Uday Samant
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
14 August 2022
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Deputy CMDevendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Deputy Leader of the House
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Acting
Assumed office
17 August 2022
Governor
ChairmanNeelam Gorhe Acting
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Leader of the HouseDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded bySubhash Desai
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
30 December 2019 – 27 June 2022
Minister
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Deputy CMAjit Pawar
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by Additional Charge
(Sindhudurg District)
Chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
In office
2018–2020
Preceded byBal Mane
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2004
ConstituencyRatnagiri
Minister of State for Urban Development of Maharashtra
In office
June 2013 – September 2014
Personal details
CitizenshipIndia
NationalityIndian
Political partyBalasahebanchi Shiv Sena
EducationDiploma in Engineering
Alma materDnyaneshwar University Pune
OccupationPolitician

Uday Samant is an Indian politician and leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. He is Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra).[1] He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Ratnagiri.[2][3] He has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for four consecutive terms in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019.[4][5]

Early life

Samant was born in Ratnagiri region of Maharashtra.

Positions held

  • 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)
  • 2009: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
  • 2013 - 2014: Minister of State for Urban Development in Maharashtra Government [6]
  • 2013 - 2014: Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri district [7]
  • 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term)
  • 2017 : Appointed Samparkh pramukh of Pune City [8]
  • 2018 : Appointed Deputy Leader of Shiv Sena Party [9]
  • 2018 : Appointed chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) [10][11]
  • 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term) [3]
  • 2019: Appointed minister of Higher and Technical Education[12][13]
  • 2020: Appointed guardian minister of Sindhudurg district[14]
  • 2022: Took oath as cabinet minister in Eknath Shinde ministry.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ANI (14 August 2022). "Maha: Fadnavis bags key ministries as Shinde allocates portfolios". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Rao, Madhu (24 October 2019). "Ratnagiri Constituency Result: Shiv Sena's Uday Samant wins". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Ratnagiri Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019".
  4. ↑ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Ratnagiri Assembly Constituency".
  5. ↑ "Ratnagiri Assembly Election 2014".
  6. ↑ "Maharashtra Cabinet Reshuffle". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "पालकमंत्र्यांच्या हस्ते गुणवंतांचा सत्कार". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "शिवसेनेच्या पुण्याच्या संपर्क प्रमुखपदी आमदार उदय सामंत यांची नियुक्ती".
  9. ↑ "शिवसेना उपनेतेपदी उदय सामंत यांची निवड".
  10. ↑ "Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant to head Mhada".
  11. ↑ "महाराष्ट्र गृहनिर्माण व क्षेत्र विकास प्राधिकरणाच्या (म्हाडा) अध्यक्षपदी शिवसेनेचे उदय सामंत".
  12. ↑ "Maharashtra Cabinet portfolios announced".
  13. ↑ "महाराष्ट्र मंत्रिमंडळ खातेवाटप जाहीर".
  14. ↑ "2020: Maharashtra govt appoints guardian ministers for all 36 districts".
  15. ↑ "Maharashtra cabinet expansion highlights: PM Modi congratulates the new cabinet". Hindustan Times. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "Maharashtra portfolios announced - CM Shinde keeps Urban Development, Fadnavis gets Home, Finance". TimesNow. Retrieved 14 August 2022.


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