Tanaji Sawant

The Honourable Tanaji Sawant
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 August 2022
Minister	Public Health and Family Welfare
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Osmanabad District
Preceded by	Rajesh Tope (Public Health and Family Welfare Ministry) Shankarrao Gadakh (Osmanabad District) Dhananjay Munde Additional Charge (Parbhani District)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 06 June 2019 – 08 November 2019
Minister	Soil and Water Conservation
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister	Osmanabad District
Preceded by	Subhash Sureshchandra Deshmukh (Soil and Water Conservation Ministry) Deepak Sawant (Osmanabad District)
Succeeded by	Eknath Shinde (Soil and Water Conservation Ministry) Shankarrao Gadakh (Osmanabad District)
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2019
Constituency	Paranda
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office 2016 – October 2019
Succeeded by	Dushyant Chaturvedi
Constituency	Yavatmal Local Authorities
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Shiv Sena
Other political affiliations	Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (2022-2023)
Website	jspm.edu.in

Tanaji Sawant is a businessman, Shiv Sena politician and deputy leader from Solapur district, Maharashtra. He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Bhoom / Paranda / Washi Vidhan Sabha constituency as a member of Shiv Sena.^[1][2] He was elected to legislative council with a record margin of 270 votes, securing 348 votes.^[3]

He came into prominence for his Water conservation project, part of Shiv Sena’s ‘Shiv Jal Kranti’ scheme in Dharashiv district in May 2016.^[4]