Uddhav Thackeray
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Uddhav Thackeray | |||
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![]() Official Portrait, 2019 | |||
19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra[a] | |||
Assumed office 28 November 2019 | |||
Governor | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | ||
Deputy | Ajit Pawar | ||
Preceded by | Devendra Fadnavis | ||
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Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |||
Assumed office 28 November 2019 | |||
Governor | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | ||
Speaker | Nana Patole | ||
Deputy Leader | Ajit Pawar | ||
Preceded by | Devendra Fadnavis | ||
Leader of the House Legislative Council Maharashtra | |||
Assumed office 18 May 2020 | |||
Governor | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | ||
Chairman | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | ||
Deputy Leader | Subhash Desai | ||
Preceded by | Chandrakant Patil | ||
Member of Legislative Council Maharashtra | |||
Assumed office 14 May 2020 | |||
Constituency | Elected by MLAs | ||
President of Shiv Sena | |||
Assumed office 23 January 2013 Working President (2003–13) | |||
Preceded by | Bal Thackeray | ||
President of Maha Vikas Aghadi | |||
Assumed office 26 November 2019 | |||
Chairperson | Sharad Pawar | ||
Secretary | Balasaheb Thorat | ||
Preceded by | Position established | ||
Editor-in-chief of Saamana | |||
In office 20 June 2006 – 28 November 2019 | |||
Preceded by | Bal Thackeray | ||
Succeeded by | Rashmi Thackeray | ||
Personal details | |||
Born | Uddhav Bal Thackeray[2] 27 July 1960[3] Bombay, Maharashtra, India (present-day Mumbai) | ||
Political party | Shiv Sena | ||
Spouse(s) | Rashmi Thackeray | ||
Children | Aditya Thackeray Tejas Thackeray | ||
Father | Bal Thackeray | ||
Relatives | See Thackeray Family | ||
Residence | Varsha Bungalow, South Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[4] | ||
Alma mater | Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art |
Uddhav Bal Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: [ud̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː], born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician serving as the 19th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra.[3][5][6] He is also the president of Shiv Sena.
Early life[]
Uddhav Thackeray was born on 27 July 1960 as the youngest child of politician Bal Thackeray and his wife Meena Thackeray's three sons.[3][7] He did his schooling from Balmohan Vidyamandir and graduated from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art with photography as his main subject.[8]
Political career[]
In 2002, Thackeray started his political career as campaign incharge of Shiv Sena in the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections where the party performed well. In 2003, he was appointed as working president of Shiv Sena. Uddhav took over as chief editor of party mouthpiece Saamana (a daily Marathi-language newspaper published by Shiv Sena) in 2006 and resigned in 2019 before becoming chief minister of Maharashtra.[9]
A split in Shiv Sena happened when his cousin Raj Thackeray left the party in 2006 to form his own party named Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.[10] After the death of his father Bal Thackeray in 2012, he led the party and got elected as Shiv Sena president in 2013, and under his leadership Shiv Sena joined the NDA government in Maharashtra in 2014.[11]
Chief Minister of Maharashtra[]
Though Thackeray never took any constitutional post in his political career initially, however after a brief political crisis, on 28 November 2019 he took the oath as 19th Chief minister of Maharashtra after being elected as the president of the newly formed post-poll coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi.[5][6][12][13]
Personal life[]
Thackeray has taken a keen interest in photography and has exhibited his collection of aerial shots of various forts of Maharashtra at the Jehangir Art Gallery in 2004.[14][15] He has also published photo-books Maharashtra Desh (2010) and Pahava Vitthal (2011), capturing various aspects of Maharashtra and the warkaris during Pandharpur Wari respectively in the two books.[16][17] On 16 July 2012, Uddhav Thackeray was admitted to Lilavati Hospital after he reported chest pain. He underwent an angioplasty and all the three blockages in his arteries were successfully removed.[18]
Family[]
Thackeray is married to Rashmi Thackeray and has two sons, Aditya and Tejas.[19]
Rashmi Thackeray (née Patankar) is the editor of Saamana and Marmik. She is the daughter of Madhav Patankar who run his family business and comes from a middle-class family and also a RSS member. She lived in suburban Dombivli and did her Bachelor of Commerce degree from V G Vaze College in Mulund. She joined the Life Insurance Corporation of India as a contract employee in 1987. She became the friend of Raj Thackeray 's sister Jaywanti and through her came into contact with Uddhav Thackeray. Later they got married in 1989.[20][21][22]
The elder son Aditya Thackeray is the president of the Yuva Sena. He is serving as Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment Government of Maharashtra.[23]
The younger son Tejas Thackeray is an Indian conservationist and wildlife researcher.[19]
See also[]
- Zenda
- Uddhav Thackeray ministry
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Maharashtra: NCP gets Home, Finance as Uddhav allocates portfolios". The New Indian Express. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Uddhav Thackeray, first of his clan, takes oath as chief minister of Maharashtra". India Today. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Up close and personal with Uddhav Thackeray". Rediff.com. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Maharashtra CM's 'Varsha' Bungalow Being Renovated at Rs 92 Lakh: PWD". News18. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Maharashtra swearing-in HIGHLIGHTS: Farmers first; Uddhav sets priority after first cabinet meet". The Indian Express. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as 19th CM of Maharashtra: First of family to hold this office, 59-yr-old gets kudos from Modi, Sonia Gandhi". Firstpost. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Uddhav Thackeray Oath Ceremony : उद्धव ठाकरे बने महाराष्ट्र के CM, छह कैबिनेट मंत्रियों ने भी ली शपथ". NDTVIndia. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra". The Economic Times. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Udhav Thackeray quite as Saamna editor". India. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "How A Murder Case Led To Raj Thackeray's Exit From Shiv Sena". HuffPost India. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Maharashtra government formation news". Times of India. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Maharashtra News Live: CM Uddhav Thackeray to take charge of his office today". The Times of India. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Deshpande, Tanvi (26 November 2019). "Maharashtra politics: Uddhav Thackeray will be CM for full five years, says Sanjay Raut". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Thackeray's new conquest". India Today. Mumbai. 26 January 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Vijapurkar, Mahesh (14 January 2004). "Uddhav Thackeray and those scenic forts". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 September 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Kamath, Naresh (5 August 2010). "Raj, Uddhav slug it out over city's plight". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Chowdhury, Sudeshna (10 May 2011). "An aerial journey". Mid-Day. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray discharged from hospital". The Times of India. 23 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Uddhav May Shift to New House After LS Elections". Indian Express. Mumbai. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Rashmi Thackeray: Behind Uddhav Thackeray's success a woman". The Times of India. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "The rise and rise of Rashmi Thackeray". Kiran Tare. India Today. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Rashmi Thackeray: Mrs Surefire". Vishwas Waghmode. The Indian Express. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Rawal, Swapnil (10 October 2019). "Uddhav Thackeray says younger son Tejas not joining politics". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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