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{{short description|Indian journalist}}{{EngvarB|date = March 2020}}
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| name                = Rashmi Thackeray
| name                = Rashmi Thackeray
| image              = [[File:Uddhav Thackeray, Rashmi Thackeray at Esha Deol's wedding reception 07 (cropped).jpg]]
| image              = Uddhav Thackeray, Rashmi Thackeray at Esha Deol's wedding reception 07 (cropped).jpg
| image_size          =  
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| birth_date          =  
| birth_name          = Rashmi Patankar
| birth_place        =  
| birth_date          = 29.02.1963
| office              = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Spouse of Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]
| birth_place        = [[Dabhol]], [[Ratnagiri district]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| office              = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Spouse of Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]
| term_start          = 28 November 2019
| term_start          = 28 November 2019
| term_end            = 29 June 2022
| term_end            = 29 June 2022
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| 1namedata          = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| 1namedata          = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| predecessor        = [[Amruta Fadnavis]]
| predecessor        = [[Amruta Fadnavis]]
| successor = [[Eknath Shinde|Lata Eknath Shinde]]
| successor           = [[Eknath Shinde|Lata Shinde]]
| office1            = Editor of ''[[Saamana]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/rashmi-thackeray-takes-over-as-saamana-editor/articleshow/74431953.cms | title=Rashmi Thackeray takes over as Saamana editor | work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] | author=Chaitanya Marpakwar | date=2 March 2020 | accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref> and ''[[Marmik]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/after-saamana-maharashtra-cms-wife-rashmi-thackeray-named-editor-of-marmik-too-2525843.html | title=After Saamana, Maharashtra CM's Wife Rashmi Thackeray Named Editor of Marmik Too | publisher=News18 | date=4 March 2020 | accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref>
| office1            = Editor-in-chief of ''[[Saamana]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/rashmi-thackeray-takes-over-as-saamana-editor/articleshow/74431953.cms | title=Rashmi Thackeray takes over as Saamana editor | work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] | author=Chaitanya Marpakwar | date=2 March 2020 | accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref> and ''[[Marmik]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/after-saamana-maharashtra-cms-wife-rashmi-thackeray-named-editor-of-marmik-too-2525843.html | title=After Saamana, Maharashtra CM's Wife Rashmi Thackeray Named Editor of Marmik Too | publisher=News18 | date=4 March 2020 | accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref>
| term_start1        = 2020
| term_start1        = 2020
| predecessor1        = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| predecessor1        = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Uddhav Thackeray]]|1989}}
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Uddhav Thackeray]]|1989}}
| children            = [[Aaditya Thackeray]],  [[Tejas Thackeray]]
| children            = 2, including [[Aaditya Thackeray]]
| parents            =  
| parents            =  
| relatives          =  
| relatives          = ''See [[Thackeray Family]]''
| education          = Vinayak Ganesh Vaze Autonomous College of Arts, Science & Commerce, [[Mulund|Mulund East]], [[Mumbai]]
| alma_mater          = Vinayak Ganesh Vaze Autonomous College of Arts, Science & Commerce, [[Mulund|Mulund East]]
| education          = [[Bachelor of Commerce|B. Com.]]
| occupation          = [[Journalist]]
}}
}}
'''Rashmi Thackeray''' ([[née]] '''Patankar''') is an Indian journalist and editor of ''[[Saamana]]'' and ''[[Marmik]]''. She is the spouse of [[Chief minister of Maharashtra|Former Chief minister of Maharashtra]], [[Uddhav Thackeray]].
 
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'''Rashmi Thackeray''' ([[née]] '''Patankar''') is an Indian journalist and the editor-in-chief of ''[[Saamana]]'' and ''[[Marmik]]''. She is the spouse of [[Chief minister of Maharashtra|Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], [[Uddhav Thackeray]] and the mother of [[Aaditya Thackeray]].


==Early life and family==
==Early life and family==
Rashmi was born in a middle-class family of Madhav Patankar who runs his own family business in suburban [[Dombivli]]. She attended V G Vaze College in [[Mulund]] for her [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree. 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]]. The couple 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 | accessdate=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  | work=India Today | author=Kiran Tare | date=5 March 2020 | accessdate=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 | work=The Indian Express | author=Vishwas Waghmode | date=8 March 2020 | accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref> The couple have two sons, [[Aditya Thackeray|Aditya]] (serving as [[Cabinet Minister]] of [[Tourism]] and [[Natural environment|Environment]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]) and [[Tejas Thackeray|Tejas]].<ref>{{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 | accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref>
The daughter of businessman Madhav Patankar of [[Dombivli]], she attended V G Vaze College in [[Mulund]] for her [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree. She joined the [[Life Insurance Corporation of India]] as a contract employee in 1987. A friend of [[Raj Thackeray]]'s sister, Jaywanti, she met [[Uddhav Thackeray]]. The couple 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 | accessdate=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  | work=India Today | author=Kiran Tare | date=5 March 2020 | accessdate=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 | work=The Indian Express | author=Vishwas Waghmode | date=8 March 2020 | accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref> The couple have two sons, [[Aditya Thackeray|Aditya]] (Former [[Cabinet Minister]] of [[Tourism]] and [[Natural environment|Environment]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]) and Tejas.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Uddhav-May-Shift-to-New-House-After-LS-Elections/2014/04/09/article2157222.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426202220/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Uddhav-May-Shift-to-New-House-After-LS-Elections/2014/04/09/article2157222.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 April 2014 | title=Uddhav May Shift to New House After LS Elections | newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |place=Mumbai | date=9 April 2014 | accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:05, 2 January 2026

Rashmi Thackeray
Spouse of Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
28 November 2019 – 29 June 2022
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Preceded byAmruta Fadnavis
Succeeded byLata Shinde
Editor-in-chief of Saamana[1] and Marmik[2]
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byUddhav Thackeray
Personal details
Born
Rashmi Patankar

29.02.1963
Dabhol, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1989)
Children2, including Aaditya Thackeray
RelativesSee Thackeray Family
EducationB. Com.
Alma materVinayak Ganesh Vaze Autonomous College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mulund East
OccupationJournalist

Rashmi Thackeray (née Patankar) is an Indian journalist and the editor-in-chief of Saamana and Marmik. She is the spouse of Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray and the mother of Aaditya Thackeray.

Early life and family[edit | edit source]

The daughter of businessman Madhav Patankar of Dombivli, she attended V G Vaze College in Mulund for her Bachelor of Commerce degree. She joined the Life Insurance Corporation of India as a contract employee in 1987. A friend of Raj Thackeray's sister, Jaywanti, she met Uddhav Thackeray. The couple got married in 1989.[3][4][5] The couple have two sons, Aditya (Former Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment Government of Maharashtra) and Tejas.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Chaitanya Marpakwar (2 March 2020). "Rashmi Thackeray takes over as Saamana editor". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "After Saamana, Maharashtra CM's Wife Rashmi Thackeray Named Editor of Marmik Too". News18. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rashmi Thackeray: Behind Uddhav Thackeray's success a woman". The Times of India. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Kiran Tare (5 March 2020). "The rise and rise of Rashmi Thackeray". India Today. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Vishwas Waghmode (8 March 2020). "Rashmi Thackeray: Mrs Surefire". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Uddhav May Shift to New House After LS Elections". Indian Express. Mumbai. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.