# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/girish-bapat
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:01:29.268Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/girish-bapat"
name: "Girish Bapat"
slug: "girish-bapat"
description: "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, lower house of the Parliament of India from Pune, Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier he served as the Cabinet Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Food and Drugs Administration and Parliamentary Affairs in the First Fadnavis ministry. He was a member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and one of the top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Vidhan Sabha. He was elected from Kasba Peth constituency to the Vidhan Sabha in five consecutive elections since 1995."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Minister_of_Food_and_Civil_Supplies%2C_Maharashtra%2C_Shri_Girish_Bapat_meeting_the_Union_Minister_for_Human_Resource_Development%2C_Shri_Prakash_Javadekar%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_October_14%2C_2016_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1963-09-03"
deathDate: "2023-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.48
  momentum:             4.901960784313725
  historical:           4.2261
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Bapat"
    title: "Girish Bapat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F"
    title: "गिरीश बापट"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Bapat"
    title: "Girish Bapat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "గిరీష్ బాపట్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A8%D9%BE%D8%AA"
    title: "گریش بپت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206155"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump