Pankaja Munde

Pankaja Gopinath Munde
Pankaja Gopinath Munde
	Munde in 2025
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 December 2024
Minister	Environment and Climate Change; Animal Husbandry;
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
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
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Leader of the House	Eknath Shinde
Preceded by	Uday Samant
	In office; 09 July 2016 – 12 November 2019
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, Acharya Devvrat
Chairperson 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
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
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Dhananjay Munde
Constituency	Parli
Personal details
Born	26 July 1979; Parli Vaijnath, Maharashtra, India
Spouse	Amit Palwe (m. 2001)
Relations	Pritam Munde (sister); Yashashri Munde (sister); Dhananjay Munde (cousin) ; Pramod Mahajan (uncle) ; Poonam Mahajan (cousin)
Parent(s)	Gopinath Munde (father); Pradnya Munde (mother)
Profession	Politician, Social Activist
Website	www.pankajagopinathmunde.com

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Pankaja Gopinathrao Munde (born 26 July 1979) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. She is eldest daughter of the late Gopinath Munde, a former central cabinet minister of India and former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. She is the National Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also serves as an MLC in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. She is currently serving as Cabinet Minister for Animal Husbandry, Environment and Climate change in the Third Fadnavis ministry.