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Sushilkumar Shinde, Minister for Power
Sushilkumar Shinde is an Indian Politician hailing from the state of Maharashtra. He is currently the Cabinet Minister for Power under the Manmohan Singh tenure.

Sushilkumar Shinde Sushilkumar Shinde is an important name among Indian Politicians. He hails from the state of Maharashtra. He is currently the Cabinet Minister for Power under the Dr. Manmohan Singh tenure. He is the first Dalit person to become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is the leader of the Indian National Congress.

Early Life of Sushilkumar Shinde
He was born to a very poor Hindu "kakkaya-Dhor" family on 4th September 1941. He started his career as sub-inspector of police. He also studied law. In 1971 Shinde joined Congress party as congress politician. Three years later Shinde contested an assembly election from Karmala in Solapur. Shinde was honoured with the post of a Junior Minister in V P Naik government.

Sushilkumar Shinde became the finance minister in the new Vasantdada Patil Government. In 1999, he acted as campaign manager of the congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. On October 30, 2004, he was appointed the Governor of Andhra Pradesh. On January 29, 2006, before resigning and leaving office, he served as governor for more or less more than one year.

Posts Held by Sushilkumar Shinde
1974 - 92 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
1974 - 75 Minister of State for Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
1975 - 77 Minister of State for Finance, Family Welfare, Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
1978 Cabinet Minister for Labour and Tourism, Government of Maharashtra
Sushilkumar Shinde 1983 - 85 Cabinet Minister for Finance, Planning, Sports and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
1985 Cabinet Minister for Finance, Planning, Environment, Government of Maharashtra
1986 Cabinet Minister for Finance, Planning, Industry, Law and Judiciary, Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
1988-90 Cabinet Minister for Finance, Cultural Affairs, Sports and Planning, Government of Maharashtra
1990 Cabinet Minister for Urban Development, Government of Maharashtra
1991 Cabinet Minister for Urban Development, Law and Judiciary, Government of Maharashtra July
1992 Elected to Rajya Sabha
1998 - 99 Member of Twelfth Lok Sabha
1999 - 2003 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha
2003 - 2004 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2004 Chief Minister, Maharashtra
2004 - 2006 Governor of Andhra Pradesh
2006 onwards Union Minister of Power

Awards Received by Sushilkumar Shinde
For his contribution in the arena of Parliamentary Procedure he was conferred the National Citizen`s Award 1993 and 1994

(Last Updated on : 23/12/2011)
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