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'''Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray''' ( | '''Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: उद्धव बाळासाहेब ठाकरे; 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== | ==Early life== | ||
Uddhav Thackeray was born on 27 July 1960 as the youngest | 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://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 == | == 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> | 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 | 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 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}}</ref> | ||
===Chief Minister of Maharashtra=== | ===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. | 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. Mostly he stayed and worked from Matoshree. | ||
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> | 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== | ==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> | 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)<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}}</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}}</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=== | ===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> | 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 | 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}}</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 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> |