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'''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]].

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>

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>

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.  

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>

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>