| Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar | |
|---|---|
| Leader of Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Sanjay Raut |
| Member of Parliament, India | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Gurudas Kamat |
| Succeeded by | Ravindra Waikar |
| Constituency | Mumbai North West |
| Cabinet Minister for Information, Public Relations and Transport, Maharashtra | |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| Minister of State for Home, Tourism, Maharashtra | |
| In office 1995–1998 | |
| Member Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra | |
| In office 1990–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Datta Chaulkar |
| Constituency | Malad Vidhansabha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1943-09-03) 3 September 1943 (age 81) Karwar, Bombay Province, British India |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Children | 1 (Amol Kirtikar) |
| Residence(s) | Goregaon, Mumbai |
| Website | gajanankirtikar.com |
Gajanan Kirtikar is Leader of Shivsena and a Member of Parliament (MP) from Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He has been a Member of Legislative Assembly from Malad assembly constituency in Mumbai from 1990 to 2009. He was state minister for home in Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government.
He has been elected to the Parliament of India. In the 2014 General elections (16th Lok Sabha), he defeated Gurudas Kamat, by a margin of approximately 1,83,028 votes, to win from the Mumbai North West constituency in Maharashtra. In the 2019 General elections (17th Lok Sabha), he defeated Sanjay Nirupam, by a margin of 2,60,328 votes.
Positions held
- 1990: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)
- 1995: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
- 1995-98: Minister of State for Home, Tourism, Maharashtra
- 1998-99: Cabinet Minister for Information, Public Relations and Transport, Maharashtra State
- 1999: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term)
- 2004: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term)
- 2006: President, Sthaniy Lokadhikar Samiti Mahasangha
- 2007 Onwards: Leader, Shiv Sena
- 2010: President, Mumbai Upnagar Kabaddi Association
- 2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
- 2019: Elected to 17th Lok Sabha
- 2023: Appointed as Shiv Sena's leader of Parliamentary Party
See also
References
- "Loksabha Election Results 2019 : महाराष्ट्रातील विजयी उमेदवारांची यादी". 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- "Malad Assembly election 1990". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- "Malad Assembly election 1995". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- "Malad Assembly election 1999". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- "संपर्क प्रशासकीय यंत्रणा – शिवसेना नेते, उपनेते, सचिव, प्रवक्ते | शिवसेना". Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- "Lok Sabha MP Gajanan Kirtikar appointed Shiv Sena's leader of parliamentary party, replaces Sanjay Raut". The Indian Express. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
External links
- Shiv Sena official website Archived 1 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Gajanan Kirtikar Lok Sabha Profile
- Shiv Sena fields new faces from Mumbai
- Cong, NCP repose faith in sitting MPs in Mumbai
- मराठी मते यावेळी विभागणार नाहीत – गजानन कीर्तिकर
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