Chandrashekhar Bawankule | |
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Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra | |
Assumed office 15 December 2024 | |
Minister | Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra) |
Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
Preceded by | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil |
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra | |
In office 12 August 2022 – 11January 2025 | |
Preceded by | Chandrakant Patil |
Succeeded by | Ravindra Chavan (Executive) |
Minister of Excise Government of Maharashtra | |
In office 8 July 2016 – 8 November 2019 | |
Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
Preceded by | Eknath Khadse |
Succeeded by | Dilip Walse-Patil |
Minister of Energy Government of Maharashtra | |
In office 4 December 2014 – 8 November 2019 | |
Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
Preceded by | Ajit Pawar |
Succeeded by | Balasaheb Thorat |
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
In office 2 January 2022 – 23 November 2024 | |
Preceded by | Girish Vyas |
Constituency | Nagpur Local Authorities |
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2024 | |
Preceded by | Tekchand Sawarkar |
Constituency | Kamthi |
In office 2004–2019 | |
Preceded by | Sulekha Kumbhare |
Succeeded by | Tekchand Sawarkar |
Constituency | Kamthi |
Personal details | |
Born | Koradi, Maharashtra, India | 13 January 1969
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Jyoti Bawankule |
Children | Payal Bawanklule Sanket Bawanklule |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | www.cbawankule.in |
Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule is President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra[1] and Member of 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Kamptee Vidhan Sabha. He was member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[2] & Minister for Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra,[3][4] Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra),[5] and also appointed Nagpur Guardian Minister on 26 December 2014.[6]
A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he represented the Kamthi Assembly Constituency, being elected from there in 2004, 2009 & 2014.[7] He was made Secretary of the Bhartiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State Unit in Devendra Fadnavis' team in 2012. In a cabinet expansion, he was given charge of the state excise department on 10 July 2016.