Chandrashekhar Bawankule
Chandrashekhar Bawankule | |
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| Minister of Revenue Government of Maharashtra | |
| Assumed office 15 December 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Guardian Minister | Nagpur district |
| Preceded by | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra | |
| In office 12 August 2022 – 11 January 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Chandrakant Patil |
| Succeeded by | Ravindra Chavan (Executive) |
| Minister of Excise Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office 8 July 2016 – 8 November 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Preceded by | Eknath Khadse |
| Succeeded by | Dilip Walse-Patil |
| Minister of Energy Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office 4 December 2014 – 8 November 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Preceded by | Ajit Pawar |
| Succeeded by | Balasaheb Thorat |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
| In office 2 January 2022 – 23 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Girish Vyas |
| Constituency | Nagpur Local Authorities |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tekchand Sawarkar |
| Constituency | Kamthi |
| In office 2004–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sulekha Kumbhare |
| Succeeded by | Tekchand Sawarkar |
| Constituency | Kamthi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1969 Koradi, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Jyoti Bawankule |
| Children | Payal Bawanklule Sanket Bawanklule |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www.cbawankule.in |
Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule is the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra and a Member of 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Kamptee Vidhan Sabha. He was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly & Minister for Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra, Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra), and also appointed as the Guardian Minister of Nagpur on 26 December 2014.
As a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he represented the Kamptee Assembly Constituency, being elected from there in 2004, 2009 & 2014. In 2012, he was made Secretary of the Bhartiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State Unit in Devendra Fadnavis' team. In a cabinet expansion, he was given charge of the state excise department on 10 July 2016.