Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade | |
Office: | 45th Governor of Rajasthan |
Termstart: | 31 July 2024 |
President: | Droupadi Murmu |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Bhajan Lal Sharma |
2Blankname: | Dy. Chief Minister |
2Namedata: | Prem Chand Bairwa Diya Kumari |
Predecessor: | Kalraj Mishra |
Office1: | Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 12 November 2014 |
Term End1: | 25 November 2019 |
Deputy1: | Vijayrao Bhaskarrao Auti |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Devendra Fadnavis |
Predecessor1: | Dilip Walse-Patil |
Successor1: | Nana Patole |
Office2: | Minister of Food & Civil Supplies Government of Maharashtra |
Term Start2: | 1997 |
Term End2: | 1999 |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata2: | Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane |
Office3: | Minister of Horticulture & Employment Guarantee Government of Maharashtra |
Term Start3: | 1995 |
Term End3: | 1997 |
1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata3: | Manohar Joshi |
Office4: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
Term Start4: | 2014 |
Termend4: | July 2024 |
Predecessor4: | Kalyan Kale |
Successor4: | Vacant |
Constituency4: | Phulambri |
Term Start5: | 1985 |
Term End5: | 2004 |
Predecessor5: | Keshavrao Autade |
Successor5: | Kalyan Kale |
Constituency5: | Aurangabad East |
Birth Date: | 1945 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Phulambri, Hyderabad State, British India |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Nationality: | Indian |
Occupation: | Politician |
Residence: | Raj Bhavan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade (born 17 August 1945) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Rajasthan. He is from Maharashtra state. He was the Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2014,[1] and he is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Haribhau Bagade was born in a Maratha Gurjar family in Chitepimpalgaon Village of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
Haribhau Bagde, who has been an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist & member since his childhood, was instrumental in increasing the presence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Marathwada region and Popularly known as “Nana” in political circles and Till 1980 he was with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
He was first elected to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha in 1985 from Aurangabad East seat.[2] He won 2014 MLA election against Kalyan Kale of Indian National Congress (INC) from Phulambri constituency,[3] and went on to win the 2019 assembly election as well from the same constituency. When BJP installed its first government in Maharashtra in 2014, he was appointed Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is a former cabinet minister in Government of Maharashtra and He came to be viewed as the BJP party’s rural face of Maharashtra state.
Haribhau Bagade was appointed Governor of Rajasthan by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 July 2024.[4]