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{{short description|17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra}} | |||
{{Other people|Prithviraj Chauhan}} | {{Other people|Prithviraj Chauhan}} | ||
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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]] | ||
| 1blankname2 = Speaker | | 1blankname2 = Speaker | ||
| 1namedata2 = [[Dilip Walse-Patil]] | | 1namedata2 = [[Dilip Walse-Patil]] | ||
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* Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare | * Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare | ||
* 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 = | | 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 | | 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.]]) | ||
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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''' ({{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 | 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 | 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== | ||