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Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician who is currently serving his third term as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 5 December 2024. He previously served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, alongside Ajit Pawar in the Eknath Shinde government. From 2019 to 2022, he also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He became Chief Minister at the age of 44, making him the second-youngest in Maharashtra's history after Sharad Pawar.
During the 2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Fadnavis held a second term as Chief Minister for 5 days before resigning on 28 November 2019. He has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He has served as the President of BJP's Maharashtra state unit from 2013 to 2015. He has represented the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 2009, having previously served Nagpur West from 1999 to 2009. He was also the Mayor of Nagpur from 1997 to 1999.
Fadnavis was born in a Marathi Deshastha Brahmin family in Nagpur to Gangadhar and Sarita Fadnavis. His father was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from Nagpur. His mother belonged to the Kaloti family of Amravati and had previously served as a director of the Vidarbha Housing Credit Society.
Fadnavis did his initial schooling at the Indira Convent School in Nagpur. During the 1975 Emergency, Fadnavis's father, being a member of the Jan Sangh, was imprisoned for participating in anti-government protests. Fadnavis subsequently refused to continue his schooling at Indira Convent, as he did not want to attend a school named after Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister he held responsible for imprisoning his father. He was then transferred to the Saraswati Vidyalaya School, Nagpur, where he received most of his schooling. Later, Fadnavis attended Dharampeth Junior College[citation needed].
Fadnavis completed his Bachelor of Laws undergraduate degree from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law, Nagpur University in 1992. He completed his postgraduate degree in Business Management and a diploma in Project Management from DSE, Berlin, Germany.
Fadnavis practices Hinduism. He married Amruta Fadnavis, an actress, singer and banker, in 2005. Both of them met at a marriage ceremony of a common friend. After two years of marriage, the couple had a daughter, Divija Fadnavis, in 2007.
Many of Fadnavis's family members have been involved in electoral politics. Both his father, Gangadhar Rao Fadnavis, and aunt, Sobha Fadnavis, were members of the Bharatiya Janata Party and served in the state legislature. Fadnavis joined the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in 1989. Later in the year 1992, he became a Councillor, representing the Ram Nagar Ward in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. In 1997, at the age of 27, Fadnavis became the youngest mayor of the Nagpur and the second-youngest mayor in the history of India. He took the decision to double property tax in Nagpur, raising 35 crore rupees for the municipal corporation. He remained as a Mayor until 1999, and later held a position in the newly created Mayor in Council from 1999 to 2001, after the system was introduced by the Maharashtra government in 1998.
Fadnavis was elected to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha in the 1999 elections after he won in the Nagpur West constituency. In the 2004 elections, he was re-elected to the assembly from the same constituency. Later in the 2009 elections, he contested from the newly created Nagpur South West constituency.
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Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician who is currently serving his third term as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 5 December 2024. He previously served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, alongside Ajit Pawar in the Eknath Shinde government. From 2019 to 2022, he also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He became Chief Minister at the age of 44, making him the second-youngest in Maharashtra's history after Sharad Pawar.
During the 2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Fadnavis held a second term as Chief Minister for 5 days before resigning on 28 November 2019. He has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He has served as the President of BJP's Maharashtra state unit from 2013 to 2015. He has represented the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 2009, having previously served Nagpur West from 1999 to 2009. He was also the Mayor of Nagpur from 1997 to 1999.
Fadnavis was born in a Marathi Deshastha Brahmin family in Nagpur to Gangadhar and Sarita Fadnavis. His father was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from Nagpur. His mother belonged to the Kaloti family of Amravati and had previously served as a director of the Vidarbha Housing Credit Society.
Fadnavis did his initial schooling at the Indira Convent School in Nagpur. During the 1975 Emergency, Fadnavis's father, being a member of the Jan Sangh, was imprisoned for participating in anti-government protests. Fadnavis subsequently refused to continue his schooling at Indira Convent, as he did not want to attend a school named after Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister he held responsible for imprisoning his father. He was then transferred to the Saraswati Vidyalaya School, Nagpur, where he received most of his schooling. Later, Fadnavis attended Dharampeth Junior College[citation needed].
Fadnavis completed his Bachelor of Laws undergraduate degree from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law, Nagpur University in 1992. He completed his postgraduate degree in Business Management and a diploma in Project Management from DSE, Berlin, Germany.
Fadnavis practices Hinduism. He married Amruta Fadnavis, an actress, singer and banker, in 2005. Both of them met at a marriage ceremony of a common friend. After two years of marriage, the couple had a daughter, Divija Fadnavis, in 2007.
Many of Fadnavis's family members have been involved in electoral politics. Both his father, Gangadhar Rao Fadnavis, and aunt, Sobha Fadnavis, were members of the Bharatiya Janata Party and served in the state legislature. Fadnavis joined the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in 1989. Later in the year 1992, he became a Councillor, representing the Ram Nagar Ward in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. In 1997, at the age of 27, Fadnavis became the youngest mayor of the Nagpur and the second-youngest mayor in the history of India. He took the decision to double property tax in Nagpur, raising 35 crore rupees for the municipal corporation. He remained as a Mayor until 1999, and later held a position in the newly created Mayor in Council from 1999 to 2001, after the system was introduced by the Maharashtra government in 1998.
Fadnavis was elected to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha in the 1999 elections after he won in the Nagpur West constituency. In the 2004 elections, he was re-elected to the assembly from the same constituency. Later in the 2009 elections, he contested from the newly created Nagpur South West constituency.