Tanaji Sawant

The Honourable
Tanaji Sawant
The Honourable Tanaji Sawant
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 August 2022
Minister	Public Health and Family Welfare;
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari; Ramesh Bais; C. P. Radhakrishnan;
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis; Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Osmanabad District;
Preceded by	Rajesh Tope ; (Public Health and Family Welfare Ministry); Shankarrao Gadakh; (Osmanabad District); Dhananjay Munde Additional Charge; (Parbhani District);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 06 June 2019 – 08 November 2019
Minister	Soil and Water Conservation;
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister	Osmanabad District;
Preceded by	Subhash Sureshchandra Deshmukh ; (Soil and Water Conservation Ministry); Deepak Sawant; (Osmanabad District);
Succeeded by	Eknath Shinde; (Soil and Water Conservation Ministry) Shankarrao Gadakh ; (Osmanabad District);
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 2019
Constituency	Paranda
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
	In office; 2016 – October 2019
Succeeded by	Dushyant Chaturvedi
Constituency	Yavatmal Local Authorities
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Shiv Sena
Other political; affiliations	Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (2022-2023)
Website	jspm.edu.in

Tanaji Sawant is a businessman, Shiv Sena politician and deputy leader from Solapur district, Maharashtra. He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Bhoom / Paranda / Washi Vidhan Sabha constituency as a member of Shiv Sena.^[1]^[2] He was elected to legislative council with a record margin of 270 votes, securing 348 votes.^[3]

He came into prominence for his Water conservation project, part of Shiv Sena’s ‘Shiv Jal Kranti’ scheme in Dharashiv district in May 2016.^[4]

Positions held

2016: Deputy Leader, Shiv Sena
2016: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council^[5]
2017: Appointed Shiv Sena Sampark Pramukh Osmanabad and Solapur District^[6]
2019: Minister of Water Conservation in Maharashtra State Government^[7]
2019: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly^[1]^[2]
2022: Took oath as Cabinet Minister.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Paranda Vidhan Sabha constituency result 20019".
^ ^a ^b "Sitting and previous MLAs from Paranda Assembly Constituency".
^ "यवतमाळ विधानपरिषदेत शिवसेनेचे तानाजी सावंत ३४८ मते मिळवून विजयी".
^ "Shiv Jal Kranti water conservation project in Osmanabad completed".
^ Team, DNA Web (22 November 2016). "BJP wins in MP, TMC in West Bengal, AIADMK sweeps TN & CPM wins in Tripura | Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com". DNA India. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "सावंत यांच्याच नेतृत्त्वाखाली आगामी निवडणुका."
^ "मंत्रिमंडळाच्या विस्तारानंतर खातेवाटप जाहीर".
^ "Maharashtra Live: Shiv Sena leaders Dada Bhuse, Gulabrao Patil sworn in as Cabinet ministers". Deccan Herald. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

External links

Shivsena Home Page Archived 1 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine

[PAr2019-1] "Paranda Vidhan Sabha constituency result 20019".

[Paranda-2] "Sitting and previous MLAs from Paranda Assembly Constituency".

[3] "यवतमाळ विधानपरिषदेत शिवसेनेचे तानाजी सावंत ३४८ मते मिळवून विजयी".

[4] "Shiv Jal Kranti water conservation project in Osmanabad completed".

[5] Team, DNA Web (22 November 2016). "BJP wins in MP, TMC in West Bengal, AIADMK sweeps TN & CPM wins in Tripura | Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com". DNA India. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[6] "सावंत यांच्याच नेतृत्त्वाखाली आगामी निवडणुका."

[7] "मंत्रिमंडळाच्या विस्तारानंतर खातेवाटप जाहीर".

[8] "Maharashtra Live: Shiv Sena leaders Dada Bhuse, Gulabrao Patil sworn in as Cabinet ministers". Deccan Herald. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

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