Prabhakar Gaonkar

Prabhakar Pandurang Gaonkar (4 April 1964 – 14 September 2012) was an Indian politician from Goa. He was a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Sanguem Assembly constituency from 1999 to 2002. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2]

Prabhakar Gaonkar
Official portrait in 1999
Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
June 1999 – 2002
Preceded byPandu Naik
Succeeded byVasudev Gaonkar
ConstituencySanguem
Majority3,498 (28.79%)
Personal details
Born
Prabhakar Pandurang Gaonkar

(1964-04-04)4 April 1964
Sanguem, Goa, India
Died14 September 2012(2012-09-14) (aged 48)
Shiroda, Goa, India
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party (1999–2002)
SpouseSunanda Gaonkar
Children2
EducationHigher Secondary School Certificate
OccupationPolitician

Early and personal life

Prabhakar Pandurang Gaonkar was born at Sanguem, Goa. He completed his Higher Secondary School Certificate. He was married to Sunanda Gaonkar, the couple had a son and daughter.[3]

Career

Gaonkar contested in the 1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the Sanguem Assembly constituency on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket and emerged victorious. He defeated Indian National Congress candidate, Satyawan Bhadru Dessai by a margin of 787 votes.

Death

Gaonkar was undergoing treatment at Kamaxi Ayurveda College and Hospital, Shiroda for the past few days. On 14 September 2012, Gaonkar died from a brief illness. His funeral rites were later held the next day.[3]

Reactions

Then Goa chief minister, Manohar Parrikar gave his condolences and stated that Gaonkar had raised several issues that included sugarcane farmers and families displaced due to the Salaulim Dam.[3]

Positions held
  • President of Sanguem Constituency for 5 years
  • Co-opted Member of Sanguem Municipal
  • Former Chairman of Industrial Development Corporation[1]

References
  1. "Goa Legislative Assembly". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  2. Maad, Govind Kamat (September 14, 2012). "Prabhakar Gaonkar, former BJP MLA from Sanguem, passed away after a brief illness, on Friday afternoon. He was 46". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  3. "Ex-Sanguem MLA Gaonkar dies at 46". The Times of India. September 15, 2012. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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