Devendra Fadnavis
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The Honourable Devendra Fadnavis |
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| देवेंद्र फडणवीस | |
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| 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |
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Assumed office 31 October 2014 |
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| Governor | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Nagpur South West |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Nagpur West |
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In office 1999–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Vinod Gudadhe Patil |
| Succeeded by | Sudhakar Shamrao Deshmukh |
| Mayor of Nagpur | |
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In office 1997–2001 |
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| Personal details | |
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22 July 1970 Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Amruta Fadnavis |
| Children | Divija Fadnavis (daughter) |
| Residence | Dharampeth, Nagpur |
| Alma mater | Law College Nagpur Dharampeth Junior College |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | www |
Devendra Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is the 18th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra state in India. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the RSS, Fadnavis represents the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. At the age of 44, he became the second youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra, following Sharad Pawar who at the age of 38 became youngest Chief Minister. He also served as president of the Maharashtra state unit of the BJP, now succeeded by Raosaheb Dadarao Danve.
Fadnavis received most of his schooling at Saraswati Vidyalaya school. 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.
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