Jitendra Awhad

Jitendra Awhad
Jitendra Awhad
Deputy Leader of the Opposition ; (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 03 August 2023 Serving with Ajay Choudhari
Governor	Ramesh Bais;
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde;
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis (First); Ajit Pawar (Second);
Leader of the Opposition	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar;
Speaker of the House	Rahul Narwekar;
Preceded by	Balasaheb Thorat;
Leader of the Opposition ; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Acting
	In office; 2 July 2023 – 18 July 2023
Governor	Ramesh Bais;
Deputy	Balasaheb Thorat;
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde;
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis (First); Ajit Pawar (Second);
Speaker of the House	Rahul Narwekar;
Preceded by	Ajit Pawar;
Succeeded by	Balasaheb Thorat; Additional Charge;
Cabinet Minister ; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 30 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Minister	Housing; Minority Development and Aukaf (on 27 March 2022);
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari;
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray;
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar;
Preceded by	Nawab Malik;
Succeeded by	Eknath Shinde CM (Minority Development and Aukaf); Devendra Fadnavis DCM (Housing);
Cabinet Minister ; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 29 May 2014 – 26 September 2014
Minister	Medical Education; Horticulture; Employment Guarantee;
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao;
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan;
Preceded by	Vijaykumar Gavit;
Succeeded by	Girish Mahajan (Medical Education); Girish Bapat (Horticulture & Employment Generation);
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2009
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Constituency	Mumbra-Kalwa
Personal details
Born	Jitendra Satish Awhad; 5 August 1963; Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Nationalist Congress Party
Spouse	Ruta Awhad
Children	Natasha Awhad
Parent	Satish Awhad (Father)
Residence	Thane
Alma mater	Mumbai University
Occupation	Politician

Jitendra Satish Awhad is an Indian politician from Maharashtra currently He is Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Serving with Ajay Choudhari and currently a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 3 terms representing Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane. he has previously served as the Acting Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and He has previously served as Cabinet Minister of Medical Education and Horticulture in 2014 and Housing and Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2022. He belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party.

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