Uday Samant is an Indian politician and leader of

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a Right-wing politics, right-wing to Far-right politics, far-right Marathi people, Marathi Regionalism (politics), regionalist and Hindu nationalism, Hindu ultranationalist political party in India f ...

from Maharashtra. He is Cabinet Minister of

Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra) The Ministry of industries is a ministry in Government of Maharashtra. Ministry is responsible for promotion of industries in Maharashtra. The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Uday Samant is current Minister of Industries since 1 ...

. He is current

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...

from

Ratnagiri Ratnagiri ( IAST:Ratnāgirī ; �ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known fo ...

. He has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for four consecutive terms in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019.

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 * 2013 - 2014: Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri district * 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term) * 2017 : Appointed Samparkh pramukh of

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...

City * 2018 : Appointed Deputy Leader of Shiv Sena Party * 2018 : Appointed chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) * 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term) * 2019: Appointed minister of Higher and Technical Education * 2020: Appointed guardian minister of

Sindhudurg district Sindhudurg district (Marathi pronunciation: in̪d̪ʱud̪uɾɡ is an administrative district of the Konkan division in India, which was carved out of the erstwhile Ratnagiri district. The district headquarters are located at Oros and the di ...

* 2022: Took oath as cabinet minister in

Eknath Shinde ministry Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 30 June 2022, on resignation of his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray. Shinde leads a government consisting of his Shiv Sena party and Bharatiya Janata Party. Formation After the 20 ...

. **14th August 2022: Appointed as Minister for

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Early life

Positions held

See also

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