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			{{short description\|17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra}}
	{{Other people\|Prithviraj Chauhan}}		{{Other people\|Prithviraj Chauhan}}
	~~{{short description\|17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra}}~~
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	\| governor = *[[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]]		\| governor = *[[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]]
	*[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]		*[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
	\| office2 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly \|Leader of the House Legislative Assembly <br/>Maharashtra]]		\| office2 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly\|Leader of the House Legislative Assembly <br/>Maharashtra]]
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	\| 1namedata2 = [[Dilip Walse-Patil]]		\| 1namedata2 = [[Dilip Walse-Patil]]
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	* Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances		* Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances


	\| office4 = [[Rajya Sabha\|Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha]]		\| office4 = [[Rajya Sabha\|Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha]]
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	\| term_start4 = 13 March 2002		\| term_start4 = 13 March 2002
	\| term_end4 = 20 September 2010		\| term_end4 = 20 September 2010


	\| office5 = [[Lok Sabha\|Member of Parliament Lok Sabha]]		\| office5 = [[Lok Sabha\|Member of Parliament Lok Sabha]]
	\| constituency5 = [[Karad (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Karad]]		\| constituency5 = [[Karad (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Karad]]
	\| term_start5 = ~~03 may~~ 1991		\| term_start5 = 3 May 1991
	\| term_end5 = 20 June 1999		\| term_end5 = 20 June 1999
	\| predecessor5 = [[Premalakaki Chavan]]		\| predecessor5 = [[Premalakaki Chavan]]
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	\| residence = [[Kumbhargaon]], [[Maharashtra]]		\| residence = [[Kumbhargaon]], [[Maharashtra]]
	\| party = [[Indian National Congress]]		\| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
	\| spouse = Satvasheela ~~chavan~~		\| spouse ={{marriage\|Satvasheela Chavan\|1976}}
	\| alma_mater = [[BITS, Pilani]] ([[Bachelor of Engineering\|B.E.]])<br />[[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[M.S.]])		\| alma_mater = [[BITS, Pilani]] ([[Bachelor of Engineering\|B.E.]])<br />[[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[M.S.]])
	}}		}}

	'''Prithviraj Chavan''' (born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra\|17th]] [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], a state in [[Western India]]. Chavan is a graduate of the [[BITS, Pilani\|Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani]] and [[University of California, Berkeley]] in [[mechanical engineering]]. He spent time working in the field of aircraft instrumentation and designing audio recorders for anti-submarine warfare in the US before returning to India and becoming an entrepreneur in 1974. Referred to in the [[Media of India\|media]] as a technocrat with a clean, non-controversial image, a low-profile leader. Chavan served as the [[Minister of State]] in the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)\|Prime Minister's Office]] in the [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Personnel]], Public Grievances, and [[Pensions]]. Chavan was also [[General Secretary]] of the [[All-India Congress Committee]] (AICC), in-charge of many states, including [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Karnataka]], [[Haryana]], [[Gujarat]], [[Tripura]], and [[Arunachal Pradesh]].		'''Prithviraj Chavan''' ({{IPA-mr\|prut̪ʱʋiːɾaːd͡ʑ t͡səʋʱaːɳ}}) (born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra\|17th]] [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], a state in [[Western India]]. Chavan is a graduate of the [[BITS, Pilani\|Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani]] and [[University of California, Berkeley]] in [[mechanical engineering]]. He spent time working in the field of aircraft instrumentation and designing audio recorders for anti-submarine warfare in the US before returning to India and becoming an entrepreneur in 1974. Referred to in the [[Media of India\|media]] as a technocrat with a clean, non-controversial image, a low-profile leader. Chavan served as the [[Minister of State]] in the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)\|Prime Minister's Office]] in the [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Personnel]], Public Grievances, and [[Pensions]]. Chavan was also [[General Secretary]] of the [[All-India Congress Committee]] (AICC), in-charge of many states, including [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Karnataka]], [[Haryana]], [[Gujarat]], [[Tripura]], and [[Arunachal Pradesh]].

	Chavan was drawn into politics after meeting with [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. He has been involved in the [[Indian National Congress]] bureaucracy for most of his adult life, notably as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the upper house of the [[India's Parliament]]) and later architect of the [[The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010\|civil nuclear liability bill]]. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 and followed it up in subsequent elections. Chavan held five portfolios in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that includes the ministry of science and technology. He became chief minister of Maharashtra in 2010 at the ~~instance~~ of Congress President [[Sonia Gandhi]] succeeding unrelated [[Ashok Chavan]]. He resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra after the ruling NCP-Congress alliance split in the state.		Chavan was drawn into politics after meeting with [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. He has been involved in the [[Indian National Congress]] bureaucracy for most of his adult life, notably as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the upper house of the [[India's Parliament]]) and later architect of the [[The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010\|civil nuclear liability bill]]. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 and followed it up in subsequent elections. Chavan held five portfolios in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that includes the ministry of science and technology. He became chief minister of Maharashtra in 2010 at the insistence of Congress President [[Sonia Gandhi]] succeeding unrelated [[Ashok Chavan]]. He resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra after the ruling NCP-Congress alliance split in the state.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Chavan was born in [[Indore]], [[Central Provinces]] on 17 March 1946.<ref>{{cite web\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015221533/http://satara.nic.in/images/cm_maha_profile.pdf\|title=Shri Prithviraj Chavan\|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]]\|archive-date=15 October 2014\|url=http://satara.nic.in/images/cm_maha_profile.pdf}}</ref> His parents were [[Dajisaheb Chavan]] and [[Premalakaki Chavan\|Premala]]. He is the eldest of three siblings. His younger sisters are Nirupama Ajitrao Yadav-Deshmukh and Vidyulata Venkatrao Ghorpade. Dajisaheb was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from the [[Karad (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Karad]] constituency from 1957 to 1973 & served as a Minister in the cabinets of Prime Ministers [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Indira Gandhi]]. Upon Dajisaheb's death in 1973, Chavan's mother, Premala (affectionately known as Premalakaki (aunt Premala) contested from her late husband's constituency and was elected in the by election in 1973 and in the general elections of 1977, 1984, and 1989 serving till her death in 1991.		Chavan was born in [[Indore]], [[Central Provinces]] on 17 March 1946.<ref>{{cite web\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015221533/http://satara.nic.in/images/cm_maha_profile.pdf\|title=Shri Prithviraj Chavan\|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]]\|archive-date=15 October 2014\|url=http://satara.nic.in/images/cm_maha_profile.pdf}}</ref> His parents were [[Dajisaheb Chavan]] and [[Premalakaki Chavan\|Premala]]. He is the eldest of three siblings. His younger sisters are Nirupama Ajitrao Yadav-Deshmukh and Vidyulata Venkatrao Ghorpade. Dajisaheb was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from the [[Karad (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Karad]] constituency from 1957 to 1973 & served as a Minister in the cabinets of Prime Ministers [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Indira Gandhi]]. Upon Dajisaheb's death in 1973, Chavan's mother, Premala (affectionately known as Premalakaki (aunt Premala) contested from her late husband's constituency and was elected in the by election in 1973 and in the general elections of 1977, 1984, and 1989 serving till her death in 1991.

	Chavan began his schooling at a local Municipal Marathi-medium school in Karad. After his father moved to [[Delhi]], Chavan joined Nutan Marathi School ) in Delhi. Chavan graduated in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from the [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science]], Pilani. After graduation in 1967, he won a [[UNESCO]] scholarship in Germany and later moved to pursue a [[Master of Science]] degree from the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He wrote articles on computer science; engineering design; and also contributed to research in computerization. He also worked briefly in the US as a [[design engineer]], working on defence electronics, [[anti-submarine warfare]], computer storage systems, and computerisation of Indian languages.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/prithviraj-chavan-homecoming-of-a-space-engineer-85370-2010-11-11\|title=Shri Prithviraj Chavan\|website=India Today\|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>		Chavan began his schooling at a local Municipal Marathi-medium school in Karad. After his father moved to [[Delhi]], Chavan joined Nutan Marathi School in Delhi. Chavan graduated in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from the [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science]], Pilani. After graduation in 1967, he won a [[UNESCO]] scholarship in Germany and later moved to pursue a [[Master of Science]] degree from the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He wrote articles on computer science; engineering design; and also contributed to research in computerization. He also worked briefly in the US as a [[design engineer]], working on defence electronics, [[anti-submarine warfare]], computer storage systems, and computerisation of Indian languages.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/prithviraj-chavan-homecoming-of-a-space-engineer-85370-2010-11-11\|title=Shri Prithviraj Chavan\|website=India Today\|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>

	==Political career==		==Political career==

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	\| office = 17th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]		\| office = 17th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]
	~~\| deputy = [[Ajit Pawar]]~~
	~~\| governor = *[[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]]~~
	*[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
	\| term_start = 11 November 2010		\| term_start = 11 November 2010
	\| term_end = 26 September 2014		\| term_end = 26 September 2014
	\| predecessor = [[Ashok Chavan]]		\| predecessor = [[Ashok Chavan]]
	\| successor = [[President's rule]]		\| successor = [[President's rule]]
			\| deputy = [[Ajit Pawar]]
	~~{{Collapsed infobox section begin~~\|~~Additional ministries}}~~		\| governor = *[[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]]
	~~\| 1blankname1~~ = ~~Ministry and Departments~~		*[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
	\| ~~1namedata1~~ =
	* General Administration.
	* Law and Judiciary.
	* Information and Public Relations.
	* Information Technology.
	~~'''Other departments not allocated to any Minister :'''~~
	* ~~Urban Development.~~
	~~\| term_start1 = 11 November 2010~~
	~~\| term_end1 = 26 September 2014~~
	~~\| predecessor1 =~~ [[~~Ashok Chavan~~]]
	~~\| successor1 =~~ [[~~Devendra Fadnavis~~]]
	~~{{Collapsed infobox section end}}~~


	\| office2 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly \|Leader of the House Legislative Assembly <br/>Maharashtra]]		\| office2 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly \|Leader of the House Legislative Assembly <br/>Maharashtra]]
			\| 1blankname2 = Speaker
			\| 1namedata2 = [[Dilip Walse-Patil]]
			\| deputy2 = [[Ajit Pawar]]
	\| termstart2 = 11 November 2010		\| termstart2 = 11 November 2010
	\| termend2 = 26 September 2014		\| termend2 = 26 September 2014
	~~\| deputy2 = [[Ajit Pawar]]~~
	\| predecessor2 = [[Ashok Chavan]]		\| predecessor2 = [[Ashok Chavan]]
	\| successor2 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]		\| successor2 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]


	\| office3 = [[Minister of State]] for [[Prime Minister's Office (India)\|Prime Minister's Office]]		\| office3 = [[Minister of State]] for [[Prime Minister's Office (India)\|Prime Minister's Office]]
	\| primeminister3 = [[Manmohan Singh]]		\| primeminister3 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
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	\| residence = [[Kumbhargaon]], [[Maharashtra]]		\| residence = [[Kumbhargaon]], [[Maharashtra]]
	\| party = [[Indian National Congress]]		\| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
	\| spouse = [[Satvasheela chavan]]		\| spouse = Satvasheela chavan
	\| alma_mater = [[BITS, Pilani]] ([[Bachelor of Engineering\|B.E.]])<br />[[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[M.S.]])		\| alma_mater = [[BITS, Pilani]] ([[Bachelor of Engineering\|B.E.]])<br />[[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[M.S.]])
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	'''Prithviraj Chavan''' (born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra\|17th]] [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], a state in [[Western India]]. Chavan is a graduate of the [[BITS, Pilani\|Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani]] and [[University of California, Berkeley]] in [[mechanical engineering]]. He spent time working in the field of aircraft instrumentation and designing audio recorders for anti-submarine warfare in the US before returning to India and becoming an entrepreneur in 1974. Referred to in the [[Media of India\|media]] as a technocrat with a clean, non-controversial image, a low-profile leader. Chavan served as the [[Minister of State]] in the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)\|Prime Minister's Office]] in the [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Personnel]], Public Grievances, and [[Pensions]]. Chavan was also [[General Secretary]] of the [[All-India Congress Committee]] (AICC), in-charge of many states, including [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Karnataka]], [[Haryana]], [[Gujarat]], [[Tripura]], and [[Arunachal Pradesh]].		'''Prithviraj Chavan''' (born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra\|17th]] [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], a state in [[Western India]]. Chavan is a graduate of the [[BITS, Pilani\|Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani]] and [[University of California, Berkeley]] in [[mechanical engineering]]. He spent time working in the field of aircraft instrumentation and designing audio recorders for anti-submarine warfare in the US before returning to India and becoming an entrepreneur in 1974. Referred to in the [[Media of India\|media]] as a technocrat with a clean, non-controversial image, a low-profile leader. Chavan served as the [[Minister of State]] in the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)\|Prime Minister's Office]] in the [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Personnel]], Public Grievances, and [[Pensions]]. Chavan was also [[General Secretary]] of the [[All-India Congress Committee]] (AICC), in-charge of many states, including [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Karnataka]], [[Haryana]], [[Gujarat]], [[Tripura]], and [[Arunachal Pradesh]].

	Chavan was drawn into politics after meeting with [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. He has been involved in the [[Indian National Congress]] bureaucracy for most of his adult life, notably as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the upper house of the [[India's Parliament]]) and later architect of the civil nuclear liability bill. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 and followed it up in subsequent elections. Chavan held five portfolios in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that includes the ministry of science and technology. He became chief minister of Maharashtra in 2010 at the instance of Congress President [[Sonia Gandhi]] succeeding unrelated [[Ashok Chavan]]. He resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra after the ruling NCP-Congress alliance split in the state.		Chavan was drawn into politics after meeting with [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. He has been involved in the [[Indian National Congress]] bureaucracy for most of his adult life, notably as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the upper house of the [[India's Parliament]]) and later architect of the [[The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010\|civil nuclear liability bill]]. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 and followed it up in subsequent elections. Chavan held five portfolios in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that includes the ministry of science and technology. He became chief minister of Maharashtra in 2010 at the instance of Congress President [[Sonia Gandhi]] succeeding unrelated [[Ashok Chavan]]. He resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra after the ruling NCP-Congress alliance split in the state.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	* 11 Nov 2010 - 25 Sept 2014 - Chief Minister of Maharashtra		* 11 Nov 2010 - 25 Sept 2014 - Chief Minister of Maharashtra
	* 19 Oct 2014 - Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Maharashtra		* 19 Oct 2014 - Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Maharashtra
	* 2019 - Leader of the Opposition [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

	==References==		==References==

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| name = Prithviraj Chavan
| image = Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg
| caption = Chavan in 2011
| office = 17th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]
| deputy = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| governor = *[[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]]
*[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
| term_start = 11 November 2010
| term_end = 26 September 2014
| predecessor = [[Ashok Chavan]]
| successor = [[President's rule]]

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| 1namedata1 =
* General Administration.
* Law and Judiciary.
* Information and Public Relations.
* Information Technology.
'''Other departments not allocated to any Minister :'''
* Urban Development.
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| term_end1 = 26 September 2014
| predecessor1 = [[Ashok Chavan]]
| successor1 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
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| termstart2 = 11 November 2010
| termend2 = 26 September 2014
| deputy2 = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| predecessor2 = [[Ashok Chavan]]
| successor2 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]

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| primeminister3 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| president3 = *[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
*[[Pratibha Patil]]
| term_start3 = 22 May 2004
| term_end3 = 25 September 2010
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* Department of Personnel and Training
* Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare
* Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances

| office4 = [[Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha]]
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| term_end4 = 20 September 2010

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| successor5 = [[Shriniwas Patil]]

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| residence = [[Kumbhargaon]], [[Maharashtra]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = [[Satvasheela chavan]]
| alma_mater = [[BITS, Pilani]] ([[Bachelor of Engineering|B.E.]])<br />[[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[M.S.]])
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'''Prithviraj Chavan''' (born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra|17th]] [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], a state in [[Western India]]. Chavan is a graduate of the [[BITS, Pilani|Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani]] and [[University of California, Berkeley]] in [[mechanical engineering]]. He spent time working in the field of aircraft instrumentation and designing audio recorders for anti-submarine warfare in the US before returning to India and becoming an entrepreneur in 1974. Referred to in the [[Media of India|media]] as a technocrat with a clean, non-controversial image, a low-profile leader. Chavan served as the [[Minister of State]] in the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]] in the [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Personnel]], Public Grievances, and [[Pensions]]. Chavan was also [[General Secretary]] of the [[All-India Congress Committee]] (AICC), in-charge of many states, including [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Karnataka]], [[Haryana]], [[Gujarat]], [[Tripura]], and [[Arunachal Pradesh]].

Chavan was drawn into politics after meeting with [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. He has been involved in the [[Indian National Congress]] bureaucracy for most of his adult life, notably as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the upper house of the [[India's Parliament]]) and later architect of the civil nuclear liability bill. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 and followed it up in subsequent elections. Chavan held five portfolios in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that includes the ministry of science and technology. He became chief minister of Maharashtra in 2010 at the instance of Congress President [[Sonia Gandhi]] succeeding unrelated [[Ashok Chavan]]. He resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra after the ruling NCP-Congress alliance split in the state.

==Early life==
Chavan was born in [[Indore]], [[Central Provinces]] on 17 March 1946.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015221533/http://satara.nic.in/images/cm_maha_profile.pdf|title=Shri Prithviraj Chavan|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]]|archive-date=15 October 2014|url=http://satara.nic.in/images/cm_maha_profile.pdf}}</ref> His parents were [[Dajisaheb Chavan]] and [[Premalakaki Chavan|Premala]]. He is the eldest of three siblings. His younger sisters are Nirupama Ajitrao Yadav-Deshmukh and Vidyulata Venkatrao Ghorpade. Dajisaheb was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from the [[Karad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karad]] constituency from 1957 to 1973 & served as a Minister in the cabinets of Prime Ministers [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Indira Gandhi]]. Upon Dajisaheb's death in 1973, Chavan's mother, Premala (affectionately known as Premalakaki (aunt Premala) contested from her late husband's constituency and was elected in the by election in 1973 and in the general elections of 1977, 1984, and 1989 serving till her death in 1991.

Chavan began his schooling at a local Municipal Marathi-medium school in Karad. After his father moved to [[Delhi]], Chavan joined Nutan Marathi School ) in Delhi. Chavan graduated in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from the [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science]], Pilani. After graduation in 1967, he won a [[UNESCO]] scholarship in Germany and later moved to pursue a [[Master of Science]] degree from the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He wrote articles on computer science; engineering design; and also contributed to research in computerization. He also worked briefly in the US as a [[design engineer]], working on defence electronics, [[anti-submarine warfare]], computer storage systems, and computerisation of Indian languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/prithviraj-chavan-homecoming-of-a-space-engineer-85370-2010-11-11|title=Shri Prithviraj Chavan|website=India Today|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>

==Political career==

[[File:Shri Prithviraj Chavan assumes the charge of Minister of State for PMO in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg|thumb|Prithviraj Chavan assumes the charge of Minister of State for PMO in New Delhi on May 24, 2004|left]]

Chavan started his political career in 1991 by winning his parents old seat of Karad to the Lok sabha. He went on to win the seat thrice, in 1991, 1996 and 1998 but lost in 1999.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article877897.ece | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] | first=Smita | last=Gupta | title=Prithviraj, with a clean image, takes up key political assignment | date=10 November 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Prithviraj Chavan.jpg|175px|left|thumb|Chavan as 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]

He served as a Minister of State for the ministries of [[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Ministry of Science and Technology]], [[Ministry of Earth Sciences (India)|Ministry of Earth Sciences]], [[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (India)|Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]], [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]] and in charge of Prime Minister's Office. Earlier he also served as the Minister of State in charge of the Department of Atomic Energy. Chavan replaced [[Ashok Chavan]] as chief minister after the latter's involvement in the [[Adarsh Housing Society scam]] forced him to resign. Reasons for his choice reported by the media included the perception that he had a "clean image" and that he did not have his own faction of political supporters within the state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/clean-yet-invisible-prithviraj-chavan-quits-as-maharashtra-cm-did-anyone-notice-1732223.html|title=Clean yet invisible: Prithviraj Chavan quits as CM, did anyone notice?|work=[[Firstpost]]|date=27 September 2014|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/prithviraj-chavan-rivals-narayan-rane-maharashtra-assembly-polls/1/377333.html|title=Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan's rivals get key posts for Assembly polls|work=[[India Today]]|date=16 August 2014|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main52.asp?filename=Ne280412Coverstory.asp|title=Right man in the wrong polity|work=[[Tehelka]]|date=28 April 2012|access-date=29 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113537/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main52.asp?filename=Ne280412Coverstory.asp|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

One of his first actions as Chief Minister was to play a role along with Civil Aviation minister [[Praful Patel]], in convincing [[Jairam Ramesh]], the Minister for Environment And Forests in obtaining environmental clearance for the planned second airport in Mumbai, [[Navi Mumbai International Airport]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/green-signal-for-navi-mumbai-airport/article906344.ece|title=Green signal for Navi Mumbai airport|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 November 2010|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Chavan married Satvasheela on 16 December 1976. They have a daughter, Ankita and a son named Jai. Ankita married on 29 November 2013 in Delhi.

==Posts held==
* 1991-92 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Science and Technology.
* 1992-93 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Ministry of Environment and Forests.
* 1994-96 Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Planning.
* 1996-99 Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament.
* 2000-01 Spokesperson, All India Congress Committee.
* 2002-04 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence.
* 2004-22 May 2009 and 28 May 2009 onward Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office.
* 11 Nov 2010 - 25 Sept 2014 - Chief Minister of Maharashtra
* 19 Oct 2014 - Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Maharashtra
* 2019 - Leader of the Opposition [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140825192455/http://www.prithvirajchavan.co.in/ Official Website]
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/15spec2.htm Article on Rediff]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101113092154/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/prithviraj-chavan-named-as-new-maharashtra-cm/134729-37-64.html?from=tn Prithviraj Chavan named new Maharashtra CM]
* [http://indiatoday.intoday.in/people/prithviraj-chavan/17959.html Prithviraj Chavan - India Today Profile]

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