Uddhav Thackeray

Uddhav Thackeray
Thackeray in February 2020
19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
28 November 2019  30 June 2022
Preceded byDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded byEknath Shinde
President of Maha Vikas Aghadi
Assumed office
26 November 2019
ChairpersonSharad Pawar
SecretaryBalasaheb Thorat
Preceded byposition established
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Assumed office
14 May 2020
Chairman
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Leader of the House in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
28 November 2019  29 June 2022
Speaker
DeputyAjit Pawar
Preceded byDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded byEknath Shinde
President of Shiv Sena (UBT)
Assumed office
11 October 2022
Preceded byposition established
Leader (Paksha Pramukh) of Shiv Sena
In office
23 January 2013  10 October 2022
Preceded byBal Thackeray (as Pramukh)
Succeeded byEknath Shinde (as mukhya neta)
Editor-in-chief of Saamana
In office
20 June 2006  28 November 2019
Preceded byBal Thackeray
Succeeded byRashmi Thackeray
Working President of Shiv Sena
In office
2003 – 2013
PresidentBal Thackeray
Preceded byposition established
Personal details
Born
Uddhav Bal Thackeray

(1960-07-27) 27 July 1960
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Political partyShiv Sena (UBT) (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (since 2023)
United Progressive Alliance (2019–2023)
Shiv Sena (1978–2022)
National Democratic Alliance (1998–2019)
Maha Yuti (2014–2019)
Spouse
(m. 1989)
Children2, including Aaditya Thackeray
Parent
RelativesSee Thackeray Family
Residence
Alma materSir J.J. Institute of Applied Art
OccupationPolitician

Uddhav Bal Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: [ud̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː], born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2022 and the Leader of the House, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2022. He is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council since 2020, the president of Maha Vikas Aghadi since 2019 and the president of Shiv Sena (UBT) since 2022. He was also the leader (pramukh) of Shiv Sena from 2013 to 2022, working President from 2003 to 2013 and the editor-in-chief of Saamana from 2006 to 2019. During his tenure from 2019 to 2022, he was ranked as the most popular Chief Minister in India in a survey conducted out of 13 states.