Girish Bapat was born on 3 September 1950 and lived until 29 March 2023.
Girish Bapat was an Indian politician who served as a member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Pune, Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Earlier he was the cabinet minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Food and Drugs Administration, and Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of Maharashtra.
He was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and one of the top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Vidhansabha. He was elected from Kasba Peth Constituency to the Vidhan Sabha in five consecutive elections since 1995.
Bapat started his public career working initially with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. He was appointed secretary of the Pune City BJP in 1980.
He was first elected to the Pune Municipal Corporation in a by-election in 1983 and won three subsequent terms. He was appointed the Standing Committee chairman of Pune Municipal Corporation in 1986-87.
Bapat died in Shaniwar Peth, Pune at age 72 after a long illness.
Girish Bapat Children: Meet Gaurav Bapat
Girish Bapat was a family man, and with his wife, he had already started a family. Girish and his wife Girija are the proud parents of a child, a son named Gaurav.
Girish Bapat’s son Gaurav Bapat married the daughter of Neeta Kelkar.