Devendra Fadnavis

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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)
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Ministry	Home Affairs Law & Judiciary Water Resources Energy Protocol Finance (30 Jun 2022 - 14 Jul 2023) Housing (30 Jun 2022 - 14 Jul 2023)
Preceded by	Ajit Pawar
28th Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 1 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Preceded by	Vijay Wadettiwar
Succeeded by	Ajit Pawar
17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office 23 November 2019 – 28 November 2019
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Deputy	Ajit Pawar
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Uddhav Thackeray
In office 31 October 2014 – 12 November 2019
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Ministry	General Administration Home Affairs Law & Judiciary Information & Public Relations Information Technology Urban DevelopmentPorts Development
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	President's rule
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	(1970-07-22) 22 July 1970 (age 53) 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.^[1] 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.^[2][3] 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.