Pankaja Munde

Pankaja Gopinath Munde (Taisaheb)
Munde in 2025
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2024
Minister	Environment and Climate Change Animal Husbandry
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Cabinet	Third Fadnavis ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Dy Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Jalna District
Preceded by	Eknath Shinde (Environment and Climate Change) Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (Animal Husbandry)
Deputy Leader of the House, Maharashtra Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2024
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chairman of Council	Ram Shinde
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Leader of the House	Eknath Shinde
Preceded by	Uday Samant
In office 09 July 2016 – 12 November 2019
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chairman of Council	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Leader of the House	Chandrakant Patil
Preceded by	Chandrakant Patil
Succeeded by	Subhash Desai
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 July 2024
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chairman of Council	Neelam Gorhe (additional charge)
Preceded by	Nilay Naik
Constituency	Elected by Members of Legislative Assembly
National Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2020
President	J. P. Nadda
Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Maharashtra
In office 31 October 2014 – 12 November 2019
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Guardian Ministers	Beed District
Preceded by	Jayant Patil R. R. Patil (Guardian Minister)
Succeeded by	Devendra Fadnavis Dhananjay Munde (Guardian Minister)
Minister of Women and Child Development, Government of Maharashtra
In office 31 October 2014 – 12 November 2019
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Varsha Gaikwad
Succeeded by	Devendra Fadnavis
Minister of Earthquake Rehabilitation, Government of Maharashtra
In office 8 July 2016 – 12 November 2019
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Devendra Fadnavis
Succeeded by	Devendra Fadnavis
Minister of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra
Additional Charge
In office 4 June 2016 – 8 July 2016
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Devendra Fadnavis
Succeeded by	Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal
Minister of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development, Government of Maharashtra
Additional Charge
In office 4 June 2016 – 8 July 2016
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Eknath Khadse
Succeeded by	Mahadev Jankar
Minister of Soil and Water Conservation, Government of Maharashtra
In office 31 October 2014 – 08 July 2016
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Shashikant Shinde
Succeeded by	Ram Shinde
Minister of Employment Guarantee, Government of Maharashtra
In office 31 October 2014 – 8 July 2016
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Jitendra Awhad
Succeeded by	Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal
Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
In office 31 October 2014 – 5 December 2014
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Suresh Shetty
Succeeded by	Deepak Sawant
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2019
Governor	S. C. Jamir K. Sankaranarayanan Om Prakash Kohli (Additional Charge) C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Speaker of Assembly	Dilip Walse-Patil Haribhau Bagade
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Dhananjay Munde
Constituency	Parli
Personal details
Born	(1979-07-26) 26 July 1979 (age 45) Parli Vaijnath, Maharashtra, India
Spouse	Amit Palwe ​ (m. 2001)​
Relations	Pritam Munde (sister) Yashashri Munde (sister)
Parent(s)	Gopinath Munde (father) Pradnya Munde (mother)
Residence	Peddar Road, Mumbai
Education	PG in Management, USA
Profession	Politician
Website	www.pankajagopinathmunde.com

Pankaja Munde (born 26 July 1979) is an Indian politician and elder daughter of the late Gopinath Munde, a former central cabinet minister of India and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.^[1] She is the National Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also serves as an MLC in the Maharashtra Legislative Council.^[2] Popularly, she is known as 'Loknetya Pankaja Tai'. She is currently serving as Cabinet Minister for Animal Husbandary, Environment and Climate change in the Third Fadnavis ministry. ^[3]