Date of Birth: 22 July, 1970
Educational Qualification:

• LLB- Nagpur University (1992)
• PG Degree in Business Management (University and year)
• Diploma in Methods and Techniques of Project Management- DSE Berlin (year)

Positions in Governance:

• Corporator, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (1992-97 and 1997-2001)
• Mayor, City of Nagpur / Mayor in Council (1997 to 2001)
• Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1999-2004, 2004-2009, 2009-2014, 2014-2019, 2019 till date)
• Chief Minister, Government of Maharashtra (2014-2019)
• Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra State Assembly (2019-2022)
• Deputy Chief Minister, Government of Maharashtra (Current)

Political Positions:

• Ward Convenor (1989)
• Office Bearer, Nagpur (West) (1990)
• Nagpur City President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (1992)
• State Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (1994)
• National Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (2001)
• General Secretary, Maharashtra Pradesh (2010)
• President, Maharashtra Pradesh (2013)
• In Charge/Prabhari for Kerala (year)
• In Charge for Bihar State Elections (2020)

Appointments on Legislative Committees:

• Estimate Committee
• Rules Committee
• Public Undertaking Committee
• Standing Committee on Urban Development and Housing
• Joint Select Committee on Reserve Funds
• Joint Select Committee on Self Finance Schools
• Joint Select Committee on Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran

Social Contribution

• Chairman, NITI Aayog’s High Power Committee of Chief Ministers on Transformation of Agriculture in India (2019)
• Secretary, Global Parliamentarians Forum on Habitat for Asia region (years)
• Vice President, Central Hindu Military Education Society, Nashik (Bhosla Military School) (years)
• Member of Executive Council, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (years)
• President, Nagpur District Basketball Association (years)
• Senate Member, Rashtra Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University (years)

International Participation:

• International Environment Summit at Honolulu, USA (1999)
• U.S. National Conference of State Legislatures at Washington and Nashville, USA (2005)
• International Summit organized by IDRC – UNESCO – WCDR at Davos, Switzerland Presentation on Disaster Mitigation and Management in India (2006)
• Global Environmental Change Congress organized by WMO – ESSP at Beijing,China Presented a paper on Natural Disasters Mitigation – Ecological and Social Risk Issues (2006)
• Represented India in ASEM meeting of young political leaders from Asia & Europe at Copenhagen, Denmark (2007)
• New Generation Seminar organized by East-West Centre of U.S. Federal Government Presented paper on Energy Security issues (2008)
• Member of High Level Delegation of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore (2008)
• Member of delegation of INDO RUSSIA Chamber of Commerce to Moscow, Russia (2010)
• Global Parliamentarian Forum on Habitat at Croatia, Europe (2011)
• GPH Asia Regional Meet at Malaysia (2012)
• Member of delegation invited by United Nations’ Habitat at UN Headquarters at Nairobi, Kenya (2012)

International Accolades:

• Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellow, by Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore (YEAR)
• Outstanding Leadership in Development Award by Georgetown University, USA (YEAR)
• Honorary Doctorate by Osaka City University, Japan (year)

Felicitations:

• Best Parliamentarian Award by Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (2002-03)
• Business Reformer of the Year, Economic Times (YEAR)
• Best Parliamentarian Award in the memory of Late Pramodji Mahajan by Muktchand, Pune (year)
• Nag Bhushan Award by Nag Bhushan Foundation, 2016
• RAJYOGI NETA Award by Poornawad Parivar, Nasik (year)
• Best Speaker Award, National Inter University Debate (year)
• Bose Prize in Hindu Law
• Most Challenging Youth Regional Award by Rotary Club (year)

Penmanship:

• Arthsankalp Sopya Bhashet (a book on how to read and understand budget), 2020
• AatmaNirbhar Maharashtra – AatmaNirbhar Bharat (English, Hindi and Marathi), 2020

International travel during the tenure as Chief Minister:

• World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland (January 2015 and January 2018)
• Hannover Messe Conference, Germany (April 2015)
• April 26 to 29 2015 Israel
• 14 to 18 May 2015 China
• June 29 to July 6, 2015 and September 19 to 22, 2016 USA
• September 8 to September 13,2015 Japan
• 12 to 16 November 2015 London
• July 9 to 14 ,2016 Russia
• 26 to 29 September 2017 South Korea -Singapore
• 11 to 14 October 2017 Sweden -for the Sweden Expo
• June 9 to 16,2018 Dubai, Canada, USA

Shri Devendra Fadnavis ji’s introduction/ Biography