Eknath Shinde

Eknath Shinde
Shinde in 2022
20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2022 (2022-06-30)
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais C. P. Radhakrishnan
Deputy	Devendra Fadnavis Ajit Pawar (from 2 July 2023)
Preceded by	Uddhav Thackeray
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 30 December 2019 – 27 June 2022
Minister	Urban Development. Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) State Border Defence
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Cabinet	Eknath Shinde ministry
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Thane District Gadchiroli District
Preceded by	Himself (Acting) (Urban Development Ministry) Himself (Acting) (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Ministry) Uddhav Thackeray (Additional charge) State Border Defence Ministry
Succeeded by	Subhash Desai (Additional charge) (Urban Development Ministry) Subhash Desai (Additional charge) (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Ministry) Subhash Desai (Additional charge) State Border Defence Ministry
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 05 December 2014 – 12 November 2019
Minister	Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Public Health and Family Welfare (28 June 2018 – 8 November 2019)
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
Cabinet	First Fadnavis ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister	Thane District
Preceded by	Eknath Khadse (Acting) (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Ministry) Deepak Sawant (Public Health Ministry)
Succeeded by	Himself (Acting) (Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Ministry) Jayant Patil (Acting) (Public Health Ministry)
Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 03 July 2022
Deputy	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Uddhav Thackeray
25th Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 12 November 2014 – 5 December 2014
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Eknath Khadse
Succeeded by	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Kopri-Pachpakhadi
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Moreshwar Joshi
Succeeded by	Rajan Vichare
Constituency	Thane
Chief leader of Shiv Sena
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 February 2023
Preceded by	Uddhav Thackeray as (Shiv Sena)
Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena
In office 10 October 2022 – 17 February 2023
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (1964-02-09) 9 February 1964 (age 60) Dare village, Satara, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Shiv Sena (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	Maha Yuti (2022-present; 2014-2019) National Democratic Alliance (2022-present; 1999-2019) Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (2022–2023) Shiv Sena (1999-2022)
Spouse	Lata Shinde
Children	3, including Shrikant Shinde
Parent	Sambhaji Shinde
Alma mater	Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik (BA)
Occupation	Politician

Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (pronunciation: [eknaːt̪ʰ ʃin̪d̪e]; born 9 February 1964^[1]) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 20th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 30 June 2022. He is also Chairperson at Shiv Sena^[2] since February 2023 and the Leader of the House, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since July 2022. He is also the Member of Legislative Assembly for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane, Maharashtra, since 2009 and was formerly the MLA of Thane constituency from 2004 to 2009.