Devendra Fadnavis

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The Honourable
Devendra Fadnavis
देवेंद्र फडणवीस
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18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Assumed office
31 October 2014
Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao
Preceded by President's rule
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
for Nagpur South West
Assumed office
2009
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
for Nagpur West
In office
1999–2009
Preceded by Vinod Gudadhe Patil
Succeeded by Sudhakar Shamrao Deshmukh
Mayor of Nagpur
In office
1997–2001
Personal details
Born (1970-07-22) 22 July 1970 (age 54)
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Amruta Fadnavis
Children Divija Fadnavis (daughter)
Residence Dharampeth, Nagpur
Alma mater Law College Nagpur
Dharampeth Junior College
Occupation Politician
Religion Hinduism
Ethnicity Maharashtrian
Website www.devendrafadnavis.in

Devendra Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is the 18th[1] and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra state in India. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the RSS, Fadnavis represents the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. At the age of 44, he became the second youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra, following Sharad Pawar who at the age of 38 became youngest Chief Minister. He also served as president of the Maharashtra state unit of the BJP, now succeeded by Raosaheb Dadarao Danve

Background and family

Fadnavis was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra into a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family with strong links to the RSS and BJP/Jana Sangh. Devendra's mother, Sarita Fadnavis, is a home-maker and a former director of Vidarbha Housing Credit Society. Fadnavis was only seventeen years of age when his father died of cancer in 1987.[2] Gangadhar Rao had been a two-time member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from Nagpur (first with Jan Sangh, later Janata Party, and then with BJP).[3]

Fadnavis married Amruta (née Ranade) in 2006, in a match that was arranged in the traditional Indian manner by their parents. They have a daughter named Divija. Amruta comes from a non-political family and both her parents are doctors based in Nagpur. Amruta Fadnavis works as Deputy Vice President of Axis Bank.[4]

Education and early career

Fadnavis received most of his schooling at Saraswati Vidyalaya school.[5] After completing ten years of schooling, Fadnavis attended Dharampeth Junior College for his intermediate. After completing his 12th standard, he enrolled at Government Law College, Nagpur, for a five-year integrated law degree, and graduated in 1992.

Fadnavis also has a post-graduate degree in Business Management and a diploma in Methods and Techniques of Project Management from DSE (German Foundation for International Development), Berlin.[6]

Political career

As a college student, Fadnavis was an active member of ABVP.[7] In the ABVP, he started as a grassroots worker where he painterator from Ram Nagar ward.[8][9] Five years later Fadnavis became the youngest mayor of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation and became the second youngest mayor in the history of India.[10][11] In 1999, he was elected to the Maharashtra state assembly for the first time. He is currently serving his fourth term as MLA as of 2014. Fadnavis, was selected the legislative party leader by the new BJP MLAs in a meeting at Vidhan Bhavan in the presence of party's central observers, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh and party's national general secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda.[12] Fadnavis was sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra from the BJP on 31 October 2014.[13] His government won a confidence motion by voice vote on 12 November 2014 allowing it to govern.[14][15]

Positions held

Within BJP

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  • Ward President, BJYM (1989)
  • Office Bearer, Nagpur (west) BJP (1990)
  • Nagpur President, BJYM (1992)
  • State Vice President, BJYM (1994)
  • National Vice President, BJYM (2001)
  • General Secretary, BJP, Maharashtra (2010)
  • President, BJP Maharashtra (2013)

Legislative

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See also

References

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