| Malojiraje Chhatrapati | |
| Office: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 2004 |
| Term End: | 2009 |
| Successor: | Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar |
| Constituency: | Kolhapur North |
Malojiraje Chhatrapati (also known as Chhatrapati Malojiraje Shahu[1]) is an Indian politician and a former member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is the secretary of All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society.
Malojiraje Chhatrapati belongs to the Kolhapur royal family,[2] and is a descendant of the Shahu of Kolhapur.[3] In 2004, he entered the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly with a ticket from Indian National Congress, defeating the Shiv Sena. He participated in the 2009 elections and lost to Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar which made him to ignore politics.[4] The Congress offered him ticket to contest the Maharashtra assembly elections again in 2014, however, he was seen writing a letter to Manikrao Thakre, the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee stating that he has been very less active in politics.[2] Earlier, he had led the party at a municipal corporation level.[4]
In January 2021, Chhatrapati re-entered the politics again and participated in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation elections. He is the secretary of Pune-based All India Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial Society.[4]
On 2 September 2022, Chhatrapati was elected as a member of the executive committee of the All India Football Federation.[5]