Prithviraj Chavan
| Prithviraj Chavan | |
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| पृथ्वीराज चव्हाण | |
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| 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |
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In office 11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Ashok Chavan |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Constituency | Karad South |
| Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office | |
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In office 2004–2010 |
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| Member of the Rajya Sabha for Maharashtra | |
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In office 2002–2010 |
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| Member of the Indian Parliament for Karad |
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In office 1991–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Premalakaki Chavan |
| Succeeded by | Shriniwas Patil |
| Personal details | |
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17 March 1946 Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Satvasheela |
| Residence | Karad, Maharashtra |
| Alma mater |
BITS, Pilani University of California, Berkeley |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Prithviraj Chavan (born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a state in Western India. Chavan is a graduate of Birla Institute of Technology and Science and University of California in mechanical engineering. He spent time working in the field of aircraft instrumentation and designing audio recorders for anti-submarine warfare in the US before returning to India and becoming an entrepreneur in 1974. Referred to in the media as a technocrat with a clean, non-controversial image, a low-profile leader. Chavan served as the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions. Chavan was also General Secretary of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC), in-charge of many states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh.
Chavan was drawn into politics after meeting with Rajiv Gandhi. He has been involved in the Indian National Congress bureaucracy for most of his adult life, notably as a member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the India's Parliament) and later architect of the civil nuclear liability bill. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 and followed it up in subsequent elections. Chavan held five portfolios in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that includes the ministry of science and technology. He became chief minister of Maharashtra in 2010 at the instance of Congress President Sonia Gandhi succeeding unrelated Ashok Chavan. He resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra after the ruling NCP-Congress alliance split in the state.
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