik |
Constituency | Shiroda |
Cabinet Minister,Government of Goa | |
In office 14 September 1999 –24 October 2000 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Shiroda,Goa,Portuguese India | February 22,1952
Nationality |
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Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2018) |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (1984–2018) |
Residence(s) | Shiroda, Goa, India |
Education | B.A., B.Ed. |
Alma mater | Chowgule College, Margao |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Teacher |
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]
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]
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]
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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