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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Uddhav Thackeray
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1960|07|27}}<ref name=close/>
| birth_name = Uddhav Bal Thackeray<ref>{{cite news |title=Uddhav Thackeray, first of his clan, takes oath as chief minister of Maharashtra |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uddhav-thackeray-maharashtra-chief-minister-1623468-2019-11-28 |access-date=17 December 2019 |work=India Today |date=28 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] (now [[Mumbai]])
| image = The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 21, 2020 (Uddhav Thackeray) (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Official Portrait, 2019
| residence = Varsha Bungalow, [[South Mumbai]], Mumbai, Maharashtra, India<ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra CM's 'Varsha' Bungalow Being Renovated at Rs 92 Lakh: PWD |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/maharashtra-cms-varsha-bungalow-being-renovated-at-rs-92-lakh-pwd-3184358.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=News18 |date=16 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| office = 19th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]{{efn|As Chief Minister, Thackeray directly handles portfolios for General Administration, Law and the Judiciary, Information and Public Relations, Information Technologies, and any other departments not allocated to another minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra: NCP gets Home, Finance as Uddhav allocates portfolios |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/05/maharashtra-uddhav-thackeray-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers-six-days-after-cabinet-expansion-2085386.html |access-date=7 June 2020 |work=The New Indian Express |date=5 January 2020 }}</ref>}}
| term_start = 28 November 2019
| governor = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| deputy = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| predecessor = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Additional ministries}}
| governor1 = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| 1blankname1 = [[Thackeray ministry|Ministry and Departments]]
| 1namedata1 = *[[Ministry of General Administration (Maharashtra)|General Administration.]]
* [[Ministry of Law and Judiciary Government of Maharashtra|Law and Judiciary.]]
* [[Ministry of Information and Public Relations (Maharashtra)|Information and Public Relations.]]
* [[Ministry of Information Technology (Maharashtra)|Information Technology ]]
'''Other departments not allocated to any Minister :'''
* [[Ministry of Forests Department of Maharashtra|Forests Department.]]
| term_start1 = 28 November 2019
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]

{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| office2 = [[List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| governor2 = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| 1blankname2 = Speaker
| 1namedata2 = [[Nana Patole]]
| 2blankname2 = Deputy Leader
| 2namedata2 = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| termstart2 = 28 November 2019
| termend2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| successor2 =
| office3 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Member of Legislative Council Maharashtra]]
| governor3 = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| 1blankname3 = Chairman
| 1namedata3 = [[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]]
| term_start3 = 14 May 2020
| predecessor3 =
| constituency3 = Elected by MLAs
| office4 = 2nd [[Shiv Sena|President of Shiv Sena]]
| term_start4 = 23 January 2013 Working President (2003–13)
| predecessor4 = [[Bal Thackeray]]
| successor4 =
| office5 = [[Maha Vikas Aghadi|President of Maha Vikas Aghadi]]
| 1blankname5 = Chairperson
| 1namedata5 = [[Sharad Pawar]]
| 2blankname5 = Secretary
| 2namedata5 = [[Balasaheb Thorat]]
| predecessor5 = Position established
| term_start5 = 26 November 2019
| term_end5 =
| office6 = Editor-in-chief of [[Saamana]]
| term_start6 = 20 June 2006
| term_end6 = 28 November 2019
| predecessor6 = [[Bal Thackeray]]
| successor6 = [[Rashmi Thackeray]]
| party = [[Shiv Sena]]
| spouse = [[Rashmi Thackeray]]
| children = [[Aditya Thackeray]] [[Tejas Thackeray]]
| alma_mater = [[Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art]]
| father = [[Bal Thackeray]]
| signature =
| relatives = ''See [[Thackeray Family]]''
| website =
}}
'''Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ud̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː]]], born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who is the 19th and current [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]].<ref name="close">{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/22espec2.htm | title=Up close and personal with Uddhav Thackeray | work=[[Rediff.com]] | date=22 April 2004 | access-date=25 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="IE28Nov" /><ref name="FP29Nov" /> He is also the president of [[Shiv Sena]].

==Early life==
Uddhav Thackeray was born on 27 July 1960 as the youngest child of politician [[Bal Thackeray]] and his wife Meena Thackeray's three sons.<ref name=close/><ref>{{cite news |title=Uddhav Thackeray Oath Ceremony : उद्धव ठाकरे बने महाराष्ट्र के CM, छह कैबिनेट मंत्रियों ने भी ली शपथ |url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/india/maharashtra-government-oath-ceremony-live-updates-uddhav-thackeray-sharad-pawar-ajit-pawar-balasaheb-2139806 |access-date=8 December 2019 |work=NDTVIndia |date=28 November 2019}}</ref> He did his schooling from [[Balmohan Vidyamandir]] and graduated from [[Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art]] with photography as his main subject.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/uddhav-thackeray-sworn-in-19th-chief-minister-of-maharashtra/articleshow/72280087.cms?from=mdr | title=Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra | newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] | date=28 November 2019 | access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In 2002, Thackeray started his political career as campaign incharge of Shiv Sena in the [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai|Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] elections where the party performed well. In 2003, he was appointed as working president of Shiv Sena. Uddhav took over as chief editor of party mouthpiece ''[[Saamana]]'' (a daily [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language newspaper published by Shiv Sena) in 2006 and resigned in 2019 before becoming chief minister of Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news|title=Udhav Thackeray quite as Saamna editor|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uddhav-thackeray-quits-as-saamana-editor-ahead-of-taking-over-as-maharashtra-chief-minister-1623340-2019-11-28|access-date=29 November 2019|website=India}}</ref>

A split in Shiv Sena happened when his cousin [[Raj Thackeray]] left the party in 2006 to form his own party named [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]].<ref>{{cite news |title=How A Murder Case Led To Raj Thackeray's Exit From Shiv Sena|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/murder-case-raj-thackeray-exit-shiv-sena_in_5d88b9d3e4b070d468d03613 |access-date=8 November 2019 |work=HuffPost India |date=25 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> After the death of his father Bal Thackeray in 2012, he led the party and got elected as Shiv Sena president in 2013, and under his leadership Shiv Sena joined the [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] government in Maharashtra in 2014.<ref>{{cite web | work=Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-government-formation-news-live-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-as-cm/liveblog/72270170.cms| title=Maharashtra government formation news | date=22 April 2004 | access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref>

===Chief Minister of Maharashtra===
According to Prashnam Survey, [https://goodmorningmumbai.in/udhhav-thackeray-is-most-popular-cm-among-13-states-of-india/ Uddhav Thackeray] was ranked most popular CM in India out of 13 states. According to the survey he was the most promising CM of India.

Though Thackeray never took any constitutional post in his political career initially, however after a brief political crisis, on 28 November 2019 he took the oath as 19th [[Chief minister of Maharashtra]] after being elected as the president of the newly formed post-[[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|poll]] coalition [[Maha Vikas Aghadi]].<ref name="IE28Nov">{{cite news |title=Maharashtra swearing-in HIGHLIGHTS: Farmers first; Uddhav sets priority after first cabinet meet |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtra-live-updates-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-bjp-6140471/ |access-date=29 November 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=28 November 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="FP29Nov">{{cite news |title=Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as 19th CM of Maharashtra: First of family to hold this office, 59-yr-old gets kudos from Modi, Sonia Gandhi |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/uddhav-thackeray-sworn-in-as-19th-cm-of-maharashtra-first-of-family-to-hold-this-office-59-yr-old-gets-kudos-from-modi-sonia-gandhi-7714171.html |access-date=29 November 2019 |work=Firstpost |date=29 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra News Live: CM Uddhav Thackeray to take charge of his office today |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-government-formation-news-live-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-as-cm/liveblog/72270170.cms |access-date=11 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=29 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Deshpande|first=Tanvi|date=2019-11-26|title=Maharashtra politics: Uddhav Thackeray will be CM for full five years, says Sanjay Raut|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra-politics-uddhav-thackeray-will-be-cm-for-full-five-years-says-sanjay-raut/article30090294.ece|access-date=2021-08-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Thackeray has taken a keen interest in photography and has exhibited his collection of aerial shots of various [[List of forts in Maharashtra|forts of Maharashtra]] at the [[Jehangir Art Gallery]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/exhibition-of-uddhay-thackeray-photographs-at-jehangir-art-gallery/1/196753.html | title=Thackeray's new conquest | magazine=[[India Today]] | date=26 January 2004 |place=Mumbai | access-date=25 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011401302200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040918225718/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011401302200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 September 2004 | title=Uddhav Thackeray and those scenic forts | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=14 January 2004 | access-date=25 April 2014 | author=Vijapurkar, Mahesh}}</ref> He has also published [[photo-book]]s ''Maharashtra Desh'' (2010) and ''Pahava Vitthal'' (2011), capturing various aspects of Maharashtra and the [[varkari|warkari]]s during [[Shayani Ekadashi|Pandharpur Wari]] respectively in the two books.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/raj-uddhav-slug-it-out-over-city-s-plight/article1-582470.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426224822/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/raj-uddhav-slug-it-out-over-city-s-plight/article1-582470.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 April 2014 | title=Raj, Uddhav slug it out over city's plight | newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] | date=5 August 2010 | access-date=25 April 2014 | author=Kamath, Naresh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/an-aerial-journey/121411 | title=An aerial journey | newspaper=[[Mid-Day]] | date=10 May 2011 | access-date=25 April 2014 | author=Chowdhury, Sudeshna}}</ref> On 16 July 2012, Uddhav Thackeray was admitted to Lilavati Hospital after he reported chest pain. He underwent an [[angioplasty]] and all the three blockages in his arteries were successfully removed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-23/india/32803671_1_shiv-sena-leader-uddhav-thackeray-maharashtra-navnirman-sena |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-23/india/32803671_1_shiv-sena-leader-uddhav-thackeray-maharashtra-navnirman-sena |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 January 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] | title= Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray discharged from hospital | date= 23 July 2012}}</ref>

===Family===
Thackeray is married to [[Rashmi Thackeray]] and has two sons, [[Aditya Thackeray|Aditya]] and [[Tejas Thackeray|Tejas]].<ref name=IE_Uddhav>{{cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Uddhav-May-Shift-to-New-House-After-LS-Elections/2014/04/09/article2157222.ece | title=Uddhav May Shift to New House After LS Elections | newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |place=Mumbai | date=9 April 2014 | access-date=25 April 2014}}</ref>

Rashmi Thackeray (née ''Patankar'') is the editor of ''[[Saamana]]'' and ''[[Marmik]]''. She is the daughter of Madhav Patankar who run his family business and comes from a middle-class family and also a RSS member. She lived in suburban [[Dombivli]] and did her [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree from V G Vaze College in [[Mulund]]. She joined the [[Life Insurance Corporation of India]] as a contract employee in 1987. She became the friend of [[Raj Thackeray]] 's sister Jaywanti and through her came into contact with Uddhav Thackeray. Later they got married in 1989.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/rashmi-thackeray-behind-uddhav-thackerays-success-a-woman-with-dignity/articleshow/72268497.cms | title=Rashmi Thackeray: Behind Uddhav Thackeray's success a woman | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=28 November 2019 | access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/the-rise-and-rise-of-rashmi-thackeray-1652561-2020-03-05 | title=The rise and rise of Rashmi Thackeray | publisher=India Today | work=Kiran Tare | date=5 March 2020 | access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rashmi-thackeray-shiv-sena-aaditya-thackeray-maharashtra-elections-uddhav-thackeray-6304384/ | title=Rashmi Thackeray: Mrs Surefire | publisher=The Indian Express | work=Vishwas Waghmode | date=8 March 2020 | access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref>

The elder son [[Aditya Thackeray]] is the president of the Yuva Sena. He is serving as [[Cabinet Minister]] of [[Tourism]] and [[Natural environment|Environment]] [[Government of Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rawal |first1=Swapnil |title=Uddhav Thackeray says younger son Tejas not joining politics |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/uddhav-thackeray-says-younger-son-tejas-not-joining-politics/story-lRNBU58EdAUBhCOKbtWjHO.html |access-date=25 October 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

The younger son [[Tejas Thackeray]] is an Indian conservationist and wildlife researcher.<ref name=IE_Uddhav />

==See also==
* [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/1137/1189/ Maharashtra Chief Minister's profile]

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