Uday Samant
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Uday Samant
| image = Uday Samant.jpg
| office = Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
| subterm = Cabinet
| suboffice = Third Fadnavis ministry
| minister = *Industries
| term_start = 15 December 2024
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Devendra Fadnavis
| 2blankname = Deputy CM
| 2namedata =
| 3blankname = Guardian Minister
| 3namedata = Ratnagiri district
| governor = C. P. Radhakrishnan
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office1 = Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
| minister1 =
| term_start1 = 14 August 2022
| term_end1 = 26 November 2024
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 =
| 2blankname1 = Deputy CM
| 2namedata1 =
| 3blankname1 = Guardian Minister
| 3namedata1 =
| governor1 = *Bhagat Singh Koshyari
| predecessor1 =
- Subhash Desai
{{small|(Industries Ministry)}} - Aditi Sunil Tatkare
{{small|(Raigad District)}} - Anil Parab
{{small|(Ratnagiri District)}}
| successor1 =
| office2 = Deputy Leader of the House
Maharashtra Legislative Council
| status2 = Acting
| governor2 = *Bhagat Singh Koshyari
| 1blankname2 = Chairman
| 1namedata2 = Neelam Gorhe Acting
| 2blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata2 = Eknath Shinde
| 3blankname2 = Leader of the House
| 3namedata2 = Devendra Fadnavis
| termstart2 = 17 August 2022
| termend2 = 26 November 2024
| predecessor2 = Subhash Desai
| successor2 =Pankaja Munde
| office3 = Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
| minister3 =
| term_start3 = 30 December 2019
| term_end3 = 27 June 2022
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 =
| 2blankname3 = Deputy CM
| 2namedata3 =
| 3blankname3 = Guardian Minister
| 3namedata3 =
| governor3 = Bhagat Singh Koshyari
| predecessor3 =
- Vinod Tawde
{{small|(Higher and Technical Education Ministry)}} - Tanaji Sawant
{{small|(Sindhudurg District)}}
| successor3 =
Additional Charge
{{small|(Sindhudurg District)}}
| office4 = Chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
| term_start4 = 2018
| term_end4 = 2020
| predecessor4 = Bal Mane
| office5 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
| term_start5 = (2004-2009), (2009-2014), (2014-2019), (2019-2024), (2024-Present)
| term_end5 =
| predecessor5 = Bal Mane
| constituency5 = Ratnagiri
| office6 = Minister of State for Urban Development of Maharashtra
| term_start6 = June 2013
| term_end6 = September 2014
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| party = Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena
| alma_mater = Dnyaneshwar University Pune
| nationality = Indian
| residence =
| religion =
| website =
| citizenship = India
| occupation = Politician
| parents =
| caption =
| education = Diploma in Engineering
}}
Uday Samant is an Indian politician and leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. He is Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra).{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=2022-08-14 |title=Maha: Fadnavis bags key ministries as Shinde allocates portfolios |url=https://www.siasat.com/maha-fadnavis-bags-key-ministries-as-shinde-allocates-portfolios-2390186/ |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}} He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Ratnagiri.{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Madhu |date=2019-10-24 |title=Ratnagiri Constituency Result: Shiv Sena's Uday Samant wins |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly-polls-2019-ratnagiri-constituency-result-2019-shiv-sena-uday-ravindra-samant-congress-ncp-live-558642 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ACOCT2019/ConstituencywiseS13110.htm?ac=266 | title = Ratnagiri Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019}} He has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for five consecutive terms in 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024.{{cite news|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/ratnagiri.html|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Ratnagiri Assembly Constituency}}{{cite web|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=1018&cid=266|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119215233/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=1018&cid=266|url-status=usurped|archive-date=19 November 2015|title=Ratnagiri Assembly Election 2014}}
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 {{cite news|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/Maha-cabinet-reshuffle-Six-new-ministers-sworn-in/articleshow/4429551.cms|title=Maharashtra Cabinet Reshuffle|access-date=19 November 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190502/http://www.timesnow.tv/Maha-cabinet-reshuffle-Six-new-ministers-sworn-in/articleshow/4429551.cms|url-status=dead}}
- 2013 - 2014: Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri district {{cite news|url=http://online3.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5296193926320651507&SectionId=16&SectionName=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3&NewsDate=20140721&Provider=&NewsTitle=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0|title=पालकमंत्र्यांच्या हस्ते गुणवंतांचा सत्कार|access-date=19 November 2015|archive-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119214251/http://online3.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5296193926320651507&SectionId=16&SectionName=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3&NewsDate=20140721&Provider=&NewsTitle=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0|url-status=dead}}
- 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term)
- 2017 : Appointed Samparkh pramukh of Pune City {{cite news|url=http://www.sarkarnama.in/can-uday-samant-give-shivsena-new-life-pune-12328|title=शिवसेनेच्या पुण्याच्या संपर्क प्रमुखपदी आमदार उदय सामंत यांची नियुक्ती}}
- 2018 : Appointed Deputy Leader of Shiv Sena Party {{cite news|url=http://www.lokmat.com/ratnagiri/uday-samant-shiv-sena-deputy-leader-news/|title=शिवसेना उपनेतेपदी उदय सामंत यांची निवड}}
- 2018 : Appointed chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) {{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/sena-mla-uday-samant-to-head-mhada-bjp-s-prashant-thakur-on-cidco/story-aJQvLY3p2CyAEYGMdAb9OJ.html|title=Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant to head Mhada}}{{cite news|url=https://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/mhada-uday-samant-prashant-thakur-1742292/|title=महाराष्ट्र गृहनिर्माण व क्षेत्र विकास प्राधिकरणाच्या (म्हाडा) अध्यक्षपदी शिवसेनेचे उदय सामंत}}
- 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term)
- 2019: Appointed minister of Higher and Technical Education{{Cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/maharashtra-cabinet-portfolios-announced-dy-cm-ajit-pawar-gets-finance-aaditya-thackeray-allotted-tourism-and-environment-ministry-7861731.html |title= Maharashtra Cabinet portfolios announced}}{{Cite news|url=https://marathi.abplive.com/news/mumbai/maharashtra-cabinet-ministry-list-governor-approved-allocation-of-portfolios-proposed-by-cm-uddhav-thackeray-729069 |title= महाराष्ट्र मंत्रिमंडळ खातेवाटप जाहीर}}
- 2020: Appointed guardian minister of Sindhudurg district{{cite news | url = https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-govt-appoints-guardian-ministers-for-all-36-districts-aaditya-gets-mumbai-suburban-pune-goes-to-ajit-pawar-2808645 | title = 2020: Maharashtra govt appoints guardian ministers for all 36 districts }}
- 2022: Took oath as cabinet minister in Eknath Shinde ministry.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=Maharashtra cabinet expansion highlights: PM Modi congratulates the new cabinet |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maharashtra-cabinet-live-cm-eknath-shinde-holds-meet-with-shiv-sena-legislators-101660021623599.html |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
- 14 August 2022: Appointed Minister for Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra).{{Cite web |title=Maharashtra portfolios announced - CM Shinde keeps Urban Development, Fadnavis gets Home, Finance |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/maharashtra-portfolios-announced-cm-shinde-keeps-urban-development-fadnavis-gets-home-finance-article-93557472 |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}
- 2024: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (5th term) {{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
- 21 December 2024: Appointed Minister for Industries and Marathi language.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://shivsena.org/leadership/ Shivsena Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901163032/https://shivsena.org/leadership/ |date=1 September 2020 }}
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Category:People from Ratnagiri district
Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009
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