Eknath Shinde

Eknath Shinde
Eknath Shinde
	Shinde in 2024
10th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 December 2024 Serving with Ajit Pawar (until 28 January 2026) Sunetra Pawar (from 31 January 2026)
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan; Acharya Devvrat (additional charge); Jishnu Dev Varma;
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Ministry and Departments	Urban Development; Housing; Public Works (including Public Enterprises);
Preceded by	Devendra Fadnavis
20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
	In office; 30 June 2022 – 5 December 2024
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari; Ramesh Bais; C. P. Radhakrishnan;
Preceded by	Uddhav Thackeray
Succeeded by	Devendra Fadnavis
Governor
State ministerial portfolios 2014‍–‍2022
Minister of Urban Development, PWD and State Border Defence of Maharashtra
	In office; 30 December 2019 – 27 June 2022
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Preceded by	Himself (acting); Uddhav Thackeray (additional charge);
Succeeded by	Subhash Desai (additional charge)
Maharashtra Minister of Public Health
	In office; 7 January 2019 – 12 November 2019
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Deepak Sawant
Succeeded by	Jayant Patil (acting)
Maharashtra Minister of Public Works (including Public Undertakings)
	In office; 5 December 2014 – 12 November 2019
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao; Bhagat Singh Koshiyari;
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Eknath Khadse (acting)
Succeeded by	Himself (acting)
Leader of the House in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 3 July 2022 – 5 December 2024
Deputy	Devendra Fadnavis; Ajit Pawar
Preceded by	Uddhav Thackeray
Succeeded by	Devendra Fadnavis
19th Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 12 November 2014 – 5 December 2014
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Eknath Khadse
Succeeded by	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2009
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Kopri-Pachpakhadi
	In office; 2004–2009
Preceded by	Moreshwar Joshi
Succeeded by	Rajan Vichare
Constituency	Thane
Chairperson (Mukhya Neta) of Shiv Sena
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 February 2023
Preceded by	Uddhav Thackeray (as Pramukh)
Leader of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena
	In office; 10 October 2022 – 17 February 2023
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
33th Leader of the House in Maharashtra Legislative Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 December 2024
Deputy	Pankaja Munde
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Chairman	Ram Shinde
Preceded by	Devendra Fadnavis
Personal details
Born	Eknath Sambhaji Shinde; 9 February 1964; Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India
Citizenship	India
Party	Shiv Sena
Other political; affiliations	Maha Yuti (2022–present; 2014–2019); National Democratic Alliance (2022–present; 1999–2019); Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (2022–2023); Shiv Sena (1999–2022)
Spouse	Lata Shinde
Children	3 (including Shrikant Shinde)
Education	Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater	Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University
Occupation	Politician

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Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician who has served as the 10th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra alongside Sunetra Pawar under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He is the chairman of Shiv Sena since February 2023 and was the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 30 June 2022 to 5 December 2024. He is also the Member of Legislative Assembly for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane, Maharashtra, since 2009 and was formerly the MLA of Thane constituency from 2004 to 2009.

Shinde rose to prominence in June 2022 after leading a factional split within the Shiv Sena party, leading to the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis that resulted in the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition government in Maharashtra. Shinde and a group of rebel MLAs withdrew support from the MVA, pledging support to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) instead, which was in opposition at the time. After the resignation of the-then Chief Minister and leader of the MVA, Uddhav Thackeray without facing the floor test, Eknath Shinde was sworn-in as Chief Minister on June 30, 2022. In February 2023, the Election Commission of India (ECI) ruled in favor of Shinde’s faction, granting it the official Shiv Sena name and the party symbol, based on its legislative majority and the 2019 electoral performance.

The Thackeray faction challenged the defection before the Supreme Court of India and sought disqualification of the rebel MLAs. In May 2023, the Court delivered a unanimous verdict declaring the decisions of the then Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari to demand a floor test was illegal. While the Court did not reverse the ECI’s decision or disqualify the MLAs directly, it held that the then Maharashtra Legislative Speaker, Rahul Narwekar's recognition of Shinde’s faction as the original Shiv Sena was not in accordance with constitutional principles.

Shinde served as Chief Minister till the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, in coalition with the Mahayuti alliance. In the 2024 Assembly elections, the BJP was voted at the largest political party. Following the election, Shinde was sworn in to the role of Deputy Chief Minister, with Fadnavis returning to the role as Chief Minister for his third term.