Ashok Chavan

Ashok Chavan
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 April 2024
Preceded byNarayan Rane
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Ministry of Public Works
Government of Maharashtra
In office
30 December 2019 – 30 June 2022
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Preceded byBalasaheb Thorat
Succeeded byEknath Shinde
16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
8 December 2008 – 11 November 2010
DepartmentUrban Development
Housing
General Administration
Information & Public Relations
Information Technology
Law & Judiciary
Preceded byVilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded byPrithviraj Chavan
Minister of Industries & Mining
Government of Maharashtra
In office
9 November 2004 – 8 December 2008
Chief MinisterVilasrao Deshmukh
Preceded byVilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded byNarayan Rane
Minister of Transport
Government of Maharashtra
In office
18 January 2003 – 1 November 2004
Chief MinisterSushilkumar Shinde
Preceded byShivajirao Moghe
Succeeded bySurupsingh Hirya Naik
Minister of Revenue
Government of Maharashtra
In office
18 October 1999 – 18 January 2003
Chief MinisterVilasrao Deshmukh
Preceded byNarayan Rane
Succeeded bySushilkumar Shinde
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2019–2024
Preceded byAmeeta Chavan
Succeeded bySreejaya Chavan
ConstituencyBhokar
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byBapusaheb Gorthekar
Succeeded byAmeeta Chavan
ConstituencyBhokar
In office
1999–2009
Preceded bySahebrao Deshmukh
Succeeded byConstituency defunct
ConstituencyMudkhed
Minister of State
Government of Maharashtra
In office
6 March 1993 – 14 March 1995
Chief MinisterSharad Pawar
DepartmentHome Affairs
Public Works
Urban Development
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
8 July 1992 – 7 July 1998
Constituencyelected by Members of Legislative Assembly
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byBhaskarrao Patil
Succeeded byPrataprao Patil Chikhalikar
ConstituencyNanded
In office
1987–1989
Preceded byShankarrao Chavan
Succeeded byVenkatesh Kabde
ConstituencyNanded
Personal details
Born
Ashok Shankarrao Chavan

(1958-10-28) 28 October 1958
Bombay, Bombay State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(2024–present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(1977–2024)
Spouse
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(m. 1982)​
Children2, including Sreejaya Chavan
Parents
Residence(s)Anand Nilayam, Shivaji Nagar, Nanded
Alma materHazarimal Jomani College (BSc)
B.Y.K. College of Commerce (MBA)
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Ashok Shankarrao Chavan (born 28 October 1958) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is the son of the late former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He was one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra but joined Bhartiya Janata Party on 13 February 2024. He has served as the chief minister of Maharashtra state from 8 December 2008 to 9 November 2010.

On 9 November 2010, the Congress Party asked him to resign from office over corruption allegations relating to Adarsh Housing Society scam. In the 2014 general elections, despite the allegations and anti-incumbency wave, he won the Lok Sabha election from his Nanded constituency with a comfortable margin. In 2015, he was appointed the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. Chavan lost his Nanded seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha election to Pratap Patil Chikhalikar of the BJP.

Chavan belongs to an influential political family based in Nanded district of Maharashtra state. He is the son of Shankarrao Chavan, a former chief minister of Maharashtra himself; they are the first father–son duo in the state's history to become chief ministers. His brother-in-law Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar Patil was a three-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and a three-time MP, and Chavan's wife, Amita was MLA from Bhokar constituency in Nanded for years 2014-19.

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