Devendra Fadnavis
| The Honourable Devendra Fadnavis |
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| देवेंद्र फडणवीस | |
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| 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |
| Assumed office 31 October 2014 |
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| Governor | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Nagpur South West |
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| Assumed office 2009 |
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| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Nagpur West |
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| In office 1999–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Vinod Gudadhe Patil |
| Succeeded by | Sudhakar Shamrao Deshmukh |
| Mayor of Nagpur | |
| In office 1997–2001 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 July 1970 Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Amruta Fadnavis |
| Children | Divija Fadnavis (daughter) |
| Alma mater | Law College Nagpur Dharampeth Junior College |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | www |
Devendra Fadnavis (Dēvēndra Phaḍaṇavīs) (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. He also serves as president of the Maharashtra state unit of the BJP.
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Background and family[edit]
Fadnavis was born in Nagpur into a Marathi Deshastha Brahmin family with strong links to the RSS and BJP/Jana Sangh. Indeed, his father, Gangadhar Rao Fadnavis, had been jailed by the Indira Gandhi regime during Emergency. 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 (nee 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[edit]
As a child, Fadnavis refused to go to his school, Indira Convent, because it was named after the late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, whom he blamed for jailing his father during the Emergency. He was therefore shifted to a Saraswati Vidyalaya school (run by the RSS), where he received most of his schooling.[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[edit]
As a college student, Fadnavis an active member of ABVP.[7] In the ABVP, he started as a grassroots worker where he painted walls and stuck promotional posters on them for politicians.
Fadnavis' political career commenced in earnest in the early nineties, when he became ward President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (youth wing of the BJP) in Maharashtra. At the age of 21, Fadnavis became the youngest municipal corporator of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation and served as corporator for two consecutive terms, in 1992 and 1997.[8] He was the second youngest mayor elected in India, when he served as the Mayor of Nagpur at the age of 27, in 1997. He is also the only person to be re-elected as the Mayor in Council of the State of Maharashtra.[9]
In 1992, at age 22, Fadnavis was elected as a corporator from Ram Nagar ward.[10] Five years later Fadnavis became the youngest mayor of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation and became the second youngest mayor in the history of India.[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 Maharastra 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[edit]
Within BJP[edit]
Legislative[edit]
- Mayor, City of Nagpur – (1997 to 2001)
- Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly - 4 consecutive terms, since 1999[16]
- Chief Minister of Maharashtra (2014–incumbent)
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Devendra Fadnavis sworn is as 27th Chief Minister of Maharashtra". Daily News and Analysis. Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/devendra-fadnavis-profile-722773.html
- ^ "Devendra Fadnavis poised to take CM’s chair in Maharashtra". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. HT Media Limited. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Barkha Mathur (29 October 2014). "Fadnavis’s banker wife to seek transfer from Nagpur". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Kid who protested Emergency - Nagpur’s Mr Popular set to don CM mantle". The Telegraph. ABP Group. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "All you need to know about Devendra Fadnavis". Daily News and Analysis. Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Devendra Fadnavis is known for keeping his word". Yahoo India News. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Devendra Fadnavis elected BJP chief in Maharashtra". NDTV. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis named Maharashtra BJP president". The Times of India. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Devendra Fadnavis, the CM: City’s gift to Mah". The Hitavada. Progressive Writers and Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Fadnavis 4th CM from Vidarbha". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Maharashtra's BJP chief is RSS-backed scholar who wants Vidarbha state". The Indian Express. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as CM to lead first ever BJP govt in Maha". Firstpost (Network 18). 31 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Maharashtra: How Devendra Fadnavis led BJP government won trust vote...". Daily News and Analysis (Deepak Rathi). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Congress, Shiv Sena create ripples, but Devendra Fadnavis sails through trust vote". The Indian Express (Indian Express Group). 12 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Meet Devendra Fadnavis: The Mr Clean of Maharashtra politics". The Economic Times. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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