Girish Bapat (3 September 1950 – 29 March 2023) was an Indian politician who served as a member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha.

[1][2] He was a member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and one of the top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Vidhan Sabha.

[3] Bapat started his public career working initially with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

He was first elected to the Pune Municipal Corporation in a by-election in 1983 and won three subsequent terms.

[4][5][6] Bapat died in Shaniwar Peth, Pune at the age of 72 after a long illness.