Chandrakant Khaire

Chandrakant Khaire
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999 - 2019 (4 terms)
Preceded byRamkrishna Baba Patil (INC)
Succeeded bySyed Imtiyaz Jaleel (AIMIM)
ConstituencyChhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar
Leader of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Party[1]
Assumed office
January 2018
Minister for Housing, Slum Improvement and Urban Land Ceiling, Maharashtra
In office
May 1995 – June 1997
Minister for Transport, Maharashtra
In office
June 1997 – May 1998
Minister for Forests and Environment, Maharashtra
In office
May 1998 – June 1999
Personal details
BornChandrakant Bhaurao Khaire
(1952-01-01) 1 January 1952 (age 74)
PartyShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
Spouse
Vaijayanti Khaire
(m. 1975)
Children4
Profession
  • Politician
  • social worker
  • industrialist
  • trade unionist
As of 16 September, 2006
Source: [1]

Chandrakant Khaire (born 1 January 1952) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) political party from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar . He was elected consecutively for 4 terms in Lok Sabha representing for 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014.[2][3] He was two time MLA from Aurangabad West in 1990 and 1995. He had also served as cabinet minister in Maharashtra state government from 1995 to 1999 in the Shiv Sena Government.

Personal life

Chandrakant Bhaurao Khaire was born on 1 January 1952 to Bhaurao and Vatsala Khaire in Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra. He completed his Diploma in Personnel Management from Marathwada University. Khaire married Kasturi Choudhari 5 January 1975, with whom he has two sons and two daughters. He is an industrialist and trade unionist by profession.[4]

Positions held

  • 1985 : Founder Member, Shiv Sena Party, Marathwada
  • 1988 : Corporator, Municipal Corporation, Gulmandi Ward, Aurangabad
  • 1988-90 : Leader of the Opposition, Municipal Corporation, Aurangabad
  • 1990-99 : Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (two terms)
  • 1992-95 : Member, Estimates Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1992-1995 : Sampark Pramukh, Shiv Sena Party, Aurangabad
  • 1995-1997 : Cabinet Minister, Housing, Slum Improvement and Urban Land Ceiling, Maharashtra
  • 1997-1998 : Cabinet Minister, Transport, Maharashtra
  • 1998-1999 : Cabinet Minister, Environment, Maharashtra
  • 1995-1999 : Guardian Minister, District Aurangabad
  • 1999 : Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (1st term)
  • 2002-2004 : Leader, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party (Lok Sabha)
  • 2004 : Elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
  • 2005 onwards Deputy Leader, Shiv Sena[5]
  • 2009 : Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
  • 2014 : Elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)
  • 2018: Appointed standing committee member of Employees state insurance corporation (ESIC)
  • 2018 : Appointed Leader of Shiv Sena Party[6]

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