He served as the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the incumbent CM Ashok Chavan was forced to resign for his alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society Scam.
Maharashtra's former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is contesting from the Karad South constituency for the Assembly Elections 2019. The seat is considered a stronghold for the party since the 1960s. Chavan is the sitting MLA from there constituency.
The 73-year old leader served as the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the incumbent CM Ashok Chavan was forced to resign for his alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society Scam.
Previously, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha and served as the minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) during the Manmohan Singh government.
Referred to as a technocrat with a clean, non-controversial image, Chavan is a low-profile leader and a man who enjoys the confidence of the top Congress leadership. He is a graduate of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and holds an MS degree from the University of California.
Chavan has won the Lok Sabha Elections from Karad constituency thrice in 1991, 1996, and 1999. He, however, lost the seat in 1999 to NCP's Shriniwas Patil.
Karad South will see a contest between Congress' Prithviraj Chavan, BJP’s Atul Bhosle, and Independent candidate Udaysinh Undalkar-Patil, son of Vilasrao Undalkar-Patil, who was seven-time MLA from the seat.
The voting for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra was held on October 21. The counting is being held on Thursday, October 24.
Positions held
1991-96: Member of Tenth Lok Sabha, member of Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Electronics, Atomic Energy
1992-93: Member of Committee on Science and Technology, Ministry of Environment and Forests.
1994-96: Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Planning, Standing Committee on Rural and Urban Development
1995-96: Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation Special Invitee, Business Advisory Committee
1996-97: Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha Deputy Chief Whip, Lok Sabha, Congress Parliamentary Party Member, Committee on Energy Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
1996-99: Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament.
1996-98: Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party
1998-99: Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs Member, Committee on Government Assurances (resigned on 20 November 1998)
2002: Elected to Rajya Sabha
2002-04: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence.
2004-22 May 2009 and 28 May 2009 onward: Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office.
September 2007: Member, Congress Working Committee (C.W.C.) General-Secretary, AICC
11 Nov 2010 - 25 Sept 2014: Chief Minister of Maharashtra
19 Oct 2014: Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Maharashtra
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