Rashmi Thackeray

Rashmi Thackeray
Spouse of Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
28 November 2019 – 29 June 2022
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Preceded byAmruta Fadnavis
Succeeded byLata Shinde
Editor-in-chief of Saamana[1] and Marmik[2]
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byUddhav Thackeray
Personal details
Born
Rashmi Patankar

Dabhol, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India
Spouse
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(m. 1989)​
Children2, including Aaditya Thackeray
RelativesSee Thackeray Family
EducationB. Com.
Alma materVinayak Ganesh Vaze Autonomous College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mulund East
OccupationJournalist

Rashmi Thackeray (née Patankar) is an Indian journalist and the editor-in-chief of Saamana and Marmik. She is the spouse of Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray and the mother of Aaditya Thackeray.

Early life and family

The daughter of businessman Madhav Patankar of Dombivli, she attended V G Vaze College in Mulund for her Bachelor of Commerce degree. She joined the Life Insurance Corporation of India as a contract employee in 1987. A friend of Raj Thackeray's sister, Jaywanti, she met Uddhav Thackeray. The couple got married in 1989.[3][4][5] The couple have two sons, Aditya (Former Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment Government of Maharashtra) and Tejas.[6]

References

  1. ^ Chaitanya Marpakwar (2 March 2020). "Rashmi Thackeray takes over as Saamana editor". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "After Saamana, Maharashtra CM's Wife Rashmi Thackeray Named Editor of Marmik Too". News18. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Rashmi Thackeray: Behind Uddhav Thackeray's success a woman". The Times of India. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ^ Kiran Tare (5 March 2020). "The rise and rise of Rashmi Thackeray". India Today. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ^ Vishwas Waghmode (8 March 2020). "Rashmi Thackeray: Mrs Surefire". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Uddhav May Shift to New House After LS Elections". Indian Express. Mumbai. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.