Devendra Fadnavis

Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Fadnavis
	Fadnavis in 2022
9th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 June 2022 Serving with Ajit Pawar (from 2 July 2023)
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari; Ramesh Bais;
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Ministry and Department	Home Affairs; Law and Judiciary; Water Resources; Command Area Development; Energy; Protocol;
Guardian Minister	Gadchiroli District; Nagpur District;
Preceded by	Ajit Pawar ; (Deputy Chief Minister); Dilip Walse-Patil ; (Home Affairs Ministry); Uddhav Thackeray CM; (Law and Judiciary Ministry); Jayant Patil ; (Water Resources Ministry); Jayant Patil ; (Command Area Development Ministry); Nitin Raut ; (Energy Ministry); Aaditya Thackeray ; (Protocol Ministry);
18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
	Second term
	In office; 23 November 2019 – 26 November 2019
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari;
Deputy	Ajit Pawar
Ministry and Department	All Department as CM
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Uddhav Thackeray
	First term
	In office; 31 October 2014 – 12 November 2019
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao; Bhagat Singh Koshyari;
Ministry and Department	General Administration; Home Affairs; Law and Judiciary; Information and Public Relations; Information Technology; Urban Development; Ports Development;
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	President's rule
Leader of The House ; Maharashtra Legislative Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 August 2022
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Chairman of the House	Neelam Gorhe Acting;
Deputy Leader	Uday Samant Acting
Preceded by	Ajit Pawar
Deputy Leader of The House ; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 July 2022 Serving with Ajit Pawar (from 12 July 2023)
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Speaker of the House	Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting); Rahul Narwekar;
Leader of the House	Eknath Shinde
Preceded by	Ajit Pawar
28th Leader of the Opposition ; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Deputy	Sudhir Mungantiwar
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Speaker of the House	Nana Patole; Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting);
Preceded by	Vijay Wadettiwar
Succeeded by	Ajit Pawar
Leader of the House ; Legislative Assembly Maharashtra
	In office; 31 October 2014 – 8 November 2019
Deputy	Eknath Khadse; Girish Mahajan;
Speaker of the House	Haribhau Bagade
Preceded by	Prithviraj Chavan
Succeeded by	Uddhav Thackeray
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra
	In office; 11 April 2013 – 6 January 2015
Preceded by	Sudhir Mungantiwar
Succeeded by	Raosaheb Danve
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2009
Preceded by	Constituency created
Constituency	Nagpur South West
	In office; 1999–2009
Preceded by	Vinod Gudadhe Patil
Succeeded by	Sudhakar Deshmukh
Constituency	Nagpur West
Mayor of Nagpur
	In office; 1997–2001
Constituency	Ram Nagar ward
Personal details
Born	22 July 1970; Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Amruta Fadnavis (m. 2005)
Children	1
Residence(s)	"Sagar" Bungalow, Malabar Hill, South Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater	Nagpur University, ; Free University of Berlin
Cabinet	Fadnavis-I; Fadnavis-II
Website	www.devendrafadnavis.in

Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician who is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 30 June 2022 alongside Ajit Pawar who was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the 5th time on 2 July 2023. He also served as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 31 October 2014 to 12 November 2019, Leader of the Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2022 and the President of BJP, Maharashtra state unit from 2013 to 2015. Having been sworn in at the age of 44, he is the second-youngest Chief Minister in Maharashtra's history after Sharad Pawar. He served a 5-day long second term as Chief Minister during the 2019 Maharashtra political crisis, before resigning on 28 November 2019. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Fadnavis has represented the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 2009 and Nagpur West from 1999 to 2009. He was also Mayor of Nagpur from 1997 to 2001.

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