Haribhau Bagade

Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade
45th Governor of Rajasthan
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 July 2024
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Chief MinisterBhajan Lal Sharma
Dy. Chief MinisterPrem Chand Bairwa
Diya Kumari
Preceded byKalraj Mishra
Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
12 November 2014 – 25 November 2019
DeputyVijayrao Bhaskarrao Auti
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byDilip Walse-Patil
Succeeded byNana Patole
Minister of Food & Civil Supplies
Government of Maharashtra
In office
1997–1999
Chief MinisterManohar Joshi
Narayan Rane
Minister of Horticulture & Employment Guarantee
Government of Maharashtra
In office
1995–1997
Chief MinisterManohar Joshi
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2014 – July 2024
Preceded byKalyan Kale
Succeeded byVacant
ConstituencyPhulambri
In office
1985–2004
Preceded byKeshavrao Autade
Succeeded byKalyan Kale
ConstituencyAurangabad East
Personal details
Born (1945-08-17) 17 August 1945 (age 79)
Phulambri, Hyderabad State, British India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)Raj Bhavan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
OccupationPolitician

Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade (born 17 August 1945) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Rajasthan. He is from Maharashtra state. He was the Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2014,[1] and he is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Haribhau Bagade was born in a Maratha Gurjar family in Chitepimpalgaon Village of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.

Haribhau Bagde, who has been an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist & member since his childhood, was instrumental in increasing the presence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Marathwada region and Popularly known as “Nana” in political circles and Till 1980 he was with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.


He was first elected to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha in 1985 from Aurangabad East seat.[2] He won 2014 MLA election against Kalyan Kale of Indian National Congress (INC) from Phulambri constituency,[3] and went on to win the 2019 assembly election as well from the same constituency. When BJP installed its first government in Maharashtra in 2014, he was appointed Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is a former cabinet minister in Government of Maharashtra and He came to be viewed as the BJP party’s rural face of Maharashtra state.

Haribhau Bagade was appointed Governor of Rajasthan by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 July 2024.[4]

  1. ^ "BJP's Haribhau Bagde unanimously elected Maharashtra's Assembly Speaker". The Economic Times. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1985".
  3. ^ "Bagde haribhau Kisan(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Phulambri(AURANGABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  4. ^ Mallick, Ashesh (28 July 2024). "President appoints 6 new Governors including Om Prakash Mathur, Santosh Gangwar, reshuffles 3 others". India TV News. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.