Eknath Sambhaji Shinde Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician currently serving as the 20th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 2022 and the Mukhya Neta of Shiv Sena since 2023. He was earlier the Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Public Works (Public Undertakings) in the Cabinet of Uddhav Thackeray from 2019 to 2022.He is a Member of Legislative Assembly from Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane, Maharashtra since 2009.
Eknath Shinde hails from the Jawali taluka in Satara, Maharashtra, and belongs to the Maratha community. His family moved to Thane, in the outskirts of Mumbai, in order to earn a living. Eknath studied till 11th standard at Mangala High School & Junior College, Thane. Shinde left education in early years to support his family however he resumed his studies in 2014 after joining the government ministry. He graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree from Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University in 2020 with 77.25% score. Shinde used to drive an autorickshaw to support his family before entering politics.
Shinde was introduced to politics by then Thane Shivsena President Anand Dighe in early 1980. Shinde became successor to Dighe's legacy after his death in 2001. He is elected as Member of Legislative Assembly since 2004 for four consecutive terms..
Shinde was introduced to politics by then Thane Shivsena President Anand Dighe in early 1980.Shinde became successor to Dighe's legacy after his death in 2001. He is elected as Member of Legislative Assembly since 2004 for four consecutive terms.

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Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Gangadhar Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician and 18th incumbent Chief Minister of Maharashtra holding the office from 31 October 2014. A member of Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, at the age of 44, he became the second youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra after Sharad Pawar. Fadnavis represents the Nagpur South West constituency in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Fadnavis was born on 22 July 1970 in Nagpur to a Brahmin family. His father, Gangadhar Rao Fadnavis, served as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from Nagpur. His mother Sarita Fadnavis, who is a descendant of the Kaloti family of Amravati, was the former Director of Vidarbha Housing Credit Society. Fadnavis received his initial schooling from Indira Convent, named after then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. During the Emergency, Fadnavis' father, Gangadhar, a member of the Jan Sangh, was incarcerated for participating in anti-government protests. Fadnavis subsequently refused to continue his schooling at Indira Convent, because he did not want to attend a school named after the Prime Minister he held responsible for jailing his father. He then transferred to the Saraswati Vidyalaya school, where he received most of his schooling.[4] After completing ten years of schooling, Fadnavis attended Dharampeth Junior College for his intermediate. After completing his 12th standard, he enrolled at Government Law College, Nagpur, for a five-year integrated law degree, and graduated in 1992. Fadnavis also has a post-graduate degree in Business Management and a diploma in Methods and Techniques of Project Management from DSE (German Foundation for International Development), Berlin.
As a college student, Fadnavis was an active member of ABVP. In the ABVP, he started as a grassroots worker where he painterator from Ram Nagar ward. Five years later Fadnavis became the youngest mayor of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation and became the second youngest mayor in the history of India. In 1999, he was elected to the Maharashtra state assembly for the first time. He is currently serving his fourth term as MLA as of 2014. Fadnavis, was selected the legislative party leader by the new BJP MLAs in a meeting at Vidhan Bhavan in the presence of party's central observers, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh and party's national general secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda. Fadnavis was sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra from the BJP on 31 October 2014. His government won a confidence motion by voice vote on 12 November 2014 allowing it to govern.