Girish Mahajan

Girish Mahajan
Girish Mahajan
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 December 2024
Minister	Water Resources (Vidharbha, Tapi, Konkan); Disaster Management;
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Cabinet	Third Fadnavis ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM	Eknath Shinde; Ajit Pawar;
Guardian Minister	NA
Minister of Rural Development; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 9 August 2022 – 26 November 2024
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Preceded by	Hasan Mushrif
Minister of Medical Education; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 9 August 2022 – 14 July 2023
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Preceded by	Amit Deshmukh
Succeeded by	Hasan Mushrif
	In office; 10 July 2016 – 8 November 2019
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Vinod Tawde
Succeeded by	Amit Deshmukh
Minister of Water Resources; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 5 December 2014 – 8 November 2019
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Sunil Tatkare
Succeeded by	Jayant Patil
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1995
Preceded by	Dattatray Mahajan
Constituency	Jamner
Personal details
Born	17 May 1960 (age 64); Jamner, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sadhana Mahajan
Parent	Dattatray Mahajan (father);

Girish Dattatray Mahajan is a politician from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. He is the current MLA of Jamner taluka representing Jamner vidhan sabha constituency. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. Girish Mahajan is cabinet minister for Water resources (Tapi,Vidarbha and konkan) and Disaster Management of Maharashtra state.He is also the guardian minister of Nashik. ^[1]

In 2010s, CM Devendra Fadnavis' cabinet he served as Minister of Water Resources and Minister Medical Education of Maharashtra in separate times.

Early life

Mahajan was born in Jamner into a Marathi Leva Patidar family.^[2]

Career

As a college student, Mahajan was an active member of ABVP in 1978.^[3] In the ABVP, he started as a grassroots worker where he painted walls and distributed promotional posters for politicians. He was appointed Taluka President of ABVP.

Mahajan's political career commenced in earnest in the early eighties, when he became Taluka President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (youth wing of the BJP) in Maharashtra.^{[citation needed]}

In 1992, Mahajan was elected as a Gram-Panchayat election for Jamner. In 1995 he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the first time. He served his 5th term as MLA as of 2014. Mahajan was sworn in as the Minister of Water Resources^[4] of Maharashtra on 31 October 2014. His government won a confidence motion by oral vote on 12 November 2014 allowing it to continue to govern.

As of 29 August 2023, he is serving as the Minister of Rural Development of the state in CM Eknath Shinde's cabinet.^[1]

Positions held

Ministerial

Portfolio	Tenure
Minister of Rural Development	9-Aug-2022	26 November 2024
Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports	9-Aug-2022	14 July 2023
Minister of Medical Education	9-Aug-2022	02 July 2023
Minister of Medical Education	10-Jul-2016	8-Nov-2019
Minister of Water Resources	5-Dec-2014	8-Nov-2019

Legislative

Office	Constituency	Tenure
Member Of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Jamner	2024	Present
		2019	2024
		2014	2019
		2009	2014
		2004	2009
		1999	2004
		1995	1999

Within BJP

President, BJYM Jamner Taluka (1988-1990).
Vice President, BJP Maharashtra (1993-1995).
District Chairman, BJP, Jalgaon (2006).
Party Pratod. BJP Legislature Party, Maharashtra State (2008).
Region Vice President, BJP, Maharashtra Pradesh (2011).

References

^ ^a ^b "खाशाबंचा जन्मदिवस आता राज्य-क्रीडा दिवस" [Khashaba's birthday now on 'State's sports day'.]. Lokmat. p. 7. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ Gangan, Surendra P (1 April 2015). "Girish Mahajan not new to controversies". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Politician". indianpoliticians.net.
^ "Minister Water Resources & CAD Mantralaya(Mumbai)". www.mahahp.gov.in.

Political offices https://cmo.maharashtra.gov.in/en/governor-and-cabinet-ministers^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Preceded by Ajit Pawar	Cabinet Minister for Water Resources, Maharashtra State December 2014–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Chhagan Bhujbal	Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Nashik district December 2014–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Vijaykumar Gavit	Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Nandurbar district December 2014–present	Incumbent

6.https://cmo.maharashtra.gov.in/en/governor-and-cabinet-ministers

[:0-1] "खाशाबंचा जन्मदिवस आता राज्य-क्रीडा दिवस" [Khashaba's birthday now on 'State's sports day'.]. Lokmat. p. 7. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[2] Gangan, Surendra P (1 April 2015). "Girish Mahajan not new to controversies". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[3] "Politician". indianpoliticians.net.

[4] "Minister Water Resources & CAD Mantralaya(Mumbai)". www.mahahp.gov.in.

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