Ex-CM Ashok Chavan gets berth in Maharashtra Cabinet
Nanded/UNI: Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan, who belongs to an influential political family from this district, was sworn-in as a minister in the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government on Monday.
Born on October 28, 1958, he is the son of the former Union Minister and Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan, they are the first father-son duo in the state's history to become chief ministers.
Chavan was the Chief Minister from December 8, 2008 to November 9, 2010.
Prior to that, he also served as Minister for Cultural Affairs, Industries, Mines and Protocol in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government.
In the 2014 general election, despite the allegations and anti-incumbency wave, Chavan won the Lok Sabha election from his Nanded constituency with a comfortable margin.
He also helped Rajiv Satav to win from the neighbouring Hingoli constituency.
In 2015, he was appointed as the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Chavan lost the Nanded seat to Pratap Patil-Chikhalikar of BJP, but he was elected in the following state assembly election from the Bhokar constituency, which was earlier represented by his wife Amita.
Having started his political career as general secretary of the MPCC, he was elected as a member of parliament from the Nanded Lok Sabha constituency in 1987.
Later, in 1992, Chavan was elected as MLC to the Maharashtra Legislative Council/ Assembly and later was Minister of State for Public works, Urban Development and Home in March 1993.
He was the general secretary of MPCC from 1995 to 1999.
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