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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1960)}}
{{short description|Indian politician (born 1960)}}
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| 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 |archive-date=28 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128180822/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uddhav-thackeray-maharashtra-chief-minister-1623468-2019-11-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 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 |archive-date=28 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128180822/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uddhav-thackeray-maharashtra-chief-minister-1623468-2019-11-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br/>(now [[Mumbai]])
| birth_place        = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br/>(now [[Mumbai]])
| image              = File: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              = 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          =  
| image_size          =  
| caption            = Thackeray in 2019
| caption            = Thackeray in 2020
| residence          = Matoshree Bungalow, [[Bandra|Bandra East]],  [[South Mumbai]], Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| residence          = Matoshree Bungalow, [[Bandra|Bandra East]],  [[South Mumbai]], Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| office             = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
| office             = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
| governor           =  
| governor           = *[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
*[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
*[[Ramesh Bais]]
*[[Ramesh Bais]]
| 1blankname         = [[List of Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Chairman of the House]]
| 1blankname         = [[List of Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Chairman of the House]]
| 1namedata         =  
| 1namedata           = *[[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]]
*[[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]]
*[[Neelam Gorhe]] Acting
*[[Neelam Gorhe]] Acting
| term_start         = 14 May 2020
| term_start         = 14 May 2020
| term_end           = 29 June 2022<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra-political-crisis-uddhav-thackeray-resigns-after-supreme-court-denies-stay-on-floor-test/article65583238.ece|title=Uddhav Thackeray resigns as Supreme Court refuses to stay floor test|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
| term_end           =  
| predecessor       =  
| predecessor         =  
| successor         =  
| successor           =  
| constituency       = Elected by MLAs
| constituency       = Elected by MLAs
| office1             = 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 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607030904/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/05/maharashtra-uddhav-thackeray-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers-six-days-after-cabinet-expansion-2085386.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| office1             = 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 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607030904/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/05/maharashtra-uddhav-thackeray-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers-six-days-after-cabinet-expansion-2085386.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| term_start1         = 28 November 2019
| term_start1         = 28 November 2019
| term_end1           = 29 June 2022
| term_end1           = 29 June 2022
| governor1           = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| governor1           = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| subterm1             = '''Cabinet'''
| subterm1           = '''Cabinet'''
| suboffice1           = [[Thackeray ministry|Thackeray ministry-I]]
| suboffice1         = [[Thackeray ministry]]
| deputy1             = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| deputy1             = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| predecessor1         = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| predecessor1       = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| successor1           = [[Eknath Shinde]]
| successor1         = [[Eknath Shinde]]
 
| 1blankname1         = [[Thackeray ministry|Ministry and Departments]]
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Additional Ministries}}
| 1namedata1         = * [[Ministry of General Administration (Maharashtra)|General Administration]]
| governor2          = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| 1blankname2         = [[Thackeray ministry|Ministry and Departments]]
| 1namedata2         =  
* [[Ministry of General Administration (Maharashtra)|General Administration]]
* [[Ministry of Law and Judiciary Government of Maharashtra|Law and Judiciary]]  
* [[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 and Public Relations (Maharashtra)|Information and Public Relations]]
* [[Ministry of Information Technology (Maharashtra)|Information Technology]]
* [[Ministry of Information Technology (Maharashtra)|Information Technology]]
* [[Ministry of Forests Department of Maharashtra|Forests Department]]
* [[Ministry of Forests Department of Maharashtra|Forests Department]]
'''''Other departments not allocated to any Minister.'''''
| term_start2        = 28 November 2019
| term_end2          = 29 June 2022
| predecessor2        =
*[[Devendra Fadnavis]]
{{small|(All Other Departments)}}
*[[Sanjay Rathod]]
{{small|([[Ministry of Forests Department of Maharashtra|Forests Department]])}}
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| office3            = [[List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Leader of the House of the <br />Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| office3            = [[List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Leader of the House of the <br />Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| governor3          = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| governor3          = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| 1blankname3        = [[List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the House]]
| 1blankname3        = [[List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the House]]
| 1namedata3          = *[[Nana Patole]]
| 1namedata3          = {{ubl|[[Nana Patole]]|[[Zirwal Narhari Sitaram]] ''(Acting)''}}
*[[Zirwal Narhari Sitaram]] ''(Acting)''  
| 2blankname3        = [[List of deputy leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader]]
| 2blankname3        = [[List of deputy leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader]]
| 2namedata3          = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| 2namedata3          = [[Ajit Pawar]]
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| termend3            = 29 June 2022
| termend3            = 29 June 2022
| predecessor3        = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| predecessor3        = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| successor3          = [[Eknath Shinde]]  
| successor3          = [[Eknath Shinde]]
| office4            = [[Shiv Sena|Pramukh of Shiv Sena]]
| office4            = [[Shiv Sena|ShivSena Pramukh]]
| term_start4        = 23 January 2013
| term_start4        = 23 January 2013
| term_end4          = 10 October 2022<br/><small>Working President (2003–13)</small>
| term_end4          = 10 October 2022
| predecessor4        = [[Bal Thackeray]]
| predecessor4        = [[Bal Thackeray]]
| successor4          = [[Eknath Shinde]]
| successor4          = [[Eknath Shinde]]
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| office5            = [[Maha Vikas Aghadi|President of Maha Vikas Aghadi]]
| office5            = [[Maha Vikas Aghadi|President of Maha Vikas Aghadi]]
| 1blankname5        = Chairperson
| 1blankname5        = Chairperson
| 1namedata5          =  
| 1namedata5          = [[Sharad Pawar]]
*[[Sharad Pawar]]
| 2blankname5        = Secretary
| 2blankname5        = Secretary
| 2namedata5          =  
| 2namedata5          = [[Balasaheb Thorat]]
*[[Balasaheb Thorat]]
| predecessor5        = Position established
| predecessor5        = Position established
| term_start5        = 26 November 2019
| term_start5        = 26 November 2019
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| predecessor6        = [[Bal Thackeray]]
| predecessor6        = [[Bal Thackeray]]
| successor6          = [[Rashmi Thackeray]]
| successor6          = [[Rashmi Thackeray]]
| office8            = Working President of [[Shiv Sena]]
| term8              = 2003 - 2013
| president8          = [[Bal Thackeray]]
| predecessor8        = ''position established''
| party              = [[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]] {{small|(2022-present)}}
| party              = [[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]] {{small|(2022-present)}}
| otherparty          = [[Shiv Sena]] {{small|(2006-2022)}}
| otherparty          = [[Shiv Sena]] {{small|(2006-2022)}}
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{{Uddhav Thackeray series}}
'''Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ud̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː]]], born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th [[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 | archive-date=16 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916032608/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/22espec2.htm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="IE28Nov" /><ref name="FP29Nov" /><ref name="Resign"/> from 2019 to 2022. He was the president of [[Shiv Sena]] prior to its split in 2022,<ref>{{cite news |title=Shiv Sena backs Sharad Pawar as UPA chief, calls him 'Bhishmapitamaha' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/shiv-sena-backs-sharad-pawar-as-upa-chief-calls-him-bhishmapitamaha-101648752064703.html |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331184241/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/shiv-sena-backs-sharad-pawar-as-upa-chief-calls-him-bhishmapitamaha-101648752064703.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and leader of [[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]].
'''Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ud̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː]]], born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th [[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 | archive-date=16 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916032608/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/22espec2.htm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="IE28Nov" /><ref name="FP29Nov" /><ref name="Resign"/> 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 (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]] 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shiv Sena backs Sharad Pawar as UPA chief, calls him 'Bhishmapitamaha' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/shiv-sena-backs-sharad-pawar-as-upa-chief-calls-him-bhishmapitamaha-101648752064703.html |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331184241/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/shiv-sena-backs-sharad-pawar-as-upa-chief-calls-him-bhishmapitamaha-101648752064703.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Uddhav Thackeray was born on 27 July 1960 as the youngest 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://ndtv.in/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 |lang=hi |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628165343/https://ndtv.in/india/maharashtra-government-oath-ceremony-live-updates-uddhav-thackeray-sharad-pawar-ajit-pawar-balasaheb-2139806 |url-status=live }}</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 | archive-date=18 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718141445/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/uddhav-thackeray-sworn-in-19th-chief-minister-of-maharashtra/articleshow/72280087.cms?from=mdr | url-status=live }}</ref>
Uddhav Thackeray was born in a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] family on 27 July 1960 as the youngest 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://ndtv.in/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 |language=hi |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628165343/https://ndtv.in/india/maharashtra-government-oath-ceremony-live-updates-uddhav-thackeray-sharad-pawar-ajit-pawar-balasaheb-2139806 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Prakash |first1=Gyan |title=Bal Thackeray: The original angry young man |url=https://www.livemint.com/Specials/5lVU9V2vB1Xcexv92mVmAK/The-original-angry-young-man.html |access-date=17 June 2023 |work=Mint |date=17 Nov 2012 |language=en}}</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 | archive-date=18 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718141445/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/uddhav-thackeray-sworn-in-19th-chief-minister-of-maharashtra/articleshow/72280087.cms?from=mdr | url-status=live }}</ref>


== Political career ==
== 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 magazine |last1=Joshi |first1=Sahil |title=Uddhav Thackeray quits as Saamana editor ahead of taking over as Maharashtra chief minister |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=30 April 2022 |magazine=India Today |date=28 November 2019 |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405062113/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uddhav-thackeray-quits-as-saamana-editor-ahead-of-taking-over-as-maharashtra-chief-minister-1623340-2019-11-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>  
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 magazine |last1=Joshi |first1=Sahil |title=Uddhav Thackeray quits as Saamana editor ahead of taking over as Maharashtra chief minister |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=30 April 2022 |magazine=India Today |date=28 November 2019 |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405062113/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uddhav-thackeray-quits-as-saamana-editor-ahead-of-taking-over-as-maharashtra-chief-minister-1623340-2019-11-28 |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001112432/https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/murder-case-raj-thackeray-exit-shiv-sena_in_5d88b9d3e4b070d468d03613 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the death of his father [[Bal Thackeray]] in 2012, he led the party and was 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| archive-date=28 November 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128164043/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-government-formation-news-live-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-as-cm/liveblog/72270170.cms| url-status=live}}</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 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001112432/https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/murder-case-raj-thackeray-exit-shiv-sena_in_5d88b9d3e4b070d468d03613 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the death of his father [[Bal Thackeray]] in 2012, he led the party and was 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| archive-date=28 November 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128164043/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-government-formation-news-live-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-as-cm/liveblog/72270170.cms| url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Chief Minister of Maharashtra===
===Chief Minister of Maharashtra===
Though Thackeray never took any constitutional post in his political career initially, however after [[2019 Maharashtra political crisis|
Though Thackeray never took any constitutional post in his political career initially, however after [[2019 Maharashtra political crisis|
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 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028194924/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtra-live-updates-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-bjp-6140471/ |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=29 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129082822/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 |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420194521/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-government-formation-news-live-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-as-cm/liveblog/72270170.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Deshpande|first=Tanvi|date=26 November 2019|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=17 August 2021|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817133555/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra-politics-uddhav-thackeray-will-be-cm-for-full-five-years-says-sanjay-raut/article30090294.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
a brief political crisis]], on 28 November 2019 he took the oath as 18th [[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 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028194924/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtra-live-updates-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-bjp-6140471/ |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=29 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129082822/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 |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420194521/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-government-formation-news-live-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-as-cm/liveblog/72270170.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Deshpande|first=Tanvi|date=26 November 2019|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=17 August 2021|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817133555/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra-politics-uddhav-thackeray-will-be-cm-for-full-five-years-says-sanjay-raut/article30090294.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>


In a 2021 ''Prashnam'' Survey, Thackeray was ranked the most popular Chief Minister in India out of 13 states, with nearly half of all voters surveyed said that they will vote for him again.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jain |first1=Rajesh |title=Uddhav Thackeray, Shivraj Singh Chouhan most popular CMs in 13-state approval ratings |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/uddhav-thackeray-shivraj-singh-chouhan-most-popular-cms-in-13-state-approval-ratings/695544/ |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=[[ThePrint]] |date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202153120/https://theprint.in/opinion/uddhav-thackeray-shivraj-singh-chouhan-most-popular-cms-in-13-state-approval-ratings/695544/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In a 2021 ''Prashnam'' Survey, Thackeray was ranked the most popular Chief Minister in India out of 13 states, with nearly half of all voters surveyed said that they will vote for him again.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jain |first1=Rajesh |title=Uddhav Thackeray, Shivraj Singh Chouhan most popular CMs in 13-state approval ratings |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/uddhav-thackeray-shivraj-singh-chouhan-most-popular-cms-in-13-state-approval-ratings/695544/ |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=[[ThePrint]] |date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202153120/https://theprint.in/opinion/uddhav-thackeray-shivraj-singh-chouhan-most-popular-cms-in-13-state-approval-ratings/695544/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== Loss of Control over Shiv Sena Party ==
== Loss of Control over Shiv Sena Party ==
Uddhav Thackeray took over as the leader of [[Shiv Sena]] in 2012 after his father, [[Bal Thackeray]], passed away. However, in recent years, his leadership of the party has been challenged. After [[Eknath Shinde ministry|Eknath Shinde established the government]] in Maharashtra, he began using the Shiv Sena name and symbols without Uddhav Thackeray, leading to a leadership dispute within the party. Despite challenging this in court and before the [[Election Commission of India]], Uddhav Thackeray's faction was ultimately unsuccessful in its bid to maintain control over the party, as the commission recognized Eknath Shinde's faction as the legitimate Shiv Sena party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-17 |title=Big blow to Uddhav Thackeray, Election Commission allots 'Shiv Sena' name, 'bow and arrow' symbol to Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde's faction |url=https://www.zeebiz.com/trending/politics/news-big-blow-to-uddhav-thackeray-election-commission-allots-shiv-sena-name-bow-and-arrow-symbol-to-maharashtra-cm-eknath-shinde-faction-222545 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Zee Business}}</ref>
Uddhav Thackeray took over as the leader of [[Shiv Sena]] in 2012 after his father, [[Bal Thackeray]], died. However, in recent years, his leadership of the party has been challenged. After [[Eknath Shinde ministry|Eknath Shinde established the government]] in Maharashtra, he began using the Shiv Sena name and symbols without Uddhav Thackeray, leading to a leadership dispute within the party. Despite challenging this in court and before the [[Election Commission of India]], Uddhav Thackeray's faction was ultimately unsuccessful in its bid to maintain control over the party, as the commission recognized Eknath Shinde's faction as the legitimate Shiv Sena party.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 February 2023 |title=Big blow to Uddhav Thackeray, Election Commission allots 'Shiv Sena' name, 'bow and arrow' symbol to Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde's faction |url=https://www.zeebiz.com/trending/politics/news-big-blow-to-uddhav-thackeray-election-commission-allots-shiv-sena-name-bow-and-arrow-symbol-to-maharashtra-cm-eknath-shinde-faction-222545 |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=Zee Business}}</ref>


=== Change in Bylaws ===
=== Change in bylaws ===
The Election Commission of India mandates that every political party follows a democratic process. In 2018, Uddhav Thackeray oversaw changes to the Shiv Sena party constitution that were criticized for centralizing control of the party and not allowing for free, fair, and transparent elections for party positions. The Election Commission of India deemed these amendments undemocratic, further eroding Uddhav Thackeray's control over the party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-17 |title=Why Uddhav lost to Shinde in fight over 'bow and arrow': 5 points from EC order |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/why-uddhav-lost-to-shinde-in-fight-over-bow-and-arrow-5-points-from-ec-order-101676643469175.html |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
The Election Commission of India mandates that every political party follows a democratic process. In 2018, Uddhav Thackeray oversaw changes to the Shiv Sena party constitution that were criticized for centralizing control of the party and not allowing for free, fair, and transparent elections for party positions. The Election Commission of India deemed these amendments undemocratic, further eroding Uddhav Thackeray's control over the party.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 February 2023 |title=Why Uddhav lost to Shinde in fight over 'bow and arrow': 5 points from EC order |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/why-uddhav-lost-to-shinde-in-fight-over-bow-and-arrow-5-points-from-ec-order-101676643469175.html |access-date=19 February 2023 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>


=== Eknath Shinde's Challenge and Takeover ===
=== Eknath Shinde's challenge and takeover ===
More recently, Uddhav Thackeray faced a significant challenge to his leadership when [[Eknath Shinde]], a key member of the party, called for breaking the [[Maha Vikas Aghadi]] alliance and re-establishing an alliance with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Despite gathering support from two-thirds of his party members, Uddhav Thackeray ignored their requests, leading to a political crisis that resulted in his resignation as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Through a legal battle, Eknath Shinde claimed that he had the support of the majority of Shiv Sena members, and the Election Commission of India recognized his faction as the legitimate Shiv Sena party, effectively granting him control over the party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uddhav Thackeray Loses Name, Symbol Of Shiv Sena Founded By Father |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/eknath-shinde-faction-gets-shiv-senas-bow-and-arrow-poll-symbol-3791900 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
More recently, Uddhav Thackeray faced a significant challenge to his leadership when [[Eknath Shinde]], a key member of the party, called for breaking the [[Maha Vikas Aghadi]] alliance and re-establishing an alliance with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Despite gathering support from two-thirds of his party members, Uddhav Thackeray ignored their requests, leading to a political crisis that resulted in his resignation as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Through a legal battle, Eknath Shinde claimed that he had the support of the majority of Shiv Sena members, and the Election Commission of India recognized his faction as the legitimate Shiv Sena party, effectively granting him control over the party.<ref>{{cite web |title=Uddhav Thackeray Loses Name, Symbol Of Shiv Sena Founded By Father |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/eknath-shinde-faction-gets-shiv-senas-bow-and-arrow-poll-symbol-3791900 |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Thackeray has always had 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 | archive-date=26 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426202918/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/exhibition-of-uddhay-thackeray-photographs-at-jehangir-art-gallery/1/196753.html | url-status=live }}</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 taken photographs of wildlife including those of the [[Kanha National Park|Kanha]], [[Gir National Park|Gir]], [[Ranthambore National Park|Ranthambore]], [[Bharatpur National Park|Bharatpur]] national parks. Due to these experiences he named his first photography exhibition in 1999 as "Live and Let Live.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jadhav |first=Radheshyam |date=7 July 2022 |title=The reluctant Sainik: The rise and fall of Uddhav Thackeray |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/reluctant-sainik-the-rise-and-fall-of-uddhav-thackeray/article65598966.ece |access-date=11 July 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He has also published [[photo-book]]s ''Maharashtra Desh'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web| work=Business Today| url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/anand-mahindra-uddhav-thackeray-first-time-meeting-we-both-had-given-up-artistic-careers-239609-2019-11-29| title='We both had given up artistic careers': Anand Mahindra reminisces meeting Uddhav Thackeray for first time news| date=29 November 2019| access-date=8 December 2021| archive-date=7 December 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207201408/https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/anand-mahindra-uddhav-thackeray-first-time-meeting-we-both-had-given-up-artistic-careers-239609-2019-11-29| url-status=live}}</ref> 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 | archive-date=26 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426215012/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/an-aerial-journey/121411 | url-status=live }}</ref>  
Thackeray has always had 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 | archive-date=26 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426202918/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/exhibition-of-uddhay-thackeray-photographs-at-jehangir-art-gallery/1/196753.html | url-status=live }}</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 taken photographs of wildlife including those of the [[Kanha National Park|Kanha]], [[Gir National Park|Gir]], [[Ranthambore National Park|Ranthambore]], [[Bharatpur National Park|Bharatpur]] national parks. Due to these experiences he named his first photography exhibition in 1999 as "Live and Let Live.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jadhav |first=Radheshyam |date=7 July 2022 |title=The reluctant Sainik: The rise and fall of Uddhav Thackeray |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/reluctant-sainik-the-rise-and-fall-of-uddhav-thackeray/article65598966.ece |access-date=11 July 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He has also published [[photo-book]]s ''Maharashtra Desh'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web| work=Business Today| url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/anand-mahindra-uddhav-thackeray-first-time-meeting-we-both-had-given-up-artistic-careers-239609-2019-11-29| title='We both had given up artistic careers': Anand Mahindra reminisces meeting Uddhav Thackeray for first time news| date=29 November 2019| access-date=8 December 2021| archive-date=7 December 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207201408/https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/anand-mahindra-uddhav-thackeray-first-time-meeting-we-both-had-given-up-artistic-careers-239609-2019-11-29| url-status=live}}</ref> 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 | archive-date=26 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426215012/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/an-aerial-journey/121411 | url-status=live }}</ref>


On 16 July 2012, 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 |last=PTI |date= 23 July 2012 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-23/india/32803671_1_shiv-sena-leader-uddhav-thackeray-maharashtra-navnirman-sena | title= Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray discharged from hospital |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]] |access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> On 12 November 2021, he underwent a cervical spine surgery at the HN Reliance Hospital.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=22 November 2021 |title=Post-spine surgery, Uddhav Thackeray undergoing physiotherapy: CMO |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/post-spine-surgery-uddhav-thackeray-undergoing-physiotherapy-cmo/articleshow/87851588.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=11 July 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 December 2021 |title=CM Uddhav Thackeray discharged after spine surgery |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/cm-uddhav-thackeray-discharged-after-spine-surgery-101638460961184.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>
On 16 July 2012, 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 |last=PTI |date= 23 July 2012 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-23/india/32803671_1_shiv-sena-leader-uddhav-thackeray-maharashtra-navnirman-sena | title= Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray discharged from hospital |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]] |access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> On 12 November 2021, he underwent a cervical spine surgery at the HN Reliance Hospital.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=22 November 2021 |title=Post-spine surgery, Uddhav Thackeray undergoing physiotherapy: CMO |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/post-spine-surgery-uddhav-thackeray-undergoing-physiotherapy-cmo/articleshow/87851588.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=11 July 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 December 2021 |title=CM Uddhav Thackeray discharged after spine surgery |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/cm-uddhav-thackeray-discharged-after-spine-surgery-101638460961184.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>
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Rashmi Thackeray (née ''Patankar'') is the editor of ''[[Saamana]]'' and ''[[Marmik]]''. She is the daughter of Madhav Patankar who runs 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 | archive-date=7 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207012739/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/rashmi-thackeray-behind-uddhav-thackerays-success-a-woman-with-dignity/articleshow/72268497.cms | url-status=live }}</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 | archive-date=7 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507094312/https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/the-rise-and-rise-of-rashmi-thackeray-1652561-2020-03-05 | url-status=live }}</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 | archive-date=8 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308150557/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rashmi-thackeray-shiv-sena-aaditya-thackeray-maharashtra-elections-uddhav-thackeray-6304384/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
Rashmi Thackeray (née ''Patankar'') is the editor of ''[[Saamana]]'' and ''[[Marmik]]''. She is the daughter of Madhav Patankar who runs 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 | archive-date=7 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207012739/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/rashmi-thackeray-behind-uddhav-thackerays-success-a-woman-with-dignity/articleshow/72268497.cms | url-status=live }}</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 | archive-date=7 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507094312/https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/the-rise-and-rise-of-rashmi-thackeray-1652561-2020-03-05 | url-status=live }}</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 | archive-date=8 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308150557/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rashmi-thackeray-shiv-sena-aaditya-thackeray-maharashtra-elections-uddhav-thackeray-6304384/ | url-status=live }}</ref>


The elder son Aaditya is the president of the Yuva Sena. He was 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 |archive-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027124402/https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/uddhav-thackeray-says-younger-son-tejas-not-joining-politics/story-lRNBU58EdAUBhCOKbtWjHO.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
The elder son Aaditya is the president of the Yuva Sena. He was served 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 |archive-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027124402/https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/uddhav-thackeray-says-younger-son-tejas-not-joining-politics/story-lRNBU58EdAUBhCOKbtWjHO.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


The younger son Tejas is an Indian conservationist and wildlife researcher.<ref name=IE_Uddhav />
The younger son Tejas is an Indian conservationist and wildlife researcher.<ref name=IE_Uddhav />
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Uddhav Thackeray
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
Thackeray in 2020
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Assumed office
14 May 2020
Governor
Chairman of the House
ConstituencyElected by MLAs
19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra[lower-alpha 1]
In office
28 November 2019 – 29 June 2022
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
DeputyAjit Pawar
CabinetThackeray ministry
Ministry and Departments
Preceded byDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded byEknath Shinde
Leader of the House of the
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
28 November 2019 – 29 June 2022
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Speaker of the House
Deputy LeaderAjit Pawar
Preceded byDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded byEknath Shinde
ShivSena Pramukh
In office
23 January 2013 – 10 October 2022
Preceded byBal Thackeray
Succeeded byEknath Shinde
President of Maha Vikas Aghadi
Assumed office
26 November 2019
ChairpersonSharad Pawar
SecretaryBalasaheb Thorat
Preceded byPosition established
Editor-in-chief of Saamana
In office
20 June 2006 – 28 November 2019
Preceded byBal Thackeray
Succeeded byRashmi Thackeray
President of Shiv Sena (UBT)
Assumed office
11 October 2022
Preceded byPosition Established
Working President of Shiv Sena
In office
2003 - 2013
PresidentBal Thackeray
Preceded byposition established
Personal details
Born
Uddhav Bal Thackeray[2]

(1960-07-27) 27 July 1960 (age 64)[3]
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
(now Mumbai)
Political partyShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (2022-present)
Other political
affiliations
Shiv Sena (2006-2022)
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1989)
ChildrenAditya Thackeray
Tejas Thackeray
Parent(s)
RelativesSee Thackeray Family
ResidenceMatoshree Bungalow, Bandra East, South Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma materSir J.J. Institute of Applied Art

Template:Uddhav Thackeray series Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: [ud̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː], born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra[3][4][5][6] 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 (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) 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.[7]

Early life

Uddhav Thackeray was born in a Marathi family on 27 July 1960 as the youngest of politician Bal Thackeray and his wife Meena Thackeray's three sons.[3][8][9] He did his schooling from Balmohan Vidyamandir and graduated from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art with photography as his main subject.[10]

Political career

In 2002, Thackeray started his political career as campaign incharge of Shiv Sena in the 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 newspaper published by Shiv Sena) in 2006 and resigned in 2019 before becoming chief minister of Maharashtra.[11]

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.[12] After the death of his father Bal Thackeray in 2012, he led the party and was elected as Shiv Sena president in 2013, and under his leadership Shiv Sena joined the NDA government in Maharashtra in 2014.[13]

In 2019, Shiv Sena broke away with NDA and joined UPA. It formed a sub alliance called Maha Vikas Aghadi to form the government in Maharashtra with Uddhav Thackeray leading the ministry.[14]

In 2022, during a party meeting, Uddhav Thackeray explained his move to pull out of NDA to join UPA. "We supported the BJP wholeheartedly to enable them to fulfill their national ambitions. The understanding was they will go national while we will lead in Maharashtra. But we were betrayed and attempts were made to destroy us in our home. So we had to hit back". Thackeray accused BJP of dumping its allies according to its political convenience. He said, "BJP doesn't mean Hindutva. I stand by my comment that Shiv Sena had wasted 25 years in alliance with BJP."[14]

Chief Minister of Maharashtra

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 18th Chief minister of Maharashtra after being elected as the president of the newly formed post-poll coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi.[4][5][15][16]

In a 2021 Prashnam Survey, Thackeray was ranked the most popular Chief Minister in India out of 13 states, with nearly half of all voters surveyed said that they will vote for him again.[17]

Thackeray has committed Maharashtra to leading the effort against climate change, as the state considers a radical plan to deregister vehicles that run on diesel or petrol by 2030.[18] He plans for the city of Mumbai to become a climate-resilient metropolis which is carbon-neutral by 2050, which is 20 years before India's target for carbon neutrality.[18]

Following a rebellion within his party and resulting political crisis on 29 June 2022, Thackeray resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Maharashtra ahead of a floor test ordered by BJP appointed governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Thackeray challenged the order in the Supreme Court of India citing the pending disqualification motion of the rebel MLAs, but the Supreme Court refused to stay the floor test.[6]

Loss of Control over Shiv Sena Party

Uddhav Thackeray took over as the leader of Shiv Sena in 2012 after his father, Bal Thackeray, died. However, in recent years, his leadership of the party has been challenged. After Eknath Shinde established the government in Maharashtra, he began using the Shiv Sena name and symbols without Uddhav Thackeray, leading to a leadership dispute within the party. Despite challenging this in court and before the Election Commission of India, Uddhav Thackeray's faction was ultimately unsuccessful in its bid to maintain control over the party, as the commission recognized Eknath Shinde's faction as the legitimate Shiv Sena party.[19]

Change in bylaws

The Election Commission of India mandates that every political party follows a democratic process. In 2018, Uddhav Thackeray oversaw changes to the Shiv Sena party constitution that were criticized for centralizing control of the party and not allowing for free, fair, and transparent elections for party positions. The Election Commission of India deemed these amendments undemocratic, further eroding Uddhav Thackeray's control over the party.[20]

Eknath Shinde's challenge and takeover

More recently, Uddhav Thackeray faced a significant challenge to his leadership when Eknath Shinde, a key member of the party, called for breaking the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance and re-establishing an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Despite gathering support from two-thirds of his party members, Uddhav Thackeray ignored their requests, leading to a political crisis that resulted in his resignation as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Through a legal battle, Eknath Shinde claimed that he had the support of the majority of Shiv Sena members, and the Election Commission of India recognized his faction as the legitimate Shiv Sena party, effectively granting him control over the party.[21]

Personal life

Thackeray has always had a keen interest in photography and has exhibited his collection of aerial shots of various forts of Maharashtra at the Jehangir Art Gallery in 2004.[22][23] He has also taken photographs of wildlife including those of the Kanha, Gir, Ranthambore, Bharatpur national parks. Due to these experiences he named his first photography exhibition in 1999 as "Live and Let Live.[24] He has also published photo-books Maharashtra Desh (2010)[25] and Pahava Vitthal (2011), capturing various aspects of Maharashtra and the warkaris during Pandharpur Wari respectively in the two books.[26][27]

On 16 July 2012, 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.[28] On 12 November 2021, he underwent a cervical spine surgery at the HN Reliance Hospital.[29][30]

Family

Thackeray is married to Rashmi Thackeray and has two sons, Aaditya and Tejas.[31]

Rashmi Thackeray (née Patankar) is the editor of Saamana and Marmik. She is the daughter of Madhav Patankar who runs 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.[32][33][34]

The elder son Aaditya is the president of the Yuva Sena. He was served as Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment Government of Maharashtra.[35]

The younger son Tejas is an Indian conservationist and wildlife researcher.[31]

See also

Notes

  1. 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.[1]

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