Uday Samant

Uday Samant
Uday Samant
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 December 2024
Minister	Industries Ministry ;
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Cabinet	Third Fadnavis ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM	Eknath Shinde; Ajit Pawar;
Guardian Minister	NA
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 14 August 2022 – 26 November 2024
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari; Ramesh Bais; C. P. Radhakrishnan;
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister	Raigad District; Ratnagiri District;
Preceded by	Subhash Desai ; (Industries Ministry); Aditi Sunil Tatkare ; (Raigad District); Anil Parab ; (Ratnagiri District);
Deputy Leader of the House ; Maharashtra Legislative Council
	Acting
	Assumed office ; 17 August 2022
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari; Ramesh Bais;
Chairman	Neelam Gorhe Acting
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Leader of the House	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Subhash Desai
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 30 December 2019 – 27 June 2022
Minister	Higher and Technical Education Ministry;
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Sindhudurg District;
Preceded by	Vinod Tawde ; (Higher and Technical Education Ministry); Tanaji Sawant; (Sindhudurg District);
Succeeded by	Aaditya Thackeray; (Higher and Technical Education Ministry); Anil Parab; Additional Charge ; (Sindhudurg District)
Chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
	In office; 2018–2020
Preceded by	Bal Mane
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2004
Constituency	Ratnagiri
Minister of State for Urban Development of Maharashtra
	In office; June 2013 – September 2014
Personal details
Citizenship	India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena
Education	Diploma in Engineering
Alma mater	Dnyaneshwar University Pune
Occupation	Politician

Uday Samant is an Indian politician and leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. He is Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra).^[1] He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Ratnagiri.^[2]^[3] He has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for five consecutive terms in 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024.^[4]^[5]

Early life

Samant was born in Ratnagiri region of Maharashtra.

Positions held

2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)
2009: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
2013 - 2014: Minister of State for Urban Development in Maharashtra Government ^[6]
2013 - 2014: Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri district ^[7]
2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term)
2017 : Appointed Samparkh pramukh of Pune City ^[8]
2018 : Appointed Deputy Leader of Shiv Sena Party ^[9]
2018 : Appointed chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) ^[10]^[11]
2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term) ^[3]
2019: Appointed minister of Higher and Technical Education^[12]^[13]
2020: Appointed guardian minister of Sindhudurg district^[14]
2022: Took oath as cabinet minister in Eknath Shinde ministry.^[15]
- 14 August 2022: Appointed Minister for Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra).^[16]
2024: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (5th term) ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ANI (14 August 2022). "Maha: Fadnavis bags key ministries as Shinde allocates portfolios". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ Rao, Madhu (24 October 2019). "Ratnagiri Constituency Result: Shiv Sena's Uday Samant wins". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Ratnagiri Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019".
^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Ratnagiri Assembly Constituency".
^ "Ratnagiri Assembly Election 2014". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Maharashtra Cabinet Reshuffle". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
^ "पालकमंत्र्यांच्या हस्ते गुणवंतांचा सत्कार". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
^ "शिवसेनेच्या पुण्याच्या संपर्क प्रमुखपदी आमदार उदय सामंत यांची नियुक्ती".
^ "शिवसेना उपनेतेपदी उदय सामंत यांची निवड".
^ "Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant to head Mhada".
^ "महाराष्ट्र गृहनिर्माण व क्षेत्र विकास प्राधिकरणाच्या (म्हाडा) अध्यक्षपदी शिवसेनेचे उदय सामंत".
^ "Maharashtra Cabinet portfolios announced".
^ "महाराष्ट्र मंत्रिमंडळ खातेवाटप जाहीर".
^ "2020: Maharashtra govt appoints guardian ministers for all 36 districts".
^ "Maharashtra cabinet expansion highlights: PM Modi congratulates the new cabinet". Hindustan Times. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Maharashtra portfolios announced - CM Shinde keeps Urban Development, Fadnavis gets Home, Finance". TimesNow. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

External links

Shivsena Home Page Archived 1 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine

[1] ANI (14 August 2022). "Maha: Fadnavis bags key ministries as Shinde allocates portfolios". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[2] Rao, Madhu (24 October 2019). "Ratnagiri Constituency Result: Shiv Sena's Uday Samant wins". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[Ratnagiri2019-3] "Ratnagiri Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019".

[Ratnagiri-4] "Sitting and previous MLAs from Ratnagiri Assembly Constituency".

[5] "Ratnagiri Assembly Election 2014". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[6] "Maharashtra Cabinet Reshuffle". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[7] "पालकमंत्र्यांच्या हस्ते गुणवंतांचा सत्कार". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[8] "शिवसेनेच्या पुण्याच्या संपर्क प्रमुखपदी आमदार उदय सामंत यांची नियुक्ती".

[9] "शिवसेना उपनेतेपदी उदय सामंत यांची निवड".

[10] "Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant to head Mhada".

[11] "महाराष्ट्र गृहनिर्माण व क्षेत्र विकास प्राधिकरणाच्या (म्हाडा) अध्यक्षपदी शिवसेनेचे उदय सामंत".

[MaharashtraCabinet-12] "Maharashtra Cabinet portfolios announced".

[13] "महाराष्ट्र मंत्रिमंडळ खातेवाटप जाहीर".

[14] "2020: Maharashtra govt appoints guardian ministers for all 36 districts".

[15] "Maharashtra cabinet expansion highlights: PM Modi congratulates the new cabinet". Hindustan Times. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[16] "Maharashtra portfolios announced - CM Shinde keeps Urban Development, Fadnavis gets Home, Finance". TimesNow. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

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Early life

Positions held

See also

References

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