Gajanan Kirtikar

Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar
Leader of Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2023
Preceded bySanjay Raut
Member of Parliament, India
In office
16 May 2014 – 2024
Preceded byGurudas Kamat
Succeeded byRavindra Waikar
ConstituencyMumbai North West
Cabinet Minister for Information, Public Relations and Transport, Maharashtra
In office
1998–1999
Minister of State for Home, Tourism, Maharashtra
In office
1995–1998
Member Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra
In office
1990–2009
Preceded byDatta Chaulkar
ConstituencyMalad Vidhansabha
Personal details
Born (1943-09-03) 3 September 1943 (age 81)
Karwar, Bombay Province, British India
Political partyShiv Sena
Children1 (Amol Kirtikar)
Residence(s)Goregaon, Mumbai
Websitegajanankirtikar.com

Gajanan Kirtikar is Leader of Shivsena and a Member of Parliament (MP) from Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.[1] He has been a Member of Legislative Assembly from Malad assembly constituency in Mumbai from 1990 to 2009. He was state minister for home in Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government.

He has been elected to the Parliament of India. In the 2014 General elections (16th Lok Sabha), he defeated Gurudas Kamat, by a margin of approximately 1,83,028 votes, to win from the Mumbai North West constituency in Maharashtra. In the 2019 General elections (17th Lok Sabha), he defeated Sanjay Nirupam, by a margin of 2,60,328 votes.

Positions held

  • 1990: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term) [2]
  • 1995: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term)[3]
  • 1995-98: Minister of State for Home, Tourism, Maharashtra
  • 1998-99: Cabinet Minister for Information, Public Relations and Transport, Maharashtra State
  • 1999: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term) [4]
  • 2004: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term)
  • 2006: President, Sthaniy Lokadhikar Samiti Mahasangha
  • 2007 Onwards: Leader, Shiv Sena[5]
  • 2010: President, Mumbai Upnagar Kabaddi Association
  • 2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
  • 2019: Elected to 17th Lok Sabha
  • 2023: Appointed as Shiv Sena's leader of Parliamentary Party[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Loksabha Election Results 2019 : महाराष्ट्रातील विजयी उमेदवारांची यादी". 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Malad Assembly election 1990". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Malad Assembly election 1995". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Malad Assembly election 1999". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "संपर्क प्रशासकीय यंत्रणा – शिवसेना नेते, उपनेते, सचिव, प्रवक्ते | शिवसेना". Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Lok Sabha MP Gajanan Kirtikar appointed Shiv Sena's leader of parliamentary party, replaces Sanjay Raut". The Indian Express. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.